ArcBest Announces Third Quarter 2025 Results
- Asset-Based shipment and tonnage growth despite soft freight environment
- Asset-Light achieves record volumes and productivity
-
Over
$66 million
Third quarter 2025 revenue totaled
“ArcBest continues to deliver, even in this challenging freight environment,” said Judy R. McReynolds, ArcBest Chairman and CEO. “We achieved growth in LTL shipments and tonnage, and our Asset-Light segment delivered record shipment volumes and productivity. These results underscore the strength of our customer relationships and the value of our integrated solutions.”
Results of Operations Comparisons
Asset-Based
Third Quarter 2025 Versus Third Quarter 2024
-
Revenue of
$726.5 million $709.7 million - Tonnage per day increase of 2.3 percent
- Shipments per day increase of 4.3 percent
- Billed revenue per hundredweight decrease of 1.1 percent
-
Operating income of
$70.2 million $15.9 million $64.0 million -
Excluding asset gains, non-GAAP operating income of
$54.4 million $64.0 million
Tonnage growth was driven by a 4.3 percent increase in daily shipments, primarily from newly onboarded core LTL customers. This was partially offset by a 1.9 percent decline in total weight per shipment. While new shipments were generally heavier, ongoing weakness in the manufacturing sector continues to pressure weight per shipment metrics, reducing revenue per shipment without corresponding cost decreases.
To support shipment growth, labor was added, and network capacity was supplemented with purchased transportation and local cartage during peak vacation season. Annual increases in contracted union labor rates, combined with higher purchased transportation spending and equipment depreciation, drove operating expenses higher. Despite these pressures, cost per shipment improved one percent year-over-year as a result of continued productivity gains. Cartage and purchased transportation costs normalized in September after elevated activity in July and August.
Customer contract renewals and deferred pricing agreements averaged a 4.5 percent increase during the quarter. Billed revenue per hundredweight, including and excluding fuel, decreased by 1.1 percent in the third quarter, compared to the third quarter of 2024. Price improvements were offset by a shift in freight profile. Overall, LTL industry pricing remains rational.
Compared sequentially to the second quarter of 2025, third quarter revenue and shipments per day were flat, while weight per shipment declined 3.9 percent, resulting in a 3.7 percent decrease in tonnage per day. Billed revenue per shipment decreased 0.6 percent as price improvements were offset by lower-weight shipments. Billed revenue per hundredweight increased 3.4 percent, reflecting the lower-weight shipments, combined with higher prices and fuel surcharges. Excluding fuel surcharges, revenue per hundredweight increased in the low single digits. The sequential non-GAAP operating ratio improved by 30 basis points.
Asset-Light
Third Quarter 2025 Versus Third Quarter 2024
-
Revenue of
$356.0 million $385.3 million -
Operating loss of
$1.6 million $84.8 million $91.9 million -
On a non-GAAP basis, operating income of
$1.6 million $3.9 million -
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”), as defined in the attached non-GAAP reconciliation tables, of
$3.1 million $2.1 million
Revenue decline was primarily due to lower revenue per shipment in a soft-rate environment and a higher mix of managed transportation business, which typically involves smaller, lower-revenue shipments. A 2.5 percent increase in shipments per day reflects continued growth in managed solutions, partially offset by a strategic reduction in less profitable truckload volumes.
Despite revenue declines, the Asset-Light segment delivered
Compared sequentially to second quarter of 2025, daily revenue increased 3.3 percent, driven by a 10.1 percent increase in shipments per day. This increase was offset by a 6.2 percent decline in revenue per shipment, reflecting a higher proportion of smaller, lower-revenue managed solutions shipments. However, increased revenues combined with productivity gains contributed to improved financial performance.
Conference Call
ArcBest will host a conference call with company executives to discuss the quarterly results. The call will be today, Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. ET (8:30 a.m. CT). Interested parties are invited to listen by calling (800) 715‑9871 or by joining the webcast which can be found on ArcBest’s website at arcb.com. Slides to accompany this call are included in Exhibit 99.3 of the Form 8-K filed on November 5, 2025, will be posted and available to download on the company’s website prior to the scheduled conference time, and will be included in the webcast. Following the call, a recorded playback will be available through the end of the day on November 19, 2025. To listen to the playback, dial (800) 770-2030. The conference call ID for the live conference call and the playback is 6423434. The conference call and playback can also be accessed through November 19, 2025, on ArcBest’s website at arcb.com.
About ArcBest
ArcBest® (Nasdaq: ARCB) is a multibillion-dollar integrated logistics company that helps keep the global supply chain moving. Founded in 1923 and now with 14,000 employees across 250 campuses and service centers, the company is a logistics powerhouse, using its technology, expertise and scale to connect shippers with the solutions they need — from ground, air and ocean transportation to fully managed supply chains. ArcBest has a long history of innovation that is enriched by deep customer relationships. With a commitment to helping customers navigate supply chain challenges now and in the future, the company is developing ground-breaking technology like Vaux™, one of the TIME Best Inventions of 2023. For more information, visit arcb.com.
