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ArcBest Corporation (ARCB)

Industrials | Trucking | Fort Smith, United States | NasdaqGS
133.07 USD +1.84 (1.402%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 133.07
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 3, 2026, 4:10 a.m. EDT

ArcBest presents a classic turnaround profile where the market is pricing in a massive earnings expansion, evidenced by the stark contrast between a bloated trailing P/E of 189 and a forward P/E of just 14. While revenue growth remains robust at nearly 16 percent, the underlying profitability metrics remain underwhelming, with profit margins hovering near zero and ROE barely exceeding 1 percent. This disconnect keeps the long-term rating from reaching exceptional status, as the balance sheet carries moderate debt and liquidity is tight. The dividend yield is negligible at less than 0.4 percent, offering no income cushion. On the short end, technicals are mixed with the stock trading below its 50-day average, yet options flow is distinctly bullish, with heavy call open interest at strikes above the current price. The statistical forecast offers no directional clarity, suggesting the price action is currently in a transition phase rather than a confirmed trend.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.029925
AutoARIMA0.033937
AutoETS0.033958
MSTL0.037447

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 41%
H-stat 2.96
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.734
Excess Kurtosis -0.53
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-06
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-06
Debt to Equity Ratio 36.27
Revenue per Share 187.065
Market Cap 2,974,294,784
Trailing P/E 190.10
Forward P/E 13.92
Beta 1.70
Profit Margins 0.39%
Website https://arcb.com

As of Oct. 3, 2026, 4:10 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside, with open interest heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money calls at strikes above the current price, including significant walls at 150 and 195. While put open interest exists at lower strikes, the call volume and open interest dominance indicate a bullish sentiment among retail traders expecting a recovery.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.09% 0.49% 0.50% 0.50%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-07 0.120 0.087108
2026-05-08 0.120 0.099198
2026-02-10 0.120 0.113144
2025-11-14 0.120 0.187617
2025-08-08 0.120 0.169229
2025-05-09 0.120 0.194426
2025-02-11 0.120 0.127660
2024-11-13 0.120 0.106317
2024-08-13 0.120 0.113165
2024-05-09 0.120 0.103681
2024-02-15 0.120 0.083589
2023-11-07 0.120 0.102661
2023-08-08 0.120 0.109041
2023-05-09 0.120 0.138408
2023-02-13 0.120 0.121692
2022-11-09 0.120 0.164654
2022-08-09 0.120 0.139632
2022-05-10 0.120 0.154242
2022-02-10 0.080 0.090724
2021-11-10 0.080 0.074899
2021-08-10 0.080 0.120138
2021-05-12 0.080 0.098292
2021-02-10 0.080 0.141418
2020-11-12 0.080 0.225416
2020-08-06 0.080 0.266223
2020-05-14 0.080 0.417755
2020-02-10 0.080 0.345423
2019-11-08 0.080 0.256657
2019-08-08 0.080 0.280308
2019-05-13 0.080 0.287563
2019-02-07 0.080 0.213732
2018-11-09 0.080 0.200501
2018-08-09 0.080 0.167189
2018-05-14 0.080 0.168067
2018-02-08 0.080 0.242792
2017-11-13 0.080 0.251572
2017-08-04 0.080 0.303605
2017-05-12 0.080 0.451977
2017-02-10 0.080 0.253566
2016-11-10 0.080 0.291439
2016-08-09 0.080 0.448430
2016-05-06 0.080 0.468384
2016-02-08 0.080 0.428725
2015-11-03 0.080 0.308048
2015-08-07 0.060 0.183094
2015-05-13 0.060 0.165654
2015-02-03 0.060 0.148221
2014-11-05 0.060 0.143027
2014-08-05 0.030 0.091185
2014-05-05 0.030 0.075396
2014-02-04 0.030 0.092736
2013-11-06 0.030 0.113080
2013-08-06 0.030 0.142857
2013-05-03 0.030 0.284360
2013-02-05 0.030 0.285987
2012-11-02 0.030 0.362757
2012-08-01 0.030 0.269300
2012-05-04 0.030 0.204499
2012-02-06 0.030 0.158730
2011-11-07 0.030 0.150301
2011-08-03 0.030 0.127226
2011-05-03 0.030 0.134288
2011-02-07 0.030 0.124585
2010-11-05 0.030 0.117647
2010-08-04 0.030 0.130776
2010-05-04 0.030 0.102354
2010-02-05 0.030 0.134589
2009-10-30 0.150 0.580945
2009-08-05 0.150 0.551876
2009-05-01 0.150 0.643501
2009-02-09 0.150 0.592183
2008-10-31 0.150 0.513875
2008-08-01 0.150 0.419229
2008-05-02 0.150 0.367918
2008-02-05 0.150 0.540346
2007-10-30 0.150 0.555967
2007-08-03 0.150 0.424689
2007-05-04 0.150 0.377548
2007-02-02 0.150 0.381098
2006-11-01 0.150 0.370828
2006-07-28 0.150 0.338983
2006-04-28 0.150 0.349487
2006-02-06 0.150 0.349487
2005-11-07 0.150 0.365586
2005-08-09 0.150 0.437828
2005-05-02 0.120 0.370599
2005-02-07 0.120 0.293542
2004-11-01 0.120 0.304414
2004-08-03 0.120 0.339655
2004-05-07 0.120 0.467836
2004-02-09 0.120 0.421941
2003-11-03 0.080 0.235571
2003-08-04 0.080 0.301318
2003-05-05 0.080 0.301887
2003-02-03 0.080 0.333194
1999-02-03 0.719 8.458824
1996-02-12 0.010 0.177778
1995-11-06 0.010 0.100000
1995-08-02 0.010 0.086022
1995-05-16 0.010 0.098765
1995-02-08 0.010 0.080808
1994-10-31 0.010 0.077295
1994-07-21 0.010 0.076190
1994-05-18 0.010 0.090909
1994-01-31 0.010 0.067797
1993-10-28 0.010 0.079208
1993-07-29 0.010 0.117647
1993-05-13 0.010 0.103896
1993-01-27 0.010 0.063492
1992-10-29 0.010 0.077670
1992-07-30 0.010 0.086957
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.37
exDividendDate 2026-08-07
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.48
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0036577003
lastDividendValue 0.12
lastDividendDate 2026-08-07
dividendDate 2026-08-21

