The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

ARCB

Concerning the House

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.

United States · arcb.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$4.43B+11.7%
Operating income$90.31M+9.6%
Net income$60.10M+17.7%
Cash from ops$228.95M+39.0%
Quotation

$146.74

+6.11 (+4.3%)

52w hi$173.07
52w lo$59.44
Vol431.54K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.41

Short+0.46
Medium+0.45
Long+0.22

computed 2026-08-12

By the Numbers

ArcBest Corporation

Industrials · Trucking

Market cap$3.28B
Enterprise value$3.43B
Trailing P/E209.63x
Forward P/E15.46x
EV / EBITDA11.88x
P / S (ttm)0.78x
Profit margin0.4%
Return on equity1.3%
Revenue growth+15.9%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity36.27
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.58
Corr SPX0.50
Annual vol51.3%
Annual ret+29.3%
Sharpe0.57
Max DD-53.5%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.21
Sector+0.07
Technical+0.32
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-12

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$141.29$148.59$140.51$146.74431.54K
Aug 12$136.04$142.38$134.71$140.63403.90K
Aug 11$137.78$142.61$134.14$135.76236.80K
Aug 10$139.38$142.66$136.46$137.43260.60K
Aug 7$135.34$139.14$134.75$137.76247.80K