---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-008222"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCB"
cik: "0000894405"
company_name: "ARCBEST CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:12:28.516130+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ArcBest Q4 net loss $8.1M; full year EPS $2.62 vs $7.28; Asset-Based OR worsens to 96.2%

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $972.7M (down vs $1.0B); GAAP EPS -$0.36 vs $1.24 profit; non-GAAP EPS $0.36 vs $1.33
- Full year 2025 revenue $4.0B (down from $4.2B); GAAP EPS $2.62 vs $7.28; non-GAAP EPS $3.70 vs $6.28
- Asset-Based OR 96.2% vs 92.0%; tonnage/day +2.6%, shipments/day +2.4%, revenue/cwt -2.7%
- Asset-Light Q4 operating loss $9.9M; non-GAAP breakeven; record full-year productivity
- Returned >$86M to shareholders in 2025 via buybacks and dividends; $100.8M remaining authorization

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-008222
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCB
- cik: 0000894405
- company_name: ARCBEST CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000110465926008222/0001104659-26-008222-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000110465926008222/arcb-20260130x8k.htm

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