Growth Metrics

Arcbest (ARCB) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Arcbest (ARCB) reported EBT Margin of 0.13% for Q1 2026, down 57.0% year-over-year from 0.31% in Q1 2025, and up 89.02% on a QoQ basis from 1.22% in Q4 2025.

Arcbest (ARCB) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 0.13% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin fell 57.0% year-over-year to 0.13% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.89% (down 365.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.04%, down 319.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin advanced to 0.13% in Q1 2026 per ARCB's latest filing, from 1.22% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 12.86% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 1.22% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 4.41% (2023), against an average of 4.46%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBT Margin tumbled 6382 bps; it then soared 870 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing ARCB's EBT Margin over 5 years: stood at 4.45% in 2022, then surged by 40 bps to 6.22% in 2023, then sank by 40 bps to 3.74% in 2024, then plunged by 133 bps to 1.22% in 2025, then surged by 89 bps to 0.13% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ARCB EBT Margin figures stand at 0.13% (Q1 2026), 1.22% (Q4 2025), and 5.11% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 23.80%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 5.92%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 8.07%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn -0.08%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 1.94%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -3.44%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn -0.13%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn -0.73%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 2.40%
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn -3.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.13%
Dec 31, 2025 -1.22%
Sep 30, 2025 5.11%
Jun 30, 2025 3.52%
Mar 31, 2025 0.43%
Dec 31, 2024 3.74%
Sep 30, 2024 12.86%
Jun 30, 2024 4.57%
Mar 31, 2024 -0.45%
Dec 31, 2023 6.22%
Sep 30, 2023 4.16%
Jun 30, 2023 4.41%
Mar 31, 2023 2.13%
Dec 31, 2022 4.45%
Sep 30, 2022 8.98%
Jun 30, 2022 9.97%
Mar 31, 2022 7.12%
Dec 31, 2021 68.27%
Sep 30, 2021 8.47%
Jun 30, 2021 7.74%
Mar 31, 2021 3.78%
Dec 31, 2020 3.70%
Sep 30, 2020 4.93%
Jun 30, 2020 3.30%
Mar 31, 2020 0.34%
Dec 31, 2019 -1.68%
Sep 30, 2019 2.96%
Jun 30, 2019 4.35%
Mar 31, 2019 0.93%
Dec 31, 2018 2.67%
Sep 30, 2018 6.54%
Jun 30, 2018 0.09%
Mar 31, 2018 1.28%
Dec 31, 2017 2.25%
Sep 30, 2017 3.23%
Jun 30, 2017 3.35%
Mar 31, 2017 -1.94%
Dec 31, 2016 0.16%
Sep 30, 2016 2.88%
Jun 30, 2016 2.42%
Mar 31, 2016 -1.57%
Dec 31, 2015 1.06%
Sep 30, 2015 4.52%
Jun 30, 2015 4.73%
Mar 31, 2015 0.15%
Dec 31, 2014 2.95%
Sep 30, 2014 4.58%
Jun 30, 2014 4.16%
Mar 31, 2014 -1.55%
Dec 31, 2013 2.40%
Sep 30, 2013 3.37%
Jun 30, 2013 1.36%
Mar 31, 2013 -4.48%
Dec 31, 2012 -2.29%
Sep 30, 2012 2.04%
Jun 30, 2012 1.19%
Mar 31, 2012 -5.11%
Dec 31, 2011 0.42%
Sep 30, 2011 3.73%
Jun 30, 2011 1.73%
Mar 31, 2011 -4.63%
Dec 31, 2010 -1.49%
Sep 30, 2010 -0.22%
Jun 30, 2010 -2.78%
Mar 31, 2010 -9.68%
Dec 31, 2009 -27.20%
Sep 30, 2009 -2.48%
Jun 30, 2009 -7.02%