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Actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied, or forecasted in these statements due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to: data privacy breaches, cybersecurity incidents, and/or failures of our information systems, including disruptions or failures of services essential to our operations or upon which our information technology platforms rely; interruption or failure of third-party software or information technology systems, including but not limited to licensed software; untimely or ineffective development and implementation of, or failure to realize the potential benefits associated with, new or enhanced technology or processes; the loss or reduction of business from large customers or an overall reduction in our customer base; the timing and performance of growth initiatives and the ability to manage our cost structure; the cost, integration, and performance of acquisitions and the inability to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition within the expected time period or at all; unsolicited takeover proposals, proxy contests, and other proposals or actions by activist investors; maintaining our corporate reputation and intellectual property rights; establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting; nationwide or global disruption in the supply chain resulting in increased volatility in freight volumes; competitive initiatives and pricing pressures; increased prices for and decreased availability of equipment, including new revenue equipment, and higher costs of equipment-related operating expenses such as maintenance, fuel, and related taxes; availability of fuel, the effect of volatility in fuel prices and the associated changes in fuel surcharges on securing increases in base freight rates, and the inability to collect fuel surcharges; relationships with employees, including unions, and our ability to attract, retain, and upskill employees; unfavorable terms of, or the inability to reach agreement on, future collective bargaining agreements or a workforce stoppage by our employees covered under ABF Freight’s collective bargaining agreement; union employee wages and benefits, including changes in required contributions to multiemployer plans; availability and cost of reliable third-party services; our ability to secure independent owner-operators and/or operational or regulatory issues related to our use of their services; litigation or claims asserted against us; the effects, costs and potential liabilities related to changes in and compliance with, or violation of, existing or future governmental laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, environmental laws and regulations, such as emissions-control regulations and fuel efficiency regulations; default on covenants of financing arrangements and the availability and terms of future financing arrangements; our ability to generate sufficient cash from operations to support significant ongoing capital expenditure requirements and other business initiatives; self-insurance claims, insurance premium costs, and loss of our ability to self-insure; potential impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill and intangible assets; the effects of a widespread outbreak of an illness or disease or any other public health crisis, as well as regulatory measures implemented in response to such events; external events which may adversely affect us or the third parties who provide services for us, for which our business continuity plans may not adequately prepare us, including, but not limited to, the occurrence of natural disasters, health epidemics, geopolitical conflicts, acts of war, cybersecurity incidents, or trade restrictions; general economic conditions and related shifts in market demand that impact the performance and needs of industries we serve and/or limit our customers’ access to adequate financial resources; seasonal fluctuations, adverse weather conditions, natural disasters, and climate change; and other financial, operational, and legal risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in ArcBest Corporation’s public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
For additional information regarding known material factors that could cause our actual results to differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, please see our filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Financial Data and Operating Statistics
The following tables show financial data and operating statistics on ArcBest® and its reportable segments.
ARCBEST CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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Three Months Ended |
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Nine Months Ended |
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September 30 |
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September 30 |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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(Unaudited) |
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($ thousands, except share and per share data) |
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REVENUES |
|
$ |
1,048,137 |
|
|
$ |
1,063,124 |
|
|
$ |
3,037,470 |
|
|
$ |
3,177,374 |
|
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|
|
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OPERATING EXPENSES |
|
|
993,510 |
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|
|
928,131 |
|
|
|
2,938,904 |
|
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|
2,971,101 |
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|
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|
|
|
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OPERATING INCOME |
|
|
54,627 |
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|
|
134,993 |
|
|
|
98,566 |
|
|
|
206,273 |
|
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OTHER INCOME (COSTS) |
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||||
Interest and dividend income |
|
|
1,368 |
|
|
|
3,130 |
|
|
|
3,555 |
|
|
|
9,686 |
|
|
Interest and other related financing costs |
|
|
(3,334 |
) |
|
|
(2,281 |
) |
|
|
(9,045 |
) |
|
|
(6,587 |
) |
|
Other, net |
|
|
847 |
|
|
|
862 |
|
|
|
574 |
|
|
|
(28,118 |
) |
|
|
|
|
(1,119 |
) |
|
|
1,711 |
|
|
|
(4,916 |
) |
|
|
(25,019 |
) |
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||||
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES |