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.7764993
Address1 8,401 McClure Drive
All Time High 176.69
All Time Low 4.125
Ask 169.53
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 2.0 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 207,010
Average Daily Volume3 Month 285,454
Average Volume 285,454
Average Volume10Days 207,010
Beta 1.701
Bid 94.53
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 2
Book Value 56.723
City Fort Smith
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 133.07
Current Ratio 0.968
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 134.79
Day Low 130.81
Debt To Equity 36.27
Display Name ArcBest
Dividend Date 1,787,270,400
Dividend Yield 0.37
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,822,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,822,400
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,795,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,795,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,795,400
Ebitda 289,120,992
Ebitda Margins 0.06877
Enterprise To Ebitda 11.153
Enterprise To Revenue 0.767
Enterprise Value 3,224,496,128
Eps Current Year 7.04215
Eps Forward 9.56159
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.7
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,060,800
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 134.2872
Fifty Day Average Change -1.2171936
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.009064107
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 77.649925
Fifty Two Week High 176.69
Fifty Two Week High Change -43.619995
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.24687302
Fifty Two Week Low 59.43
Fifty Two Week Low Change 73.64001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.239105
Fifty Two Week Range 59.43 - 176.69
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 705,763,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.46
Float Shares 21,955,512
Forward Eps 9.56159
Forward P E 13.917142
Free Cashflow 148,348,992
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 14,000
Fullday Change 1.8400116
Fullday Change Percent 1.4021273
Fullday Price 133.07
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.080970004
Gross Profits 340,422,016
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01426
Held Percent Institutions 1.06348
Implied Shares Outstanding 22,351,354
Industry Trucking
Industry Disp Trucking
Industry Key trucking
Ir Website http://www.arkbest.com/IR/index.asp
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,060,800
Last Dividend Value 0.12
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name ArcBest Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 2,974,294,784
Market State POST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_25063
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 16,297,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 2,927,356,833
Number Of Analyst Opinions 13
Open 131.23
Operating Cashflow 282,196,000
Operating Margins 0.05429
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.6957
Peg Ratio 0.5
Phone 479 785 6000
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 133.07
Post Market Time 1,792,096,373
Previous Close 131.23
Price Eps Current Year 18.89622
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.345962
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.7074674
Profit Margins 0.0038800002
Quick Ratio 0.865
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.0
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.8400116
Regular Market Change Percent 1.4021273
Regular Market Day High 134.79
Regular Market Day Low 130.81
Regular Market Day Range 130.81 - 134.79
Regular Market Open 131.23
Regular Market Previous Close 131.23
Regular Market Price 133.07
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,401
Regular Market Volume 204,071
Return On Assets 0.02812
Return On Equity 0.01269
Revenue Growth 0.159
Revenue Per Share 187.065
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16440773
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 22,351,354
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.066599995
Shares Short 1,489,641
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 1,305,861
Short Name ArcBest Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.092
Short Ratio 6.23
Source Interval 15
State AR
Symbol ARCB
Target High Price 185.0
Target Low Price 150.0
Target Mean Price 166.84615
Target Median Price 168.0
Total Cash 168,431,008
Total Cash Per Share 7.536
Total Debt 459,759,008
Total Revenue 4,204,144,128
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.48
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0036577003
Trailing Eps 0.7
Trailing P E 190.1
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 121.82665
Two Hundred Day Average Change 11.243355
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.092289776
Type Disp Equity
Volume 204,071
Website https://arcb.com
Zip 72,916