Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for ARCB in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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NASDAQ: ARCB
ArcBest (ARCB) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$129.67+0.31 (+0.2%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeAnalyst actions dominate ArcBest's week, with Stifel lowering its price target to $168 from $185 while keeping a Buy rating, and Citigroup trimming its target to $170 from $173 while also maintaining a Buy. Both firms point to brokerage and asset-light division weakness pressuring near-term earnings, even as ArcBest's labor contract is cited as a source of financial stability. Separately, options traders have shown elevated implied volatility around a December $95 call, and brokerage coverage from fifteen firms puts a consensus "Moderate Buy" rating on the stock with an average price target of $154.23.
ArcBest shares closed at $129.67, up 0.2%, sitting between the 50-day moving average of $134.69 and the 200-day average of $121.29, reflecting a mixed trend. The GekkoIndex reads 61, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. Price sits 7.4% above Gekko Fair Value of $120.75. Over the past six months the stock has returned 19.4%, and over the past year 74.9%, though the most recent month and quarter show declines of 3.8% and 14.5% respectively.
The next earnings date falls on 4 November 2026, 22 days out and just beyond the typical 20-trading-day holding window, with the last report showing an EPS miss ($0.36 actual versus $0.45 estimate) alongside a 16.9% price reaction. Seasonality over this stretch has averaged a 10.5% gain across 5 years, with gains in 3 of those years. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears within the respective tracking windows, leaving the earnings date and seasonal pattern as the notable factors over the coming stretch.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
ArcBest price vs fair value
Close $129.67200-day averageGekko Fair Value $120.75
ArcBest quick facts
- Market cap
- $2.90B
- P/E ratio
- 188.4
- Forward P/E
- 13.7
- EPS, TTM
- $0.69
- Revenue, TTM
- $4.20B
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Dividend yield
- 0.38%
- Beta
- 1.70
- Volume
- 156,397 avg 239,487
- 1-year return
- +74.9%
- Typical daily move
- ±3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±9%
- 50-day average
- $134.69
- 200-day average
- $121.29
- Next earnings
- Nov 4
- Shares outstanding
- 22.35M
ArcBest swing-trade checklist
ArcBest scores 2 supportive, 1 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive1 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $129.67 sits between the 50-day ($134.69) and 200-day ($121.29) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
61, Accumulation
Reading 61 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valueheadwind
7.4% above
Price is 7.4% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 23 days
Reports on Nov 4, 2026, 23 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+10.5% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +10.5% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
See seasonality
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ArcBest stock chart and price history
ArcBest closed at $129.67 on Oct 12, 2026, +74.9% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $59.43 to $176.69.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −3.8%
- 3 months
- −14.5%
- 6 months
- +19.4%
- 1 year
- +74.9%
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About ArcBest
ArcBest moves freight by road, air, and sea, combining its own trucking operations with brokered transportation capacity. It carries general commodities ranging from food, textiles, and furniture to chemicals, metal products, machinery, and automotive parts, and it is recognized for its less-than-truckload trucking service that handles these goods across North America, including cross-border moves into Mexico.
The company runs through two business segments. One owns and operates the trucking network that handles less-than-truckload freight. The other arranges transportation without owning the underlying equipment, covering ground expediting, brokered capacity such as dry van, refrigerated, flatbed, and intermodal shipping, ocean freight in both partial and full container loads, warehousing, distribution, and managed transportation. This segment also handles consumer moving services, final mile and time-sensitive deliveries, retail logistics, trade show shipping, and international freight combining air, ocean, and ground transport.
ArcBest was founded in 1923 and is based in Fort Smith, Arkansas. It traded previously as Arkansas Best Corporation before adopting its present name in 2014. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker ARCB.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Transportation
- Industry
- Trucking
- Website
- arcb.com
ArcBest GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
ArcBest’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 61, in the Accumulation zone, up 1.8 points over five sessions.
61Accumulation
Up 1.8 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 39 | +0.3% | −2.8% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 256 | +0.1% | +1.5% | ||
| Neutral | 326 | +0.4% | +1.2% | ||
| Distribution | 55 | +1.0% | −0.3% | ||
| Selling | 6 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average ARCB share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is ArcBest stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
ArcBest trades 7.4% above Gekko Fair Value of $120.75, so the shares are overvalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what ArcBest shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$120.75
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
7.4% Overvalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 14.4% above the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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ArcBest insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for ArcBest, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in ARCB were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
ArcBest has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $749K
- As a share of market cap
- 0.03%
- Trailing four quarters
- $42.00M
From company filings.