|
|
53,508 |
|
|
|
136,704 |
|
|
|
93,650 |
|
|
|
181,254 |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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||||
INCOME TAX PROVISION |
|
|
14,234 |
|
|
|
36,390 |
|
|
|
25,436 |
|
|
|
36,928 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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||||
NET INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS |
|
|
39,274 |
|
|
|
100,314 |
|
|
|
68,214 |
|
|
|
144,326 |
|
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INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, net of tax(1) |
|
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— |
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|
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— |
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|
|
— |
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|
|
600 |
|
|
|
|
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||||
NET INCOME |
|
$ |
39,274 |
|
|
$ |
100,314 |
|
|
$ |
68,214 |
|
|
$ |
144,926 |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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||||
BASIC EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE(2) |
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|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
||||
Continuing operations |
|
$ |
1.73 |
|
|
$ |
4.25 |
|
|
$ |
2.97 |
|
|
$ |
6.12 |
|
|
Discontinued operations(1) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
0.03 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
1.73 |
|
|
$ |
4.25 |
|
|
$ |
2.97 |
|
|
$ |
6.14 |
|
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|
|
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||||
DILUTED EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE(2) |
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||||
Continuing operations |
|
$ |
1.72 |
|
|
$ |
4.23 |
|
|
$ |
2.96 |
|
|
$ |
6.03 |
|
|
Discontinued operations(1) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
0.03 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
1.72 |
|
|
$ |
4.23 |
|
|
$ |
2.96 |
|
|
$ |
6.06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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||||
AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING |
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Basic |
|
|
22,718,292 |
|
|
|
23,624,761 |
|
|
|
22,952,014 |
|
|
|
23,601,548 |
|
|
Diluted |
|
|
22,811,670 |
|
|
|
23,690,120 |
|
|
|
23,037,638 |
|
|
|
23,923,047 |
|
|
________________________________________ |
|
1) |
Represents adjustments related to the gain on sale of FleetNet America® (“FleetNet”), which sold on February 28, 2023. |
2) |
Earnings per common share is calculated in total and may not equal the sum of earnings per common share from continuing operations and discontinued operations due to rounding. |
ARCBEST CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
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September 30 |
|
December 31 |
|
||||
|
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
|
||||
|
|
(Unaudited) |
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||||||
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|
($ thousands, except share data) |
|
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ASSETS |
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|
|
|
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|
||
CURRENT ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
120,604 |
|
|
$ |
127,444 |
|
|
Short-term investments |
|
|
12,023 |
|
|
|
29,759 |
|
|
Accounts receivable, less allowances (2025 - |
|
|
408,610 |
|
|
|
394,838 |
|
|
Other accounts receivable, less allowances (2025 - |
|
|
23,538 |
|
|
|
36,055 |
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
|
|
35,365 |
|
|
|
47,860 |
|
|
Prepaid and refundable income taxes |
|
|
46,066 |
|
|
|
28,641 |
|
|
Other |
|
|
10,925 |
|
|
|
11,045 |
|
|
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS |
|
|
657,131 |
|
|
|
675,642 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Land and structures |
|
|
550,883 |
|
|
|
520,119 |
|
|
Revenue equipment |
|
|
1,223,311 |
|
|
|
1,166,161 |
|
|
Service, office, and other equipment |
|
|
362,243 |
|
|
|
351,907 |
|
|
Software |
|
|
187,197 |
|
|
|
182,396 |
|
|
Leasehold improvements |
|
|
37,175 |
|
|
|
32,263 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,360,809 |
|
|
|
2,252,846 |
|
|
Less allowances for depreciation and amortization |
|
|
1,210,512 |
|
|
|
1,186,800 |
|
|
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net |
|
|
1,150,297 |
|
|
|
1,066,046 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
GOODWILL |
|
|
304,753 |
|
|
|
304,753 |
|
|
INTANGIBLE ASSETS, net |
|
|
79,227 |
|
|
|
88,615 |
|
|
OPERATING RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS |
|
|
226,033 |
|
|
|
192,753 |
|
|
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES |
|
|
7,825 |
|
|
|
9,536 |
|
|
OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS |
|
|
75,915 |
|
|
|
92,386 |
|
|
TOTAL ASSETS |
|
$ |
2,501,181 |
|
|
$ |
2,429,731 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
CURRENT LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Accounts payable |
|
$ |
164,266 |
|
|
$ |
168,943 |
|
|
Accrued expenses |
|
|
392,088 |
|
|
|
398,700 |
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
|
|
78,631 |
|
|
|
63,978 |
|
|
Current portion of operating lease liabilities |
|
|
35,470 |
|
|
|
34,364 |
|
|
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES |
|
|
670,455 |
|
|
|
665,985 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
LONG-TERM DEBT, less current portion |
|
|
135,469 |
|
|
|
125,156 |
|
|
OPERATING LEASE LIABILITIES, less current portion |
|
|
210,958 |
|
|
|
189,978 |
|
|
POSTRETIREMENT LIABILITIES, less current portion |
|
|
13,400 |
|
|
|
13,361 |
|
|
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES |
|
|
113,999 |
|
|
|
78,649 |
|
|
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES |
|
|
33,982 |
|
|
|
42,240 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Common stock, |
|
|
305 |
|
|
|
304 |
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
|
336,484 |
|
|
|
329,575 |
|
|
Retained earnings |
|
|
1,495,194 |
|
|
|
1,435,250 |
|
|
Treasury stock, at cost, 2025: 7,892,752 shares; 2024: 7,114,844 shares |
|
|
(509,169 |
) |
|
|
(451,039 |
) |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
|
104 |
