# ArcBest Corporation (ARCB) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Industrials / Transportation Infrastructure. Price $141.12, market value $3.2 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 198.8×** (5-yr avg 15.3×, 3-yr avg 18.6×). ArcBest Corporation trades at 198.8× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 15.3×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Industrials median in the September 2026 study was 25.7×. Forward P/E is 14.9×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 0.8×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.8×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 2.5×**. The shares trade at 2.5× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 15.8×**. Enterprise value is 15.8× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 5.9%** (5-yr avg 8.0%). Free cash flow equals 5.9% of the market value, below its five-year average of 8.0%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 0.5%**. The inverse of the P/E: 0.5% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 0.7%**. 0.7% of revenue is left after running the business, which leaves little cushion in a downturn.
- **Net margin: 1.5%**. 1.5% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 4.6%**. 4.6% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: 1.6%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 1.6%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: 0.7%**. Each dollar of assets produces 0.7% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -4.0%** (3-yr -7.3%/yr, 5-yr 6.4%/yr). Revenue fell 4.0% over the last year, against 6.4% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -64.1%** (3-yr -39.3%/yr, 5-yr -0.5%/yr). Earnings per share fell 64.1%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -29.3%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -29.3% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.17**. Debt is 0.17 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 0.6×**. It would take 0.6 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 0.34%** ($0.48 per share, trailing). ArcBest Corporation yields 0.34%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 18%** (6% of free cash flow). 18% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 15**. 15 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 8.4%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has grown 8.4% a year over five years.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (13 analysts). 13 analysts cover ArcBest Corporation; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $170.77 (+21% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 90.3%** (YTD 90.6%, 3-mo -9.0%). The shares are up 90.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -20.1%** (137.5% above the low). Trading 20% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 52**. An RSI of 52 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.31** (volatility 48%). Beta of 1.31 against the S&P 500: the shares move much more than the market.

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