Stocks · Industrials · Trucking
ArcBest Corp ARCB
$132.61 +2.31% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.96B
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.69, down 89.7% year over year.
- The shares trade at 192.2× trailing earnings, higher than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Over the past year the stock returned +92.5%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 77.5 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth38Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 32%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 11%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 11%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 19%
Quality71Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 30%
- Gross marginTop 9%
- Operating marginBottom 26%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 7%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 39%
- Interest coverTop 46%
Value47Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 35%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 21%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 31%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 13%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 6%
Momentum87Strong
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 5%
- 6-month returnTop 20%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 6%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 49%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Revisions36Weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 40%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 38%
Stability37Weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 44%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 31%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 39%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.7% | 3.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -67.9% | -89.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 7.8% | 53.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 0.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 1.6% | 4.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.7% | -1.7% | ↑ | Bottom 32% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -89.7% | -67.9% | ↓ | Bottom 11% |
| Gross margin | 53.8% | 7.8% | ↑ | Top 9% |
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 5.4% | ↓ | Bottom 26% |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 3.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.6% | 1.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.2% | — | Bottom 30% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -7.3% | — | Bottom 11% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -0.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.58×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.36%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.42%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.78%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $162.83
- Target vs current price
- +22.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 24
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +5.3% | -5.3% | -3.5% | -9.3% | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | +18.5% | +0.8% | -8.7% | +2.2% | +23.9% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | -20.0% | +5.8% | +28.5% | +20.3% | +48.6% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +6.6% | -0.9% | -8.0% | -3.9% | +39.7% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | -8.1% | -12.6% | -8.8% | -9.2% | -7.5% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | -1.9% | -4.0% | +3.1% | +8.6% | +42.4% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | +26.7% | +1.2% | -0.5% | -16.7% | -37.5% |
| Nov 1, 2024 | -10.9% | -4.0% | +8.3% | +10.7% | -9.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $2.38 | $2.26 | +5.3% | $1.18B |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.27 | +18.5% | $998.8M |
| Jan 30, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.45 | -20.0% | $972.7M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $1.46 | $1.37 | +6.6% | $1.05B |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $1.36 | $1.48 | -8.1% | $1.02B |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $0.51 | $0.52 | -1.9% | $967.1M |
| Jan 31, 2025 | $1.33 | $1.05 | +26.7% | $1.00B |
| Nov 1, 2024 | $1.64 | $1.84 | -10.9% | $1.06B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 192.2× | 12.3× | 95th | Bottom 35% |
| P/E (forward) | 19.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 26.9× | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| EV / Sales | 0.78× | — | — | Top 13% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.49% | — | — | Top 21% |
| Earnings yield | 0.52% | — | — | Bottom 35% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.8× – 205.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +92.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -89.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +1874.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 204
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +10.7%
- RSI (14)
- 50.0
- Relative volume
- 1.43×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 40.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 15th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.27
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.39
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -23.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -62.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2024 | Apr 29, 2025 | -62.6% | 262 days | 277 days (Jun 5, 2026) |
| Dec 29, 2021 | May 19, 2022 | -45.2% | 98 days | 375 days (Nov 15, 2023) |
| May 7, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -40.6% | 49 days | 72 days (Oct 28, 2021) |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | -27.8% | 75 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -16.2% | 14 days | 6 days (Nov 5, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.96B
- P/E (TTM)
- 192.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.69
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.20B
- Dividend yield
- 0.36%
- 52-week range
- $59.43 – $176.69
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.77B | $5.03B | $4.43B | $4.18B | $4.01B |
| Gross profit | $406.3M | $573.5M | $378.4M | $350.0M | $90.3M |
| Operating income | $277.0M | $394.5M | $172.6M | $244.4M | $90.3M |
| Net income | $213.5M | $298.2M | $195.4M | $174.0M | $60.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.98 | $11.69 | $7.93 | $7.30 | $2.62 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.06B | $1.00B | $967.1M | $1.02B | $1.05B | $972.7M | $998.8M | $1.18B |
| Net income | $100.3M | $29.0M | $3.1M | $25.8M | $39.3M | -$8.1M | -$1.0M | -$13.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.23 | $1.24 | $0.13 | $1.12 | $1.72 | -$0.36 | -$0.05 | -$0.62 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $323.5M | $470.8M | $322.2M | $285.8M | $229.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$78.5M | -$165.5M | -$232.0M | -$240.0M | -$128.2M |
| Free cash flow | $245.0M | $305.3M | $90.2M | $45.8M | $100.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$8.1M | -$10.8M | -$11.5M | -$11.3M | -$11.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$83.1M | -$65.0M | -$91.5M | -$75.2M | -$75.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $168.4M
- Total assets
- $2.45B
- Total liabilities
- $1.18B
- Total debt
- $459.8M
- Net debt
- $313.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.27B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | $0.12 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.12 | May 22, 2026 |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $0.12 | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | $0.12 | Nov 28, 2025 |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $0.12 | Aug 22, 2025 |
| May 9, 2025 | $0.12 | May 23, 2025 |
| Feb 11, 2025 | $0.12 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Nov 13, 2024 | $0.12 | Nov 27, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,350,683
- Days to cover
- 6.64
- Change vs previous report
- +3.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.