ArcBest Corporation

NasdaqGS:ARCB Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.0b

ArcBest Valuation

Is ARCB undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ARCB when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: ARCB ($134.86) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value ($318.21)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: ARCB is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ARCB?

Key metric: As ARCB is barely profitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for ARCB. This is calculated by dividing ARCB's market cap by their current revenue.
What is ARCB's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.7x
SalesUS$4.20b
Market CapUS$3.01b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does ARCB's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for ARCB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.9x
WERN Werner Enterprises
0.7x9.35%US$2.2b
RXO RXO
0.5x8.45%US$3.2b
LSTR Landstar System
1.2x9.25%US$5.9b
SNDR Schneider National
1x6.79%US$6.0b
ARCB ArcBest
0.7x8.19%US$3.0b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: ARCB is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the peer average (0.9x).

Historical Price to Sales Ratio

Historical Price to Sales Ratio compares a stock's price to its sales over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does ARCB's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Transportation Industry?

12 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HTZ Hertz Global Holdings
0.08x4.07%US$725.38m
DSKE Daseke
0.2xn/aUS$391.76m
USX U.S. Xpress Enterprises
0.2x3.11%US$322.82m
SLGB Smart Logistics Global
0.2xn/aUS$15.70m
ARCB 0.7xIndustry Avg. 1.2xNo. of Companies12PS01.22.43.64.86+
12 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: ARCB is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the US Transportation industry average (1.2x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ARCB's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ARCB PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.7x
Fair PS Ratio0.6x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: ARCB is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ARCB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$134.86
US$170.92
+26.74%
8.56%US$200.00US$150.00n/a13
Sep ’27US$132.72
US$170.77
+28.67%
8.56%US$200.00US$150.00n/a13
Aug ’27US$144.35
US$170.62
+18.20%
9.21%US$200.00US$145.00n/a13
Jul ’27US$139.82
US$157.73
+12.81%
13.91%US$202.00US$122.00n/a11
Jun ’27US$140.80
US$135.45
-3.80%
8.98%US$150.00US$117.00n/a11
May ’27US$125.82
US$135.45
+7.66%
8.98%US$150.00US$117.00n/a11
Apr ’27US$99.66
US$100.25
+0.59%
11.43%US$125.00US$85.00n/a12
Mar ’27US$102.66
US$98.33
-4.21%
10.49%US$120.00US$81.00n/a12
Feb ’27US$90.22
US$94.73
+5.00%
11.72%US$120.00US$77.00n/a11
Jan ’27US$74.19
US$83.42
+12.44%
16.15%US$120.00US$64.00n/a12
Dec ’26US$65.63
US$81.42
+24.05%
16.87%US$120.00US$64.00n/a12
Nov ’26US$74.32
US$89.33
+20.20%
16.84%US$130.00US$67.00n/a12
Oct ’26US$68.88
US$88.50
+28.48%
17.84%US$130.00US$67.00n/a12
Sep ’26US$73.76
US$89.17
+20.89%
17.19%US$130.00US$72.00US$132.7212
Aug ’26US$70.12
US$89.67
+27.88%
16.97%US$130.00US$72.00US$144.3512
Jul ’26US$81.91
US$83.42
+1.84%
24.68%US$140.00US$60.00US$139.8212
Jun ’26US$62.69
US$79.83
+27.35%
25.93%US$140.00US$60.00US$140.8012
May ’26US$57.81
US$79.08
+36.80%
26.95%US$140.00US$58.00US$125.8212
Apr ’26US$70.13
US$104.69
+49.28%
18.78%US$145.00US$73.00US$99.6613
Mar ’26US$78.77
US$113.67
+44.30%
12.06%US$145.00US$96.00US$102.6612
Feb ’26US$95.61
US$115.73
+21.04%
14.72%US$160.00US$96.00US$90.2211
Jan ’26US$93.32
US$122.33
+31.09%
13.49%US$170.00US$105.00US$74.1912
Dec ’25US$115.28
US$121.83
+5.68%
13.37%US$170.00US$105.00US$65.6312
Nov ’25US$100.02
US$120.36
+20.34%
16.33%US$175.00US$95.00US$74.3211
Oct ’25US$103.95
US$128.00
+23.14%
14.92%US$175.00US$99.00US$68.8812
Sep ’25US$106.30
US$130.42
+22.69%
13.74%US$175.00US$102.00US$73.7612
US$170.92
Fair Value
21.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
13
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/09/13 02:53
End of Day Share Price 2026/09/11 00:00
Earnings2026/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

ArcBest Corporation is covered by 27 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Benjamin HartfordBaird
Kenneth HoexterBofA Global Research
Ariel RosaCitigroup Inc