ARCB · XBRL financial data
Arcbest financial statements, every fiscal year
The same tables from 6 filings, lined up. Matched by XBRL tag: renamed lines keep their history.
How these numbers work
- Every number comes from the company's XBRL financial data filed with the SEC, and each one links to its filing.
- Lines are matched by XBRL tag, so a line renamed between filings keeps its history.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: the 10-K year minus the first three quarters, or a year-to-date total minus the earlier one. Fourth-quarter earnings per share is fourth-quarter net income over the fourth-quarter weighted shares.
- 0 means a filing states zero; a dash (—) means no filing states that number.
- “year only” means the 10-K gives the full year but not the quarters needed to work out the fourth. A worked-out quarter of revenue, cost of revenue or operating cash flow more than twice the company's largest quarter of the two years before is shown this way too.
- Gross profit is shown as the company reports it; a worked-out quarter must equal revenue less cost of revenue for that quarter, or it is a dash.
- Operating income can be above gross profit when the company books other operating income between the two, shown on its own line.
- Shares outstanding come from each filing's cover page, as of the date printed there.
- Quarters are fiscal: Q2 FY27 is the second quarter of the company's fiscal 2027.
Income statement
CSVFiscal years (ARCB's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue from contracts with customers | 2,940 | 3,980 | 5,324 | 4,427 | 4,179 | 4,010 |
| Research and development | 26 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 34 | 29 |
| Operating income (loss) | 98 | 281 | 399 | 173 | 244 | 90 |
| Other income (expense) | 2 | 4 | (2) | 9 | (28) | 0 |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 21 | 64 | 95 | 45 | 45 | 23 |
| Net income (loss) | 71 | 214 | 298 | 195 | 174 | 60 |
| Earnings per share, basic USD per share | 2.80 | 8.38 | 12.13 | 8.14 | 7.39 | 2.63 |
| Earnings per share, diluted USD per share | 2.69 | 7.98 | 11.69 | 7.93 | 7.30 | 2.62 |
| Weighted average shares, basic millions of shares | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
| Weighted average shares, diluted millions of shares | 26 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 |
Balance sheet
CSVFiscal years (ARCB's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 304 | 77 | 158 | 262 | 127 | 102 |
| Short-term investments | 65 | 48 | 168 | 68 | 30 | 22 |
| Accounts receivable | 321 | 582 | 581 | 430 | 395 | 371 |
| Total current assets | 758 | 776 | 990 | 885 | 676 | 626 |
| Property and equipment, net | 679 | 696 | 811 | 915 | 1,066 | 1,143 |
| Right-of-use asset | 115 | 107 | 167 | 170 | 193 | 220 |
| Goodwill | 88 | 300 | 305 | 305 | 305 | 305 |
| Total assets | 1,779 | 2,113 | 2,494 | 2,485 | 2,430 | 2,453 |
| Accounts payable | 171 | 311 | 318 | 214 | 173 | 154 |
| Accrued liabilities | 247 | 306 | 342 | 378 | 395 | 378 |
| Current portion of long-term debt | — | — | 66 | 67 | 64 | 88 |
| Total current liabilities | 507 | 703 | 768 | 702 | 666 | 657 |
| Long-term debt | — | — | 198 | 162 | 125 | 136 |
| Lease liability, non-current | 98 | 89 | 148 | 177 | 190 | 204 |
| Retained earnings | 596 | 801 | 1,089 | 1,273 | 1,435 | 1,484 |
| Total stockholders' equity | 829 | 929 | 1,151 | 1,242 | 1,314 | 1,296 |
| Total liabilities and equity | 1,779 | 2,113 | 2,494 | 2,485 | 2,430 | 2,453 |
| Common shares outstanding (cover page) millions of shares | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 |
Cash flows
CSVFiscal years (ARCB's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income (loss) | 71 | 214 | 298 | 195 | 174 | 60 |
| Stock-based compensation | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 118 | 124 | 140 | 145 | 149 | 170 |
| Net cash from operating activities | 206 | 324 | 471 | 322 | 286 | 229 |
| Purchases of property and equipment | 43 | 58 | 148 | 219 | 223 | 115 |
| Net cash from investing activities | 7 | (303) | (261) | (22) | (187) | (77) |
| Share repurchases | 7 | 83 | 65 | 92 | 75 | 76 |
| Dividends paid | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Repayments of long-term debt | 326 | 172 | 116 | 69 | 121 | 108 |
| Net cash from financing activities | (111) | (248) | (128) | (197) | (233) | (178) |
| Net change in cash | 102 | (227) | 82 | 104 | (135) | (25) |
Compare with peers
SIC 4213 and related industry codes, similar size. Each row is the latest quarter reported.
How peers are chosen
- SIC 4213 and related industry codes with public float (or, where float is missing, quarterly revenue) between 0.2x and 5x the company's.
- Each row is the latest quarter the company has reported, named in the Quarter column; when that filing is a 10-K, it is the fourth quarter, never the full year.
- Runway shows only for companies burning cash with under $10B of public float.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: for a 10-Q, the year-to-date total less the earlier one.
- A cell reading “not reported” means the filings give no figure for that quarter alone.
| Company | Cash ($M) | Revenue, quarter ($M) | Operating cash flow, quarter ($M) | Shares outstanding | Runway | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcbest | 185 | 1,211 | not reported | 22.1M | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Werner Enterprises | 57 | 934 | 84* | 60.0M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Schneider National | 326 | 1,585 | 139* | not reported | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Marten Transport | 104 | not reported | 28* | 81.7M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Landstar System | 297 | 1,512 | 71* | 33.7M | — | 10-QSep 26, 2026 |
| Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings | 254 | 2,201 | 350* | 162.8M | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Saia | 203 | 982 | 190* | 26.7M | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Covenant Logistics Group | 2.6 | not reported | (11)* | not reported | 0.2 quarters | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Heartland Express | 62 | 184 | 13* | 77.3M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
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