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ARCBEST CORP /DE/
ARCB
$3.5B
Mkt Cap
$154.30
-1.71%
ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB) has a current P/E ratio of 58.9, compared to its historical median P/E of 15.2. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 16.9%. This indicates strong capital allocation and a potential competitive advantage.
ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB) has a market capitalization of $4.7B. It is classified as a mid-cap stock.
Yes, ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 0.23%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 1.30%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB) appears expensive. The current P/E of 58.9 is 287% above its historical median of 15.2. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 20.5%.
ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB) operates in the Trucking (No Local) industry, within the Industrials sector.
ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB) reported annual revenue of $4.0 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
ArcBest Corporation ArcBest Corporation™ (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company,” “ArcBest,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) is a multibillion-dollar integrated logistics company that leverages technology and a full suite of solutions across multiple modes of transportation to meet our customers’ supply chain needs. We serve as a single end-to-end logistics partner with global reach. Through our integrated approach and customer-led mindset, combined with our technology, expertise, and scale, we ensure our customers have the right solutions and capacity to meet their evolving supply chain needs. The Company, which was incorporated in Delaware in 1966 and is headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas, started over a century ago as a local Arkansas freight hauler. Today, as a result of organic growth, strategic acquisitions, and visionary leadership, we are a logistics powerhouse with 14,000 employees across nearly 250 campuses and service centers. Our customers are at the center of our strategy.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 4.0B | 4.0B | 4.2B | 4.4B | 5.0B | 3.8B |
| Net Income | 56M | 60M | 174M | 195M | 298M | 214M |
| EPS | $1.83 | $2.62 | $7.30 | $7.93 | $11.69 | $7.98 |
| Free Cash Flow | 150M | 114M | 63M | 103M | 323M | 265M |
| ROIC | 4.4% | 4.8% | 15.6% | 11.8% | 28.2% | 24.1% |
| Gross Margin | - | 52.0% | 52.8% | 48.8% | 45.9% | 52.3% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.24 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.36 | $0.48 | $0.47 | $0.47 | $0.42 | $0.32 |
| Operating Income | 87M | 90M | 244M | 173M | 395M | 277M |
| Operating Margin | 2.2% | 2.3% | 5.8% | 3.9% | 7.8% | 7.4% |
| ROE | 4.3% | 4.6% | 13.6% | 16.3% | 28.7% | 24.3% |
| Shares Outstanding | 30M | 23M | 24M | 25M | 26M | 27M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 2.6B | 2.7B | 2.7B | 2.8B | 3.1B | 3.0B | 2.9B | 3.8B | 5.0B | 4.4B | 4.2B | 4.0B | 4.0B |
| Gross Margin | 53.2% | 55.1% | 54.9% | 54.2% | 52.5% | 53.4% | 55.2% | 52.3% | 45.9% | 48.8% | 52.8% | 52.0% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 26M | 33M | 41M | 52M | 34M | 29M | 29M |
| SG&A | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.8B |
| EBIT | 69M | 75M | 34M | 61M | 109M | 64M | 98M | 277M | 395M | 173M | 244M | 90M | 87M |
| Op. Margin | 2.7% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3.5% | 2.1% | 3.3% | 7.4% | 7.8% | 3.9% | 5.8% | 2.3% | 2.2% |
| Net Income | 44M | 44M | 19M | 59M | 67M | 40M | 71M | 214M | 298M | 195M | 174M | 60M | 56M |
| Net Margin | 1.7% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2.4% | 5.7% | 5.9% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Non-Recurring | 1.5M | 2.2M | 20M | 3.1M | 3.6M | 25M | 22M | 6.9M | 402K | 25M | 3.9M | 27M | 27M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 9.3% | 8.8% | 3.6% | 8.7% | 11.9% | 6.7% | 10.0% | 24.1% | 28.2% | 11.8% | 15.6% | 4.8% | 4.4% |
| ROE | 8.1% | 7.7% | 3.1% | 9.5% | 9.8% | 5.4% | 8.9% | 24.3% | 28.7% | 16.3% | 13.6% | 4.6% | 4.3% |
| ROA | 4.1% | 3.7% | 1.5% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 2.5% | 4.1% | 11.0% | 12.9% | 7.8% | 7.1% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 144M | 149M | 112M | 152M | 255M | 170M | 206M | 324M | 471M | 322M | 286M | 229M | 260M |
| Free Cash Flow | 108M | 71M | 44M | 86M | 211M | 79M | 163M | 265M | 323M | 103M | 63M | 114M | 150M |
| Owner Earnings | 51M | 48M | 1.3M | 42M | 138M | 48M | 77M | 190M | 320M | 165M | 125M | 48M | 75M |
| CapEx | 35M | 78M | 68M | 66M | 44M | 91M | 43M | 58M | 148M | 219M | 223M | 115M | 110M |
| Maint. CapEx | 86M | 93M | 103M | 103M | 109M | 112M | 118M | 123M | 138M | 145M | 149M | 170M | 175M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10M | 74M | 74M | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 86M | 93M | 103M | 103M | 109M | 112M | 118M | 123M | 138M | 145M | 149M | 170M | 175M |
| CapEx/OCF | 24.7% | 53.7% | 61.0% | 43.3% | 17.2% | 53.4% | 21.0% | 18.1% | 31.5% | 68.0% | 78.1% | 50.1% | 42.3% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 4.1M | 6.8M | 8.3M | 8.3M | 8.2M | 8.2M | 8.2M | 8.1M | 11M | 12M | 11M | 11M | 11M |
