ArcBest
ARCB
126.87
-1.37
-1.07%
ArcBest
US · ARCB
#2519 by market cap
Listed 1970
126.87
-1.37
-1.07%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 202s ago
· 2026-10-08 08:29
Pre-market
126.50
-0.29%
After-hours
126.87
0.00%
- Market cap
- 2.84B
- P/E (TTM)i
- 181.24
- P/Bi
- 2.24
- EPSi
- 2.62
- Div yieldi
- 0.38%
- 52W posi
- 58%
Reader sentiment
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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed
Good
- Altman Z-Score is 4.07, above the 3.0 "safe zone" threshold.
- Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.
Revenue annual, last 8 years
Latest year -4.04% YoY
Margins
- Gross margin
- 6.86%
- Operating margin
- 2.49%
- Net margin
- 1.50%
Key ratios & quality
- Enterprise valuei
- 2.97B
- Altman Z-Scorei
- 4.07
Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.
Income statement
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3.09B | 2.99B | 2.94B | 3.77B | 5.03B | 4.43B | 4.18B | 4.01B |
| Gross profit | 272.67M | 216.43M | 228.13M | 406.33M | 573.52M | 378.43M | 350.00M | 275.26M |
| Selling & admin expenses | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 148.68M | 90.28M | 98.28M | 276.98M | 412.83M | 183.68M | 155.88M | 99.70M |
| Pretax profit | 84.39M | 51.47M | 92.50M | 273.09M | 388.30M | 186.92M | 218.71M | 83.10M |
| Tax | 17.12M | 11.49M | 21.40M | 62.63M | 93.66M | 44.75M | 45.35M | 23.00M |
| Net profit | 67.26M | 39.99M | 71.10M | 213.52M | 298.21M | 195.43M | 173.96M | 60.10M |
| Basic EPS | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| Diluted EPS | 2.51 | 1.51 | 2.69 | 7.98 | 11.69 | 7.30 | 7.30 | 2.62 |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 967.08M | 1.02B | 1.05B | 972.69M | 998.79M | 1.18B |
| Gross profit | 55.51M | 84.12M | 86.11M | 49.52M | 50.29M | 115.03M |
| Selling & admin expenses | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 6.63M | 34.66M | 38.93M | 19.48M | 3.43M | 66.82M |
| Pretax profit | 4.17M | 35.97M | 53.51M | -10.56M | -1.33M | -20.96M |
| Tax | 1.04M | 10.16M | 14.23M | -2.44M | -297.00K | -7.13M |
| Net profit | 3.13M | 25.81M | 39.27M | -8.12M | -1.04M | -13.82M |
| Basic EPS | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Diluted EPS | 0.13 | 1.12 | 1.72 | -0.36 | -0.05 | -0.62 |
Balance sheet
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 649.23M | 664.40M | 758.17M | 776.05M | 989.78M | 884.78M | 675.64M | 626.06M |
| Cash & ST investments | 296.99M | 318.49M | 369.36M | 124.96M | 325.93M | 330.07M | 157.20M | 124.23M |
| Inventory | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Total assets | 1.54B | 1.65B | 1.78B | 2.11B | 2.49B | 2.49B | 2.43B | 2.45B |
| Total current liabilities | 451.32M | 444.28M | 506.55M | 702.69M | 768.47M | 701.56M | 665.99M | 656.89M |
| Short-term debt | 54.08M | 77.57M | 88.59M | 73.36M | 92.48M | 99.12M | 98.34M | 124.28M |
| Long-term debt | 237.60M | 266.21M | 217.12M | 174.92M | 198.37M | 161.99M | 125.16M | 135.97M |
| Total liabilities | 821,549,000.00 | 888,164,000.00 | 950,415,000.00 | 1,183,609,000.00 | 1,342,885,000.00 | 1,242,731,000.00 | 1,115,369,000.00 | 1,156,941,000.00 |
| Total equity | 717.68M | 763.04M | 828.59M | 929.07M | 1.15B | 1.24B | 1.31B | 1.30B |
| Retained earnings | 501.39M | 533.19M | 595.93M | 801.31M | 1.09B | 1.27B | 1.44B | 1.48B |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 625.16M | 638.17M | 657.13M | 626.06M | 643.23M | 706.49M |
| Cash & ST investments | 98.67M | 139.68M | 132.63M | 124.23M | 86.45M | 168.43M |
| Inventory | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Total assets | 2.41B | 2.47B | 2.50B | 2.45B | 2.46B | 2.45B |
| Total current liabilities | 624.34M | 661.40M | 670.46M | 656.89M | 692.03M | 729.58M |
| Short-term debt | 100.77M | 112.25M | 114.10M | 124.28M | 130.92M | 130.75M |
| Long-term debt | 147.53M | 163.85M | 135.47M | 135.97M | 129.56M | 121.07M |
| Total liabilities | 1,112,140,000.00 | 1,167,010,000.00 | 1,178,263,000.00 | 1,156,941,000.00 | 1,171,870,000.00 | 1,184,692,000.00 |
