secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ARCBEST CORP /DE/ (ARCB)
CIK:        0000894405
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-25-000558
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

ArcBest Q4 2024 rev $1.0B, net income $29M ($1.24 EPS), down from $48.8M YoY
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- Q4 GAAP diluted EPS $1.24 vs $2.01 prior year; non-GAAP EPS $1.33 vs $2.47.
- Asset-Based OR worsened to 92.0% from 87.7% as tonnage per day fell 7.3%.
- Asset-Light revenue $375.4M (-9.2% per day); operating loss improved to $1.6M from $7.7M.
- Full year 2024 net income $173.4M ($7.28 diluted EPS) includes $67.9M gain on contingent consideration.
- Returned over $85M to shareholders in 2024 via repurchases and dividends; $48.7M repurchase authorization remains.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837025000558/0001558370-25-000558-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837025000558/arcb-20250131x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-25-000558

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