|
|
|
272 |
|
|
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
|
|
1,322,918 |
|
|
|
1,314,362 |
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
|
$ |
2,501,181 |
|
|
$ |
2,429,731 |
|
|
ARCBEST CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
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||||||
|
|
September 30 |
|
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|
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
|
||||
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
||||||
|
|
($ thousands) |
|
||||||
OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Net income |
|
$ |
68,214 |
|
|
$ |
144,926 |
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
115,690 |
|
|
|
100,104 |
|
|
Amortization of intangibles |
|
|
9,600 |
|
|
|
9,616 |
|
|
Share-based compensation expense |
|
|
8,904 |
|
|
|
9,040 |
|
|
Provision for losses on accounts receivable |
|
|
2,386 |
|
|
|
2,038 |
|
|
Change in deferred income taxes |
|
|
37,117 |
|
|
|
10,547 |
|
|
Gain on sale of property and equipment |
|
|
(15,684 |
) |
|
|
(1,063 |
) |
|
Pre-tax gain on sale of discontinued operations |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(806 |
) |
|
Change in fair value of contingent consideration |
|
|
(2,650 |
) |
|
|
(80,740 |
) |
|
Change in fair value of equity investment |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
28,739 |
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Receivables |
|
|
(2,931 |
) |
|
|
44,344 |
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
|
|
12,495 |
|
|
|
4,634 |
|
|
Other assets |
|
|
(4,994 |
) |
|
|
(3,364 |
) |
|
Income taxes |
|
|
(17,320 |
) |
|
|
(2,870 |
) |
|
Operating right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, net |
|
|
(11,194 |
) |
|
|
(7,088 |
) |
|
Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities |
|
|
(15,342 |
) |
|
|
(29,009 |
) |
|
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
184,291 |
|
|
|
229,048 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Purchases of property, plant and equipment, net of financings |
|
|
(107,005 |
) |
|
|
(169,839 |
) |
|
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment |
|
|
32,518 |
|
|
|
6,187 |
|
|
Purchases of short-term investments |
|
|
(12,000 |
) |
|
|
(29,236 |
) |
|
Proceeds from sale of short-term investments |
|
|
30,226 |
|
|
|
55,874 |
|
|
Capitalization of internally developed software |
|
|
(9,958 |
) |
|
|
(12,437 |
) |
|
Other investing activities |
|
|
8,756 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
(57,463 |
) |
|
|
(149,451 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Borrowings under credit facilities |
|
|
25,000 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Payments on long-term debt |
|
|
(87,275 |
) |
|
|
(102,366 |
) |
|
Net change in book overdrafts |
|
|
(2,887 |
) |
|
|
(1,676 |
) |
|
Deferred financing costs |
|
|
(112 |
) |
|
|
(65 |
) |
|
Payment of common stock dividends |
|
|
(8,270 |
) |
|
|
(8,485 |
) |
|
Purchases of treasury stock |
|
|
(58,130 |
) |
|
|
(56,108 |
) |
|
Payments for tax withheld on share-based compensation |
|
|
(1,994 |
) |
|
|
(22,662 |
) |
|
NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
(133,668 |
) |
|
|
(191,362 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
|
|
(6,840 |
) |
|
|
(111,765 |
) |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
|
127,444 |
|
|
|
262,226 |
|
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD |
|
$ |
120,604 |
|
|
$ |
150,461 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
NONCASH INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Equipment financed |
|
$ |
87,241 |
|
|
$ |
53,939 |
|
|
Accruals for equipment received |
|
$ |
1,333 |
|
|
$ |
5,114 |
|
|
Lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of-use assets |
|
$ |
47,306 |
|
|
$ |
40,872 |
|
|
ARCBEST CORPORATION
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OPERATING SEGMENT DATA AND OPERATING RATIOS
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
September 30 |
|
|
September 30 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
($ thousands, except percentages) |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
REVENUES FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Asset-Based |
$ |
726,475 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
709,722 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,086,081 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,093,914 |
|
|
|
|
||||
Asset-Light |
|
355,969 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
385,324 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,053,903 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,177,504 |
|
|
|
|
||||
Other and eliminations |
|
(34,307 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(31,922 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(102,514 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(94,044 |
) |
|
|
|
||||
Total consolidated revenues from continuing operations |
$ |
1,048,137 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,063,124 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
3,037,470 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
3,177,374 |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
OPERATING EXPENSES FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Asset-Based |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Salaries, wages, and benefits |
$ |
370,164 |
|
|
51.0 |
|
% |
|
$ |
358,469 |
|
|
50.5 |
|
% |
|
$ |
1,080,234 |
|
|
51.8 |
|
% |
|
$ |
1,056,146 |
|
|
50.4 |
|
% |
Fuel, supplies, and expenses |
|
81,861 |
|
|
11.3 |
|
|
|
|
79,170 |
|
|
11.2 |
|
|
|
|
239,337 |
|
|
11.5 |
|
|
|
|
243,152 |
|
|
11.6 |
|
|
Operating taxes and licenses |
|
13,373 |
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
|
13,538 |
|
|
1.9 |
|
|
|
|
40,330 |
|
|
1.9 |
|
|
|
|
40,624 |
|
|
1.9 |
|
|
Insurance |
|
18,560 |
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
|
|
19,819 |
|
|
2.8 |
|
|
|
|
54,176 |
|
|
2.6 |
|
|
|
|
51,265 |
|
|
2.4 |
|
|
Communications and utilities |
|
5,166 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
|
4,793 |
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
|
16,126 |
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
|
14,004 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
35,054 |
|
|
4.8 |
|
|
|
|
26,967 |
|
|
3.8 |
|
|
|
|
97,308 |
|
|
4.7 |
|
|
|
|
80,620 |
|
|
3.9 |
|
|
Rents and purchased transportation |
|
81,142 |
|
|
11.2 |
|
|
|
|
73,600 |
|
|
