ARCB
ArcBest Corporation
ARCB's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks expensive: trading at 105x earnings, about seven times its usual 15x. Analysts expect strong earnings growth.
ARCB Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong |
ARCB's revenue, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its profitability is stable.
ARCB PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 8.3x | $10.60 | -92% |
| Forward | 14x | $135 | — |
| Fair | 15x | $18.93 | -86% |
| Expensive | 28x | $35.29 | -74% |
| Current | 105x | $135 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
ARCB's PE is in its expensive range at 105x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 14x next year's earnings, in its fair range.
ARCB Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for ARCB, with profitability improving.
ARCB Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $9.38 | +633% |
| Q3 2026 | $1.28 | -69% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.70 | -90% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.44 | -68% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.62 | -64% |
| Q3 2025 | $4.18 | -49% |
| Q2 2025 | $6.69 | +26% |
| Q1 2025 | $7.53 | +51% |
| Q4 2024 | $7.30 | -7.9% |
ARCB's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $1.28 over the past year, against $12.64 in late 2022.
ARCB Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.2B | +15% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.2B | +16% |
| Q1 2026 | $998.8M | +3.3% |
| Q4 2025 | $972.7M | -2.9% |
| Q3 2025 | $1B | -1.4% |
| Q2 2025 | $1B | -5.2% |
| Q1 2025 | $967.1M | -6.7% |
| Q4 2024 | $1B | -8.1% |
ARCB's revenue is growing: $1.2B last quarter, up 15% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 6.1% | +0.8 points |
| Q2 2026 | -1.7% | -5.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | 0.3% | -0.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | -0.8% | -4.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 5.2% | -7.5 points |
| Q2 2025 | 3.6% | -0.9 points |
| Q1 2025 | 0.7% | -1.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 3.8% | -2.1 points |
ARCB's operating margin was 6.1% last quarter, up 0.8 points from the same quarter a year ago.
ARCB Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $103.3M | +211% |
| Q2 2026 | $117.1M | +45% |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.2M | +$35.6M |
| Q4 2025 | $36.9M | +944% |
| Q3 2025 | $33.2M | +39% |
| Q2 2025 | $80.9M | -3.5% |
| Q1 2025 | -$36.8M | +$11.7M |
| Q4 2024 | $3.5M | -91% |
ARCB generated $256M in free cash flow over the past year, about three times what it generated the year before.
ARCB Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.4% | +79.5K shares |
| 1 year | -1.7% | -383K shares |
| 3 years | -8.6% | -2.1M shares |
| 5 years | -16% | -4.3M shares |
| Available history | -12% | -3.1M shares |
ARCB has 22M diluted shares, down 1.7% from a year ago, with $52M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $26.6M |
| Q2 2026 | $749,000 |
| Q1 2026 | $7.4M |
| Q4 2025 | $17.4M |
| Q3 2025 | $16.4M |
| Q2 2025 | $19.7M |
| Q1 2025 | $22M |
| Q4 2024 | $19.1M |
ARCB spent $52M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 32% from the year before.
ARCB Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.0x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.5x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.4x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 0.2x | Very low |
ARCB's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA).
ARCB Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 53.2 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 24.0 | Neutral |
ARCB's weekly RSI is 53 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 24 (neutral).
ARCB PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | ARCB | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 105x | 24x | 338% above |
| PE % | 96 | 58 | 38 pts above |
ARCB is trading at 105x earnings, a 338% premium to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
ARCB Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $129.0 | 4.3% above |
| 20 week MA | $137.0 | 1.8% below |
| 50 week MA | $119.2 | 13% above |
| 100 week MA | $97.1 | 39% above |
| 200 week MA | $102.9 | 31% above |
ARCB's trend is mixed: it's above four of its five weekly moving averages, and 31% above its 200-week average.
ARCB Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $27.4 | $43.3 | +58% |
| 2021 | $43.3 | $111.6 | +158% |
| 2022 | $111.6 | $71.5 | -36% |
| 2023 | $71.5 | $120.2 | +68% |
| 2024 | $120.2 | $93.6 | -22% |
| 2025 | $93.6 | $77.3 | -17% |
| 2026 YTD | $77.3 | $134.6 | +74% |
ARCB is up 74% so far in 2026, after finishing lower in three of the previous six years.