Arcbest (ARCB) Tax Rate (2011 - 2025)
Arcbest (ARCB) reported Tax Rate of 34.03% for Q2 2026, up 5.79 percentage points from 28.24% a year earlier and up 11.77 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Arcbest (ARCB) Tax Rate (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Arcbest's Tax Rate came in at 21.13%, down 5.01 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 27.68%, up 6.94 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of +4.54 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Tax Rate came in at 20.74% in FY2024 (-3.21 pp), 23.94% in FY2023 (-0.18 pp), 24.12% in FY2022 (+1.19 pp) and 22.93% in FY2021 (-0.20 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Tax Rate since Q1 2024.
- Year over year, Tax Rate gained in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.25 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was Q2 2025 (a gain of 23.57 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2024 (a drop of 13.96 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 22.26% (Q1 2026), 23.11% (Q4 2025) and 26.60% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Pacific | 161.79 Bn | 156.31 Bn | - | 22.00% |
| 2 | Csx | 86.21 Bn | 82.43 Bn | - | 24.09% |
| 3 | Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 74.26 Bn | 73.97 Bn | - | 24.65% |
| 4 | United Parcel Service | 70.36 Bn | 47.28 Bn | - | 20.63% |
| 5 | Norfolk Southern | 69.74 Bn | 64.38 Bn | - | 23.46% |
| 6 | Fedex | 67.91 Bn | 33.85 Bn | - | 24.21% |
| 7 | Delta Air Lines | 55.33 Bn | 37.51 Bn | - | 20.16% |
| 8 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 36.95 Bn | 36.21 Bn | - | 25.00% |
| 9 | United Airlines Holdings | 36.28 Bn | -20.09 Bn | - | 21.54% |
| 10 | Arcbest | 2.90 Bn | 2.39 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | 26.60% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 28.24% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 24.99% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 22.49% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 26.62% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.68% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 28.04% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 25.51% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 18.64% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 19.95% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 29.55% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 22.62% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 22.91% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 24.67% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 23.99% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 26.07% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 16.99% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 25.48% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 20.81% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 24.95% |
Arcbest Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=ARCB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "ARCB", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=ARCB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();