10.4 |
|
|
|
|
224,501 |
|
|
10.8 |
|
|
|
|
209,586 |
|
|
10.0 |
|
|
Shared services |
|
66,892 |
|
|
9.2 |
|
|
|
|
69,463 |
|
|
9.8 |
|
|
|
|
199,203 |
|
|
9.5 |
|
|
|
|
206,622 |
|
|
9.9 |
|
|
Gain on sale of property and equipment(1) |
|
(15,874 |
) |
|
(2.2 |
) |
|
|
|
(1,688 |
) |
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
|
|
(16,010 |
) |
|
(0.8 |
) |
|
|
|
(1,630 |
) |
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
Other |
|
(25 |
) |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
1,571 |
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
|
3,268 |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
|
3,257 |
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
Total Asset-Based |
|
656,313 |
|
|
90.3 |
|
% |
|
|
645,702 |
|
|
91.0 |
|
% |
|
|
1,938,473 |
|
|
92.9 |
|
% |
|
|
1,903,646 |
|
|
90.9 |
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Asset-Light |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Purchased transportation |
$ |
302,309 |
|
|
84.9 |
|
% |
|
$ |
331,107 |
|
|
85.9 |
|
% |
|
$ |
895,503 |
|
|
85.0 |
|
% |
|
$ |
1,014,476 |
|
|
86.2 |
|
% |
Salaries, wages, and benefits |
|
24,913 |
|
|
7.0 |
|
|
|
|
30,150 |
|
|
7.8 |
|
|
|
|
76,091 |
|
|
7.2 |
|
|
|
|
91,490 |
|
|
7.8 |
|
|
Supplies and expenses |
|
1,970 |
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
|
2,702 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
|
5,448 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
8,279 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization(2) |
|
4,647 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
|
5,037 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
|
13,870 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
|
15,154 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
Shared services |
|
18,657 |
|
|
5.2 |
|
|
|
|
17,547 |
|
|
4.6 |
|
|
|
|
55,232 |
|
|
5.2 |
|
|
|
|
51,118 |
|
|
4.3 |
|
|
Contingent consideration(3) |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
(91,910 |
) |
|
(23.9 |
) |
|
|
|
(2,650 |
) |
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
|
|
(80,740 |
) |
|
(6.9 |
) |
|
Other |
|
5,068 |
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
|
5,912 |
|
|
1.6 |
|
|
|
|
15,793 |
|
|
1.5 |
|
|
|
|
17,704 |
|
|
1.5 |
|
|
Total Asset-Light |
|
357,564 |
|
|
100.4 |
|
% |
|
|
300,545 |
|
|
78.0 |
|
% |
|
|
1,059,287 |
|
|
100.5 |
|
% |
|
|
1,117,481 |
|
|
94.9 |
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Other and eliminations(4) |
|
(20,367 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(18,116 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(58,856 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(50,026 |
) |
|
|
|
||||
Total consolidated operating expenses from continuing operations |
$ |
993,510 |
|
|
94.8 |
|
% |
|
$ |
928,131 |
|
|
87.3 |
|
% |
|
$ |
2,938,904 |
|
|
96.8 |
|
% |
|
$ |
2,971,101 |
|
|
93.5 |
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Asset-Based |
$ |
70,162 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
64,020 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
147,608 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
190,268 |
|
|
|
|
||||
Asset-Light |
|
(1,595 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
84,779 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,384 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
60,023 |
|
|
|
|
||||
Other and eliminations(4) |
|
(13,940 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(13,806 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(43,658 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(44,018 |
) |
|
|
|
||||
Total consolidated operating income from continuing operations |
$ |
54,627 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
134,993 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
98,566 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
206,273 |
|
|
|
|
||||
________________________________________ |
|
1) |
The 2025 periods include a net gain of |
2) |
Includes amortization of intangibles associated with acquired businesses. |
3) |
Represents the change in fair value of the contingent earnout consideration recorded for the MoLo acquisition. The liability for contingent consideration is remeasured at each quarterly reporting date, and any change in fair value as a result of the recurring assessments is recognized in operating income (loss). The Company reduced the contingent consideration for the MoLo acquisition to zero in second quarter 2025, reflecting the probability of no earnout payment based on projections of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization for 2025. |
4) |
“Other and eliminations” includes corporate costs for certain unallocated shared service costs which are not attributable to any segment, additional investments to offer comprehensive transportation and logistics services across multiple operating segments, costs related to our customer pilot offering of Vaux, and other investments in ArcBest technology and innovations. |
ARCBEST CORPORATION
RECONCILIATIONS OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report our financial results in accordance with
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
|||||||||||||
|
|
September 30 |
|
September 30 |
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
|
||||||||
ArcBest Corporation — Consolidated |
|
(Unaudited) |
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
($ thousands, except per share data) |
|
||||||||||||||
Operating Income from Continuing Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Amounts on GAAP basis |
|
$ |
54,627 |
|
|
$ |
134,993 |
|
|
$ |
98,566 |
|
|
$ |
206,273 |
|
|
Innovative technology costs, pre-tax(1) |
|
|
7,713 |
|
|
|
8,512 |
|
|
|
22,349 |
|
|
|
26,521 |
|
|
Purchase accounting amortization, pre-tax(2) |
|
|
3,192 |
|
|
|
3,192 |
|
|
|
9,576 |
|
|
|
9,576 |
|
|
Change in fair value of contingent consideration, pre-tax(3) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(91,910 |
) |
|
|
(2,650 |
) |
|
|
(80,740 |
) |
|
Gain on sale of certain properties, pre-tax(4) |
|
|
(15,726 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(15,726 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
Non-GAAP amounts |
|
$ |
49,806 |
|
|
$ |
54,787 |
|
|
$ |
112,115 |
|
|
$ |
161,630 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Net Income from Continuing Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Amounts on GAAP basis |
|
$ |
39,274 |
|
|
