ArcBest

ARCB

Trucking · Industrials

Price

$159.81

+2.20 (+1.40%)

Market Cap

$3.56B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

−14.3% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 26.8M (2021) → 22.9M (2025)

ArcBest Corporation provides freight transportation and integrated logistics services. It operates through three segments: Asset-Based, ArcBest, and FleetNet. The Asset-Based segment transports general commodities, such as food, textiles, apparel, furniture, appliances, chemicals, nonbulk petroleum products, rubber, plastics, metal and metal products, wood, glass, automotive parts, machinery, and miscellaneous manufactured products through less-than-truckload services. It also offers motor carri

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Quality

Gross Margin

0.3%

Thin — 0.3% gross margin

Operating Margin

0.3%

Thin — 0.3% operating margin

ROCE

0.2%

Weak — 0.2% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-1.7%

Shrinking sales (-1.7% YoY)

EPS YoY

-68.0%

Earnings shrinking (-68.0% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

465%

Turns 465% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

4.1%

Thin free cash flow (4.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.17

Conservative — low debt load (0.17)

Interest Cover

6.27x

Adequate interest coverage (6.3x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

65.5x

Expensive — P/E 65.5

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+40.3

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (65.5 → 25.2)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.30%

Small dividend — 0.30% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

Dividend flat

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