---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-012449"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCB"
cik: "0000894405"
company_name: "ARCBEST CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T23:29:30.747882+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ArcBest Q2 GAAP EPS $1.60 vs $3.97; revenue $1.1B, down 15% YoY

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS from continuing ops $1.60 vs $3.97; non-GAAP $1.54 vs $4.26.
- Revenue $1.1B, down 15% YoY; Asset-Based rev $722M (-10%/day); Asset-Light $409.8M (-25.4%/day).
- Asset-Based operating ratio 94.0% vs 85.5% YoY; non-GAAP OR 92.8%.
- Asset-Light operating income $13.2M vs $27.5M; $3M cost cuts implemented.
- Returned $41.2M to shareholders via buybacks in H1; $83.8M remaining under authorization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-012449
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCB
- cik: 0000894405
- company_name: ARCBEST CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-07-28T23:59:59+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/894405/000155837023012449/0001558370-23-012449-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023012449/arcb-20230728x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ARCBEST CORP /DE/ reported Q2 2023 results: revenue second quarter 2023 revenue from continuing operations of $1.1 billion, net income Second quarter 2023 net income of $40.4 million, EPS $1.64 per diluted share.
  - Period: Q2 2023
  - Revenue: second quarter 2023 revenue from continuing operations of $1.1 billion
  - Net income: Second quarter 2023 net income of $40.4 million
  - EPS: $1.64 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: FORT SMITH, Ark . , July 28 , 20 23 — ArcBest ® (Nasdaq: ARCB) , a leader in supply chain logistics, today reported second quarter 20 23 revenue from continuing operations of $ 1.1 billion, compared to $1.3 billion in the second quarter of 2022. Second quarter 2023 net income was $40.4 million, or $1.64 per diluted share, compared to $102.5 million, or $4.00 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2022 .
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023012449/0001558370-23-012449-index.htm

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