| Total equity | 1.29B | 1.30B | 1.32B | 1.30B | 1.29B | 1.27B |
| Retained earnings | 1.44B | 1.46B | 1.50B | 1.48B | 1.48B | 1.46B |
Cash flow
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 255.35M | 170.36M | 205.99M | 323.52M | 470.82M | 322.17M | 285.85M | 228.95M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 108.64M | 112.47M | 118.39M | 124.22M | 140.04M | 145.73M | 149.09M | 170.34M |
| Free cash flow | 201.26M | 67.93M | 148.50M | 245.04M | 305.31M | 90.17M | 45.85M | 100.79M |
| Dividends paid | -8.24M | -8.19M | -8.16M | -8.14M | -10.83M | -11.54M | -11.30M | -10.97M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -9.40M | -9.11M | -6.60M | -83.10M | -65.00M | -91.53M | -75.23M | -75.57M |
| Ending cash balance | 190.19M | 201.91M | 303.95M | 76.62M | 158.37M | 262.23M | 127.44M | 102.03M |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -23.40M | 108.43M | 99.26M | 44.66M | 8.54M | 129.74M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 39.96M | 40.93M | 44.40M | 45.05M | 44.30M | 44.68M |
| Free cash flow | -41.04M | 77.80M | 30.57M | 33.46M | -4.79M | 113.41M |
| Dividends paid | -2.79M | -2.76M | -2.73M | -2.70M | -2.68M | -2.69M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -21.99M | -19.75M | -16.39M | -17.44M | -7.42M | -749.00K |
| Ending cash balance | 74.12M | 114.87M | 120.60M | 102.03M | 64.06M | 145.85M |
Returns & efficiency
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 9.80 | 5.40 | 8.93 | 24.30 | 28.67 | 16.33 | 13.61 | 4.61 |
| ROA %i | 4.62 | 2.51 | 4.15 | 10.97 | 12.95 | 7.85 | 7.08 | 2.46 |
| ROIC %i | 7.41 | 4.05 | 6.47 | 17.56 | 21.08 | 11.69 | 10.09 | 3.76 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | 7.66 | 7.11 | 7.35 | 11.59 | 15.42 | 16.73 | 18.37 | 17.50 |
| EBIT margin %i | 3.03 | 2.11 | 3.54 | 7.19 | 7.53 | 4.43 | 5.45 | 2.38 |
| FCF / sales %i | 6.51 | 2.27 | 5.05 | 6.16 | 5.73 | 2.04 | 1.10 | 2.51 |
| Current ratioi | 1.44 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.10 | 1.29 | 1.26 | 1.01 | 0.95 |
| Quick ratioi | 1.36 | 1.42 | 1.41 | 1.04 | 1.14 | 1.19 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Debt / assetsi | 18.95 | 23.99 | 22.68 | 15.96 | 17.59 | 17.61 | 17.02 | 18.94 |
| LT debt / equityi | 33.11 | 41.74 | 38.01 | 28.39 | 30.07 | 27.26 | 23.98 | 26.26 |
| Interest coveragei | 9.91 | 5.49 | 8.91 | 32.13 | 52.05 | 21.55 | 25.36 | 7.72 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | 5.07 | 3.44 | 1.32 | 6.78 | 18.95 | 14.62 | 3.53 | -7.27 |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | 14.46 | 28.94 | 5.98 | 46.97 | 95.38 | 40.08 | -6.60 | -41.37 |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | 47.91 | 26.96 | 24.86 | 6.78 | 65.03 | -15.32 | -42.81 | -30.89 |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 14.25 | 12.50 | 7.40 | 4.61 | 4.33 | 1.27 |
| ROA %i | 7.53 | 6.49 | 3.96 | 2.46 | 2.30 | 0.66 |
| ROIC %i | 10.56 | 9.32 | 5.82 | 3.76 | 3.59 | 1.38 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| EBIT margin %i | 5.77 | 5.54 | 3.53 | 2.38 | 2.26 | 0.83 |
| FCF / sales %i | 1.41 | 1.39 | 1.64 | 2.51 | 3.39 | 4.11 |
| Current ratioi | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.98 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.97 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.91 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.90 |
| Debt / assetsi | 19.23 | 19.92 | 18.41 | 18.94 | 18.72 | 18.75 |
| LT debt / equityi | 27.97 | 29.16 | 26.19 | 26.26 | 25.59 | 25.96 |
| Interest coveragei | 24.94 | 21.64 | 12.46 | 7.72 | 6.58 | 2.44 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed
Lead segment, long tail
- Asset-Based is the largest reported line at 66.16% of revenue, across 3 reported segments.
- Asset-Light follows at 37.04%, so the top line still matters most but isn’t the whole story.
Revenue breakdown most recent period
Business
Asset-Based66.16%
Asset-Light37.04%
Quote time 2026-10-08 08:29:33 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.