---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-049648"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCB"
cik: "0000894405"
company_name: "ARCBEST CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:32:44.058288+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ArcBest Q1 net loss $1.0M; revenue up 3.3% YoY to $998.8M

## Summary
- Revenue $998.8M (+3.3% YoY), net loss $1.0M ($0.05 diluted loss) vs net income $3.1M ($0.13) in Q1 2025.
- Non-GAAP net income $7.2M ($0.32 diluted) vs $11.9M ($0.51) prior year, down 39%.
- Asset-Based operating income $17.5M (OR 97.3%) vs $26.4M (95.9%); tonnage +6.5% per day but revenue per cwt -3.9%.
- Asset-Light turned profitable: operating income $0.2M vs loss $4.4M; non-GAAP operating income $2.8M vs loss $1.2M.
- Returned >$10 million to shareholders in Q1 via balanced capital allocation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-049648
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCB
- cik: 0000894405
- company_name: ARCBEST CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000110465926049648/0001104659-26-049648-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000110465926049648/arcb-20260428x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ARCBEST CORP /DE/ reported first quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue $998.8 million, net income $1.0 million, EPS $0.05 per diluted share.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Revenue: $998.8 million
  - Net income: $1.0 million
  - EPS: $0.05 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: First quarter 2026 revenue totaled $998.8 million, compared to $967.1 million in the prior-year period. Net loss was $1.0 million, or a loss of $0.05 per diluted share, versus net income of $3.1 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000110465926049648/0001104659-26-049648-index.htm

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