---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-25-008486"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCB"
cik: "0000894405"
company_name: "ARCBEST CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-06-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T19:18:39.789517+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ArcBest reports May preliminary data: asset-based tonnage +6% YoY; asset-light rev -11%

## Summary
- Asset-Based QTD shipments +6% YoY, tonnage +5%; revenue/CWT -4% (-2% ex-fuel surcharge).
- Asset-Light QTD revenue -11% YoY; purchased transportation 85% of revenue; expects Q2 non-GAAP op income $0-1M.
- Sequentially April to May: asset-based tonnage +5%, shipments +2%, weight/shipment +3%, rev/CWT flat ex-fuel.
- Shipment mix shift to core easier-handle freight; manufacturing vertical shipments down; household goods continued decline.
- Asset-Light revenue drop from strategic reduction in less profitable truckload; Managed business remains strong.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-25-008486
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCB
- cik: 0000894405
- company_name: ARCBEST CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-06-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837025008486/0001558370-25-008486-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837025008486/arcb-20250606x8k.htm

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