ARCB
ArcBest Corporation
Industrials · Trucking · NMS
$155.09
Data: 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$3.0B
Total market value of the company
Trailing P/E
54.66
Expensive — high growth expected
Forward P/E
16.70
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+3.3%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
1.4%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
ROE
4.3%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$137.00
-12% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 11 analysts covering this stock
About ArcBest Corporation

ArcBest Corporation, an integrated logistics company, provides ground, air, and ocean transportation solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Asset-Based and Asset-Light. The Asset-Based segment provides less-than-truckload (LTL) services that transports general commodities, such as food, textiles, apparel, furniture, appliances, chemicals, non-bulk petroleum products, rubber, plastics, metal and metal products, wood, glass, automotive parts, machinery, and miscellaneous manufactured products. This segment also offers motor carrier freight transportation services to customers in Mexico through arrangements with trucking companies. The Asset-Light segment provides ground expedite services; third-party transportation brokerage services by sourcing various capacity solutions, including dry van over-the-road, temperature-controlled and refrigerated, flatbed, intermodal or container shipping, and specialized equipment; less-than-container and full container load ocean transportation services; warehousing and distribution services; managed transportation services; and moving services to ‘do-it-yourself' consumer, as well as final mile, time critical, product launch, retail logistics, supply chain optimization, brokered LTL, and trade show shipping services. This segment also offers premium logistics services, such as deployment of specialized equipment to meet linehaul requirements; and international freight transportation with air, ocean, and ground services. The company was formerly known as Arkansas Best Corporation and changed its name to ArcBest Corporation in May 2014. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

https://arcb.com

Country: United States Employees: 14,000 Industry: Trucking
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0% N/A
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% N/A
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% N/A
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime
MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
Sharpe Ratio
0.536
Good returns relative to risk taken
Kelly Fraction
0.0433
Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted
Calmar Ratio
0.283
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
15.5%
Historical annualised return based on price data
Max Drawdown
-54.8%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
HMM State
BEAR
Statistical model detects bearish conditions
Days in State
60
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta
1.55
Significantly more volatile than the market
52W High
$135.10
-15% below the year high
52W Low
$59.43
161% above the year low
Avg Volume
315,919
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
Short Ratio
3.0
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
6.8%
Moderate short interest
Div Yield
36.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
EPS (TTM)
$2.44
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity
35.76
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
Current Ratio
0.93
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.78
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
7.7%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
0.4%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
Free Cash Flow
$110M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$4.0B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$56M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
11
Target High
$150.00
Target Median
$137.00
Target Low
$117.00
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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