$ |
100,314 |
|
|
$ |
68,214 |
|
|
$ |
144,326 |
|
|
Innovative technology costs, after-tax (includes related financing costs)(1) |
|
|
5,862 |
|
|
|
6,511 |
|
|
|
17,014 |
|
|
|
20,331 |
|
|
Purchase accounting amortization, after-tax(2) |
|
|
2,399 |
|
|
|
2,401 |
|
|
|
7,195 |
|
|
|
7,202 |
|
|
Change in fair value of contingent consideration, after-tax(3) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(69,124 |
) |
|
|
(1,991 |
) |
|
|
(60,723 |
) |
|
Gain on sale of certain properties, after-tax(4) |
|
|
(11,778 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(11,778 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
Change in fair value of equity investment, after-tax(5) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
21,603 |
|
|
Changes in cash surrender value and gains on life insurance policies |
|
|
(2,348 |
) |
|
|
(1,333 |
) |
|
|
(3,089 |
) |
|
|
(3,006 |
) |
|
Tax expense (benefit) from vested RSUs(6) |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
(11,273 |
) |
|
Non-GAAP amounts |
|
$ |
33,417 |
|
|
$ |
38,760 |
|
|
$ |
76,565 |
|
|
$ |
118,460 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Diluted Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Amounts on GAAP basis |
|
$ |
1.72 |
|
|
$ |
4.23 |
|
|
$ |
2.96 |
|
|
$ |
6.03 |
|
|
Innovative technology costs, after-tax (includes related financing costs)(1) |
|
|
0.26 |
|
|
|
0.27 |
|
|
|
0.74 |
|
|
|
0.85 |
|
|
Purchase accounting amortization, after-tax(2) |
|
|
0.11 |
|
|
|
0.10 |
|
|
|
0.31 |
|
|
|
0.30 |
|
|
Change in fair value of contingent consideration, after-tax(3) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(2.92 |
) |
|
|
(0.09 |
) |
|
|
(2.54 |
) |
|
Gain on sale of certain properties, after-tax(4) |
|
|
(0.52 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.51 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
Change in fair value of equity investment, after-tax(5) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
0.90 |
|
|
Changes in cash surrender value and gains on life insurance policies |
|
|
(0.10 |
) |
|
|
(0.06 |
) |
|
|
(0.13 |
) |
|
|
(0.13 |
) |
|
Tax expense (benefit) from vested RSUs(6) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
0.04 |
|
|
|
(0.47 |
) |
|
Non-GAAP amounts(7) |
|
$ |
1.46 |
|
|
$ |
1.64 |
|
|
$ |
3.32 |
|
|
$ |
4.95 |
|
|
________________________________________ |
See “Notes to Non-GAAP Financial Tables” for footnotes to this ArcBest Corporation – Consolidated non-GAAP table. |
ARCBEST CORPORATION
RECONCILIATIONS OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES – Continued
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
September 30 |
|
September 30 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Segment Operating Income (Loss) Reconciliations |
(Unaudited)
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asset-Based Segment |
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating Income ($) and Operating Ratio (% of revenues) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
Amounts on GAAP basis |
$ |
70,162 |
|
|
90.3 |
|
% |
|
$ |
64,020 |
|
|
91.0 |
|
% |
|
$ |
147,608 |
|
|
92.9 |
|
% |
|
$ |
190,268 |
|
|
90.9 |
|
% |
|
Gain on sale of certain properties, pre-tax(4) |
|
(15,726 |
) |
|
2.2 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
(15,726 |
) |
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
Non-GAAP amounts(7) |
$ |
54,436 |
|
|
92.5 |
|
% |
|
$ |
64,020 |
|
|
91.0 |
|
% |
|
$ |
131,882 |
|
|
93.7 |
|
% |
|
$ |
190,268 |
|
|
90.9 |
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Asset-Light |
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asset-Light Segment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Operating Income (Loss) ($) and Operating Ratio (% of revenues) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
Amounts on GAAP basis |
$ |
(1,595 |
) |
|
100.4 |
|
% |
|
$ |
84,779 |
|
|
78.0 |
|
% |
|
$ |
(5,384 |
) |
|
100.5 |
|
% |
|
$ |
60,023 |
|
|
94.9 |
|
% |
|
Purchase accounting amortization, pre-tax(2) |
|
3,192 |
|
|
(0.9 |
) |
|
|
|
3,192 |
|
|
(0.8 |
) |
|
|
|
9,576 |
|
|
(0.9 |
) |
|
|
|
9,576 |
|
|
(0.8 |
) |
|
|
Change in fair value of contingent consideration, pre-tax(3) |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
(91,910 |
) |
|
23.9 |
|
|
|
|
(2,650 |
) |
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
|
(80,740 |
) |
|
6.9 |
|
|
|
Non-GAAP amounts(7) |
$ |
1,597 |
|
|
99.6 |
|
% |
|
$ |
(3,939 |
) |
|
101.0 |
|
% |
|
$ |
1,542 |
|
|
99.9 |
|
% |
|
$ |
(11,141 |
) |
|
100.9 |
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Other and Eliminations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Operating Loss ($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Amounts on GAAP basis |
$ |
(13,940 |
) |
|
|
|
|
$ |
(13,806 |
) |
|
|
|
|
$ |
(43,658 |
) |
|
|
|
|
$ |
(44,018 |
) |
|
|
|
|
||||
Innovative technology costs, pre-tax(1) |
|
7,713 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,512 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,349 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,521 |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Non-GAAP amounts |
$ |
(6,227 |
) |
|
|
|
|
$ |
(5,294 |
) |
|
|
|
|
$ |
(21,309 |
) |
|
|
|
|
$ |
(17,497 |
) |
|
|
|
|
||||
________________________________________ |
Note: See “Notes to Non-GAAP Financial Tables” for footnotes to this Segment Operating Income (Loss) Reconciliations non-GAAP table. |
ARCBEST CORPORATION
RECONCILIATIONS OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES – Continued
Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
ArcBest Corporation - Consolidated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
($ thousands, except percentages) |
|
Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
Income |
|
Income |
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
CONTINUING OPERATIONS |
|
Operating |
|
Income |
|
Before Income |
|
Tax |
|
Net |
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
Income |
|
(Costs) |
|
Taxes |
|
Provision |
|
Income |
|
Tax Rate(8) |
||||||||||||
Amounts on GAAP basis |
|
$ |
54,627 |
|
|
$ |
(1,119 |
) |
|
$ |
53,508 |
|
|
$ |
14,234 |
|
|
$ |
39,274 |
|
|
26.6 |
|
% |
Innovative technology costs(1) |
|
|
7,713 |
|
|
|
81 |
|
|
|
7,794 |
|
|
|
1,932 |
|
|
|
5,862 |
|
|
24.8 |
|
|
Purchase accounting amortization(2) |
|
|
3,192 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3,192 |
|
|
|
793 |
|
|
|
2,399 |
|
|
24.9 |
|
|
Gain on sale of certain properties(4) |
