ArcBest Corporation (ARCB): Price and Financial Metrics

ARCB POWR Grades

• ARCB scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 97.6% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for ARCB is in Value, which has been heading down over the past 163 days.
• ARCB ranks lowest in Stability; there it ranks in the 35th percentile.

ARCB Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for ARCB is 3.76 -- better than 88.5% of US stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of Arcbest Corp's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 85.78% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, Arcbest Corp is reporting a growth rate of 269.72%; that's higher than 92.03% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to ARCB, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are BGFV, HIBB, EDUC, SPXC, and JYNT.
• ARCB's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Arcbest Corp's official web site, go to www.arcb.com.

ARCB Valuation Summary

• ARCB's EV/EBIT ratio is 9.6; this is 56.06% lower than that of the median Industrials stock.
• Over the past 243 months, ARCB's price/earnings ratio has gone up 5.
• ARCB's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.2 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for ARCB.

ARCB Growth Metrics

Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at 3.03%.
• The 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 158.62%.
• Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 150.17%.

Over the past 33 months, ARCB's revenue has gone up $517,469,000.

The table below shows ARCB's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-09-30	3,611.257	293.065	171.947
2021-06-30	3,389.58	269.822	137.66
2021-03-31	3,067.977	205.394	92.559
2020-12-31	2,940.163	205.989	71.1
2020-09-30	2,841.167	183.617	41.637
2020-06-30	2,833.75	171.96	28.503

ARCB's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• ARCB has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 80.32% of graded US stocks.
• ARCB's asset turnover comes in at 1.9 -- ranking 9th of 137 Transportation stocks.
• UNP, PATI, and ODFL are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with ARCB.

The table below shows ARCB's key quality metrics over time.