---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-25-002585"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCB"
cik: "0000894405"
company_name: "ARCBEST CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-03-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T02:35:45.959019+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ArcBest Q1 update: Asset-Based tonnage down 6% QTD; Asset-Light expects $3-5M operating loss

## Summary
- Asset-Based QTD revenue/day -2%, tons/day -6%; February sequential improvement from January.
- February workdays 20 vs 21 last year; January workdays 22 in both years.
- Asset-Light QTD revenue/day -7%, expects non-GAAP operating loss $3M-$5M in Q1 2025.
- Ex-fuel surcharge, Asset-Based revenue/cwt up mid-single digits; pricing environment rational.
- Operating ratio expected to increase 350-400 bps QoQ from Q4 to Q1, within historical range.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-25-002585
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCB
- cik: 0000894405
- company_name: ARCBEST CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-03-10T23:59:59+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/894405/000155837025002585/0001558370-25-002585-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837025002585/arcb-20250310x8k.htm

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