|
|
(15,726 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(15,726 |
) |
|
|
(3,948 |
) |
|
|
(11,778 |
) |
|
(25.1 |
) |
|
Changes in cash surrender value and gains on life insurance policies |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(2,348 |
) |
|
|
(2,348 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(2,348 |
) |
|
— |
|
|
Tax expense from vested RSUs(6) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
8 |
|
|
— |
|
|
Non-GAAP amounts |
|
$ |
49,806 |
|
|
$ |
(3,386 |
) |
|
$ |
46,420 |
|
|
$ |
13,003 |
|
|
$ |
33,417 |
|
|
28.0 |
|
% |
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
Income |
|
Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
Operating |
|
Income |
|
Before Income |
|
Tax |
|
Net |
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
Income |
|
(Costs) |
|
Taxes |
|
Provision |
|
Income |
|
Tax Rate(8) |
||||||||||||
Amounts on GAAP basis |
|
$ |
98,566 |
|
|
$ |
(4,916 |
) |
|
$ |
93,650 |
|
|
$ |
25,436 |
|
|
$ |
68,214 |
|
|
27.2 |
|
% |
Innovative technology costs(1) |
|
|
22,349 |
|
|
|
274 |
|
|
|
22,623 |
|
|
|
5,609 |
|
|
|
17,014 |
|
|
24.8 |
|
|
Purchase accounting amortization(2) |
|
|
9,576 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9,576 |
|
|
|
2,381 |
|
|
|
7,195 |
|
|
24.9 |
|
|
Change in fair value of contingent consideration(3) |
|
|
(2,650 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(2,650 |
) |
|
|
(659 |
) |
|
|
(1,991 |
) |
|
(24.9 |
) |
|
Gain on sale of certain properties(4) |
|
|
(15,726 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(15,726 |
) |
|
|
(3,948 |
) |
|
|
(11,778 |
) |
|
(25.1 |
) |
|
Changes in cash surrender value and gains on life insurance policies |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(3,089 |
) |
|
|
(3,089 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(3,089 |
) |
|
— |
|
|
Tax expense from vested RSUs(6) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1,000 |
) |
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
— |
|
|
Non-GAAP amounts |
|
$ |
112,115 |
|
|
$ |
(7,731 |
) |
|
$ |
104,384 |
|
|
$ |
27,819 |
|
|
$ |
76,565 |
|
|
26.7 |
|
% |
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
Income |
|
Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CONTINUING OPERATIONS |
|
Operating |
|
Income |
|
Before Income |
|
Tax |
|
Net |
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
Income |
|
(Costs) |
|
Taxes |
|
Provision |
|
Income |
|
Tax Rate(8) |
||||||||||||
Amounts on GAAP basis |
|
$ |
134,993 |
|
|
$ |
1,711 |
|
|
$ |
136,704 |
|
|
$ |
36,390 |
|
|
$ |
100,314 |
|
|
26.6 |
|
% |
Innovative technology costs(1) |
|
|
8,512 |
|
|
|
145 |
|
|
|
8,657 |
|
|
|
2,146 |
|
|
|
6,511 |
|
|
24.8 |
|
|
Purchase accounting amortization(2) |
|
|
3,192 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3,192 |
|
|
|
791 |
|
|
|
2,401 |
|
|
24.8 |
|
|
Change in fair value of contingent consideration(3) |
|
|
(91,910 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(91,910 |
) |
|
|
(22,786 |
) |
|
|
(69,124 |
) |
|
(24.8 |
) |
|
Changes in cash surrender value and gains on life insurance policies |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1,333 |
) |
|
|
(1,333 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1,333 |
) |
|
— |
|
|
Tax benefit from vested RSUs(6) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
— |
|
|
Non-GAAP amounts |
|
$ |
54,787 |
|
|
$ |
523 |
|
|
$ |
55,310 |
|
|
$ |
16,550 |
|
|
$ |
38,760 |
|
|
29.9 |
|
% |
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
Income |
|
Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
Operating |
|
Income |
|
Before Income |
|
Tax |
|
Net |
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
Income |
|
(Costs) |
|
Taxes |
|
Provision |
|
Income |
|
Tax Rate(8) |
||||||||||||
Amounts on GAAP basis |
|
$ |
206,273 |
|
|
$ |
(25,019 |
) |
|
$ |
181,254 |
|
|
$ |
36,928 |
|
|
$ |
144,326 |
|
|
20.4 |
|
% |
Innovative technology costs(1) |
|
|
26,521 |
|
|
|
512 |
|
|
|
27,033 |
|
|
|
6,702 |
|
|
|
20,331 |
|
|
24.8 |
|
|
Purchase accounting amortization(2) |
|
|
9,576 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9,576 |
|
|
|
2,374 |
|
|
|
7,202 |
|
|
24.8 |
|
|
Change in fair value of contingent consideration(3) |
|
|
(80,740 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(80,740 |
) |
|
|
(20,017 |
) |
|
|
(60,723 |
) |
|
(24.8 |
) |
|
Change in fair value of equity investment(5) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
28,739 |
|
|
|
28,739 |
|
|
|
7,136 |
|
|
|
21,603 |
|
|
24.8 |
|
|
Changes in cash surrender value and gains on life insurance policies |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(3,006 |
) |
|
|
(3,006 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(3,006 |
) |
|
— |
|
|
Tax benefit from vested RSUs(6) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
11,273 |
|
|
|
(11,273 |
) |
|
— |
|
|
Non-GAAP amounts |
|
$ |
161,630 |
|
|
$ |
1,226 |
|
|
$ |
162,856 |
|
|
$ |
44,396 |
|
|
$ |
118,460 |
|
|
27.3 |
|
% |
________________________________________ |
Note: See “Notes to Non-GAAP Financial Tables” for footnotes to this Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation non-GAAP table. |
ARCBEST CORPORATION
RECONCILIATIONS OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES – Continued
Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (Adjusted EBITDA)
Management uses Adjusted EBITDA as a key measure of performance and for business planning. The measure is particularly meaningful for analysis of operating performance because it excludes amortization of acquired intangibles and software of the Asset-Light segment and changes in the fair values of contingent consideration and equity investment, which are significant expenses or gains resulting from strategic decisions or other factors rather than core daily operations. Additionally, Adjusted EBITDA is a primary component of the financial covenants contained in our credit agreement. The calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as presented below begins with net income from continuing operations, which is the most directly comparable GAAP measure. The calculation of Asset-Light Adjusted EBITDA as presented below begins with operating income (loss), as other income (costs), income tax provision, and net income from continuing operations are reported at the consolidated level and not included in the operating segment financial information evaluated by management to make operating decisions.
