Arcbest (ARCB) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Arcbest (ARCB) posted quarterly FCF Margin of 0.12% for Q1 2026, up 262.0% YoY from 0.03% in Q1 2025, and down 100.79% sequentially from 15.54% in Q4 2025.

Arcbest (ARCB) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Arcbest has disclosed FCF Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.12% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 262.0% year-over-year to 0.12%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 6.28% (up 51.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 5.7%, down 74.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin fell to 0.12% in Q1 2026, from 15.54% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for ARCB reached as high as 20.94% in Q4 2024 and fell as low as 7.54% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 2.25% (2024), against an average of 4.88%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Margin plunged 6032 bps — and 2024, when it surged 2848 bps.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 1.91% in 2022, then slumped by 294 bps to 7.54% in 2023, then surged by 378 bps to 20.94% in 2024, then retreated by 26 bps to 15.54% in 2025, then tumbled by 101 bps to 0.12% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 0.12%, 15.54%, and 0.55% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 TFI International 160.26 Bn 160.08 Bn 963.70 Mn 7.57%
2 Old Dominion Freight Line 45.40 Bn 45.11 Bn 1.33 Bn 23.31%
3 Xpo 24.25 Bn 24.01 Bn 1.67 Bn 3.44%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.57 Bn 12.51 Bn 1.57 Bn 0.68%
5 Saia 11.19 Bn 11.15 Bn - 9.12%
6 Schneider National 6.37 Bn 6.11 Bn 1.27 Bn 3.95%
7 Rxo 4.69 Bn 4.67 Bn 254.00 Mn -1.68%
8 Arcbest 3.12 Bn 3.04 Bn 951.93 Mn -0.12%
9 Werner Enterprises 2.63 Bn 2.59 Bn 726.17 Mn 9.99%
10 Marten Transport 1.42 Bn 1.37 Bn 203.18 Mn 2.85%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.12%
Dec 31, 2025 15.54%
Sep 30, 2025 0.55%
Jun 30, 2025 9.59%
Mar 31, 2025 -2.74%
Dec 31, 2024 20.94%
Sep 30, 2024 2.25%
Jun 30, 2024 2.76%
Mar 31, 2024 0.54%
Dec 31, 2023 -7.54%
Sep 30, 2023 8.13%
Jun 30, 2023 6.94%
Mar 31, 2023 1.54%
Dec 31, 2022 -1.91%
Sep 30, 2022 13.15%
Jun 30, 2022 15.72%
Mar 31, 2022 -2.42%
Dec 31, 2021 58.41%
Sep 30, 2021 7.31%
Jun 30, 2021 10.35%