ArcBest earnings: next date and track record
ArcBest reports on Nov 4, 2026 (23 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 2 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 4, 2026
23 days away
- EPS estimate
- $2.48
- Revenue estimate
- $1.20B
2 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±9.3%average move across the report
1 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jan 30, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- ArcBest reported solid Q4 2025 results with asset-based LTL shipments up 2% YoY averaging ~20,000 shipments/day. Deferred price increases averaged 5%, up from 4.5% in Q3. Managed solutions delivered double-digit shipment growth with record full-year revenue. Truckload revenue per shipment rose 11% YoY with gross margins improving 17%. Continuous improvement initiatives generated $24 million in annual cost savings across ~60% of the network.
- Guidance
- Management expressed confidence in long-term targets outlined at September Investor Day. Strategic priorities focus on growth, efficiency, and innovation pillars. New COO appointment and board additions signal continued investment in asset-light business expansion and operational excellence.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2026 | $0.36 est $0.45 | $972.7M est $967.8M | +16.9% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $1.46 est $1.37 | $1.05B est $961.7M | −8.9% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $1.36 est $1.48 | $1.02B est $1.04B | −10.8% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $0.51 est $0.52 | $967.1M est $1.03B | −1.0% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | $1.33 est $1.05 | $1.00B est $1.01B | −3.3% |
| Nov 1, 2024 | $1.64 est $1.84 | $1.06B est $1.07B | −3.5% |
| Aug 2, 2024 | $1.98 est $2.06 | $1.08B est $1.06B | −13.8% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | $1.34 est $1.54 | $1.04B est $1.04B | −16.3% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
ArcBest stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for ArcBest is $166.85, +28.7% from the last close, from 11 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$166.85consensus 12-month target, +28.7% from the last close
Now $129.67Avg $166.85
Low $150High $180
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 11 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8 | Citi | $170 | +31.1% |
| Oct 8 | Stifel Nicolaus | $168 | +29.6% |
| Oct 8 | Morgan Stanley | $180 | +38.8% |
| Oct 7 | Truist Financial | $160 | +23.4% |
| Oct 7 | Citi | $170 | +31.1% |
+1.5%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+10.5%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
ArcBest seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, ArcBest averaged +10.5% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.4% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −1.1% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +5.7% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +10.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +8.4% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, ARCB’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 9%.
ArcBest market cap and key statistics
ArcBest’s market cap is $2.90B, with a P/E ratio of 188.4 and revenue of $4.20B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $2.90B
- P/E ratio
- 188.4
- Forward P/E
- 13.7
- EPS, TTM
- $0.69
- Gekko Fair Value
- $120.75
Trading
- Volume
- 156,397
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 239,487
- 52-week high
- $176.69
- 52-week low
- $59.43
- Shares outstanding
- 22.35M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $4.20B
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Return on equity
- 1.3%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −59.3%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.70
- Typical daily move
- ±3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±9%
- Dividend yield
- 0.38%
ArcBest stock news this week
Coverage of ArcBest this week reads negative: 0 positive, 2 neutral and 2 negative headlines.
- ArcBest Corporation (ARCB) Stock forecastsYahoo Finance UK, Oct 11
- Will ArcBest (ARCB) Beat Estimates Again in Its Next Earnings Report?Zacks Investment Research, Oct 9
- Do Options Traders Know Something About ArcBest Stock We Don't?TradingView, Oct 9
- Stifel cuts ArcBest stock price target on brokerage headwindsInvesting.com, Oct 8
- Why ArcBest (ARCB) is a Top Value Stock for the Long-TermZacks Investment Research, Oct 8
- ARCB Maintained by Citigroup -- Price Target Lowered to $170GuruFocus, Oct 8
ArcBest peers
ArcBest’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| ODFLOld Dominion Freight Line | Neutral | 7.7% above |
| JBHTJ.B. Hunt Transport Services | Accumulation | 0.0% above |
| XPOXPO | Neutral | 0.8% below |
| KNXKnight-Swift Transportation | Accumulation | 5.8% above |
| TFIITFI International | Buying | 22.1% below |
| SAIASaia | Accumulation | 3.1% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
ArcBest stock FAQ
What is ArcBest’s market cap?
ArcBest’s market cap is $2.90B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $129.67, with 22.35M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 188.4.
What is the ArcBest stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for ArcBest is $166.85, +28.7% from the last close. Of the 11 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 6 rate it a buy, 5 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is ArcBest stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate ArcBest is overvalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $129.67 is 7.4% above Gekko Fair Value of $120.75. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does ArcBest report earnings next?
ArcBest is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026 (23 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.48 per share on revenue of $1.20B. ArcBest beat the earnings estimate in 2 of its last 8 reports, moving 9.3% on average across the report.
What is ArcBest’s 52-week high and low?
ArcBest’s 52-week high is $176.69 and its 52-week low is $59.43; it closed at $129.67 on Oct 12, 2026, +74.9% over the past year.
Is ArcBest stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend) and 2 as headwinds (fair value and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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