ArcBest (ARCB) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.62
- Estimate
- $2.51
- Surprise
- +4.5%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $1.21B
- Score today
- 5.7/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
ArcBest (ARCB) beat the $2.51 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.62 — a clear 4.5% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- ArcBest Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga, 2026-11-04
- ArcBest Corporation Reports Q3 2026 Financial Results — fiscal.ai, 2026-11-04
- ArcBest CEO Credits Cost Cuts, Asset-Light Momentum for Profit Surge — benzinga, 2026-11-04
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates ARCB Sell at 5.7/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +4.5% surprise compares with a +1.8% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Quality below floor (3.6 < 4.0)
- Value-trap signals (2/5): Margin compression (op margin -3.6%), Material insider selling (4 sells, 0.09% of cap)
- Reward/Risk 0.4:1 at current price — below 1.5:1 minimum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $139.29
- Price target
- $145.16
- Stop
- $129.54
- Upside to target
- +4.2%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.4:1
The stock trades at 108.8× trailing but 14.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 2.1× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-05 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
ARCB at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Trucking
- Market cap
- $3.11B
- P/E (fwd)
- 14.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 108.8
- 52-week range
- $59.43–$176.69
- Off 52-week high
- 21.2%
- RSI (14)
- 59
- Volume vs avg
- 2.06×
- Score today
- 5.7/10