ARCB
ArcBest Corporation (ARCB) 10Y Growth Potential Analysis (2026)
Overall Score
Growth Runway
Revenue growth is not provided in the fresh data, so the long-term growth runway remains hard to verify from this update.
The company still appears to have a cyclical freight/logistics profile rather than a clearly compounding secular growth engine.
Profitability
Gross margin remains healthy at 53.8%, but net margin is only 0.4% and EBIT margin is 0.8%, indicating thin operating profitability.
Return metrics remain low, with ROA at 0.7%, ROE at 1.3%, and ROIC at 1.2%.
Financial Health
Leverage is manageable but not trivial, with net debt to EBITDA at 2.6x and debt to equity at 0.36x.
Liquidity is tight, as the current ratio is 1.0x and working capital is slightly negative.
Capital Efficiency
Free cash flow yield is 5.9%, which supports some capital efficiency despite weak earnings yield.
Cash conversion is decent, with operating cash flow covering capex by about 3.2x and free cash flow to operating cash flow at 68.4%.
Valuation
The stock screens inexpensive on sales at 0.77x and EV/sales at 0.85x, which supports upside if margins normalize.
However, earnings-based valuation remains rich at over 200x P/E because current net income is very small.
Sources
- Company filings (10-K, 10-Q, investor presentations)
- Financial and market data providers
- Public news and industry information
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