---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-015971"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCB"
cik: "0000894405"
company_name: "ARCBEST CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-12-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T10:47:48.195450+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ArcBest reports preliminary Q4 trends; Nov Asset-Based rev/day down 7%, Asset-Light expects $5-7M loss

## Summary
- Asset-Based billed rev/day down 9% QTD; Oct -11.2%, Nov -7%; Oct 2023 comp boosted by competitor cyberattack.
- Asset-Light rev/day down 10% QTD; purchased transpo expense 86% of rev; expects $5-7M non-GAAP Q4 operating loss.
- Revenue/CWT decrease driven by lower fuel surcharges; ex-fuel, low-single-digit increase in Asset-Based pricing.
- Asset-Based operating ratio expected at high end of historical 100-200 bps sequential increase due to manufacturing softness.
- November results impacted by weak industrial production and shift of higher-weight LTL to truckload market.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-015971
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCB
- cik: 0000894405
- company_name: ARCBEST CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-12-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837024015971/0001558370-24-015971-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837024015971/arcb-20241203x8k.htm

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