| Dividend Yield | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 13M | 9.5M | 6.0M | 9.4M | 9.1M | 6.6M | 83M | 65M | 92M | 75M | 76M | 61M |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | 2.4% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 2.6% | 3.7% | 3.1% | 3.4% | 4.3% | 1.3% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 7.0M | 8.0M | 7.6M | 7.0M | 8.4M | 9.5M | 10M | 11M | 13M | 11M | 11M | 11M | 10M |
| Debt Repayment | 40M | 101M | 52M | 69M | 71M | 59M | 326M | 172M | 116M | 69M | 121M | 108M | 108M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | -75M | -14M | 73M | 92M | -5.3M | 5.0M | -85M | 101M | -61M | -101M | 32M | 100M | 137M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 157M | 165M | 114M | 121M | 190M | 202M | 304M | 77M | 158M | 262M | 127M | 102M | 86M |
| Long-Term Debt | 102M | 168M | 180M | 207M | 238M | 266M | 217M | 175M | 198M | 162M | 125M | 136M | 130M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.23 | 0.36 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.34 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.17 |
| Interest Coverage | 21.7 | 17.2 | 6.6 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 5.6 | 8.4 | 31.1 | 51.1 | 19.0 | 27.2 | 7.3 | 6.3 |
| Equity | 561M | 589M | 599M | 651M | 718M | 763M | 829M | 929M | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B |
| Total Assets | 1.1B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 2.1B | 2.5B | 2.5B | 2.4B | 2.5B | 2.5B |
| Total Liabilities | 567M | 674M | 683M | 714M | 822M | 888M | 950M | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 388M |
| Intangibles | 73M | 77M | 81M | 73M | 69M | 59M | 55M | 127M | 114M | 101M | 89M | 69M | 67M |
| Retained Earnings | 339M | 377M | 387M | 438M | 501M | 533M | 596M | 801M | 1.1B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.5B |
| Working Capital | 174M | 187M | 95M | 120M | 198M | 220M | 252M | 73M | 221M | 183M | 9.7M | -31M | -49M |
| Current Assets | 515M | 552M | 491M | 522M | 649M | 664M | 758M | 776M | 990M | 885M | 676M | 626M | 643M |
| Current Liabilities | 341M | 365M | 396M | 403M | 451M | 444M | 507M | 703M | 768M | 702M | 666M | 657M | 692M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 1.69 | 1.67 | 0.71 | 2.25 | 2.51 | 1.51 | 2.69 | 7.98 | 11.69 | 7.93 | 7.30 | 2.62 | 1.83 |
| Owner EPS | 1.95 | 1.81 | 0.05 | 1.58 | 5.17 | 1.83 | 2.92 | 7.08 | 12.54 | 6.71 | 5.26 | 2.09 | 2.45 |
| Book Value | 21.60 | 22.14 | 22.97 | 24.64 | 26.84 | 28.83 | 31.35 | 34.72 | 45.14 | 50.41 | 55.16 | 56.49 | 42.18 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 5.54 | 5.61 | 4.29 | 5.75 | 9.55 | 6.44 | 7.79 | 12.09 | 18.46 | 13.07 | 12.00 | 9.98 | 7.56 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.15 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.36 |
| Shares Out. | 26.0M | 26.6M | 26.1M | 26.4M | 26.7M | 26.5M | 26.4M | 26.8M | 25.5M | 24.6M | 23.8M | 22.9M | 30.5M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 25.5 | 11.7 | 37.1 | 15.3 | 13.2 | 17.5 | 15.7 | 14.8 | 5.8 | 15.2 | 12.7 | 29.5 | 84.1 |
| P/FCF | 10.3 | 7.4 | 15.7 | 10.5 | 4.2 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 11.9 | 5.4 | 28.8 | 35.3 | 15.5 | 31.4 |
| EV/EBIT | 16.3 | 7.4 | 28.6 | 17.4 | 8.6 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 4.4 | 17.0 | 9.4 | 21.7 | 55.6 |
| Price/Book | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
| Price/Sales | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| FCF Yield | 9.2% | 13.5% | 6.3% | 9.4% | 23.8% | 11.4% | 14.6% | 8.4% | 18.5% | 3.5% | 2.8% | 6.5% | 3.2% |
| Market Cap | 1.2B | 525M | 692M | 912M | 889M | 699M | 1.1B | 3.1B | 1.7B | 3.0B | 2.2B | 1.8B | 4.7B |
| Avg. Price | 34.69 | 30.08 | 18.99 | 26.15 | 38.39 | 29.38 | 27.43 | 71.70 | 79.46 | 97.04 | 115.60 | 74.19 | 154.30 |
| Year-End Price | 43.08 | 19.55 | 26.36 | 34.35 | 33.18 | 26.39 | 42.16 | 117.72 | 68.20 | 120.55 | 92.87 | 77.16 | 154.30 |
ARCBEST CORP /DE/ passes 4 of 9 quality checks, suggesting mixed fundamentals.
ARCBEST CORP /DE/ trades at 58.9x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 15.2x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 30.1x vs a median of 11.2x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 16.9% with a gross margin of 50.4%. Total shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) is 1.5%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -4.6%.
ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB) has a net profit margin of 1.5%. This is a modest margin.
ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB) generated $114 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. This indicates a conservatively financed balance sheet.
ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $2.62 in its most recent fiscal year.
ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB) has a return on equity (ROE) of 4.6%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB) has a 5-year average gross margin of 50.4%. This high margin suggests strong pricing power and a potential competitive moat.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB) has a book value per share of $56.49, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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