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ArcBest Provides Preliminary Q4 2025 Business Trends; Asset-Light Sees Operating Loss
ARCBEST CORP /DE/
- Asset-Based November shipments per day up 3% YoY, tonnage per day up 3%, but revenue per hundredweight declined 2%.
- Asset-Light expects a non-GAAP operating loss of $1M to $3M for Q4 2025, excluding $3M purchase accounting amortization.
- Sequential non-GAAP operating ratio deterioration of about 400 basis points in Asset-Based, worse than historical 100-200 bps.
- Asset-Light November revenue per shipment down 6% YoY, shipments up 5% supported by strong Managed solution growth.
- QTD (Oct-Nov) Asset-Based billed revenue per day down 1% YoY; Asset-Light revenue per day down 6% YoY.