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
|||||||||||||
|
|
September 30 |
|
September 30 |
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
|
||||||||
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
($ thousands) |
|
||||||||||||||
ArcBest Corporation - Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA from Continuing Operations |
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Net Income from Continuing Operations |
|
$ |
39,274 |
|
$ |
100,314 |
|
|
$ |
68,214 |
|
|
$ |
144,326 |
|
|
|
Interest and other related financing costs |
|
|
3,334 |
|
|
|
2,281 |
|
|
|
9,045 |
|
|
|
6,587 |
|
|
Income tax provision |
|
|
14,234 |
|
|
|
36,390 |
|
|
|
25,436 |
|
|
|
36,928 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization(9) |
|
|
44,400 |
|
|
|
36,611 |
|
|
|
125,290 |
|
|
|
109,720 |
|
|
Amortization of share-based compensation |
|
|
2,742 |
|
|
|
2,718 |
|
|
|
8,904 |
|
|
|
9,040 |
|
|
Change in fair value of contingent consideration(3) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(91,910 |
) |
|
|
(2,650 |
) |
|
|
(80,740 |
) |
|
Change in fair value of equity investment(5) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
28,739 |
|
|
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA from Continuing Operations |
|
$ |
103,984 |
|
|
$ |
86,404 |
|
|
$ |
234,239 |
|
|
$ |
254,600 |
|
|
________________________________________ |
Note: See “Notes to Non-GAAP Financial Tables” for footnotes to this ArcBest Corporation – Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA from Continuing Operations non-GAAP table. |
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
||||||||||||
|
|
September 30 |
|
September 30 |
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
|
||||||||
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
($ thousands) |
|
||||||||||||||
Asset-Light Adjusted EBITDA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Operating Income (Loss) |
|
$ |
(1,595 |
) |
|
$ |
84,779 |
|
|
$ |
(5,384 |
) |
|
$ |
60,023 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization(9) |
|
|
4,647 |
|
|
|
5,037 |
|
|
|
13,870 |
|
|
|
15,154 |
|
|
Change in fair value of contingent consideration(3) |
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— |
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(91,910 |
) |
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(2,650 |
) |
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(80,740 |
) |
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Asset-Light Adjusted EBITDA |
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$ |
3,052 |
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$ |
(2,094 |
) |
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$ |
5,836 |
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$ |
(5,563 |
) |
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Note: See “Notes to Non-GAAP Financial Tables” for footnotes to this Asset-Light Adjusted EBITDA non-GAAP table. |
ARCBEST CORPORATION
RECONCILIATIONS OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES – Continued
Notes to Non-GAAP Financial Tables
The following footnotes apply to the non-GAAP financial tables presented in this press release.
1) |
Represents costs related to our customer pilot offering of Vaux and initiatives to optimize our performance through technological innovation. |
2) |
Represents the amortization of acquired intangible assets in the Asset-Light segment. |
3) |
Represents change in fair value of the contingent earnout consideration recorded for the MoLo acquisition, as previously described in the footnotes to the Financial Statement Operating Segment Data and Operating Ratios table. |
4) |
Primarily includes gains on two service center sales within the Asset-Based operations. |
5) |
Represents a noncash impairment charge to write off an equity investment in Phantom Auto, a provider of human-centered remote operation software, which ceased operations during first quarter 2024. |
6) |
Represents recognition of the tax impact for vesting of share-based compensation. |
7) |
Non-GAAP amounts are calculated in total and may not equal the sum of GAAP amounts and non-GAAP adjustments due to rounding. |
8) |
Tax rate for total “Amounts on GAAP basis” represents the effective tax rate. The tax effects of non-GAAP adjustments are calculated based on the statutory rate applicable to each item based on tax jurisdiction unless the nature of the item requires the tax effect to be estimated by applying a specific tax treatment. |
9) |
Includes amortization of intangibles associated with acquired businesses. |
ARCBEST CORPORATION
OPERATING STATISTICS
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2024 |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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Asset-Based |
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Workdays |
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64.0 |
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63.5 |
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190.5 |
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191.0 |
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Billed Revenue(1) / CWT |
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$ |
50.19 |
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$ |
50.76 |
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(1.1 |
%) |
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$ |
49.37 |
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$ |
49.81 |
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(0.9 |
%) |
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Billed Revenue(1) / Shipment |
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$ |
534.80 |
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$ |
551.34 |
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(3.0 |
%) |
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$ |
534.52 |
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$ |
552.20 |
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(3.2 |
%) |
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Tonnage / Day |
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11,238 |
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10,983 |
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2.3 |
% |
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11,125 |
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11,035 |
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0.8 |
% |
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Shipments / Day |
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21,095 |
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20,221 |
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4.3 |
% |
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20,550 |
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19,907 |
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3.2 |
% |
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Shipments / DSY hour |
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0.446 |
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0.445 |
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0.2 |
% |
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0.448 |
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0.445 |
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0.7 |
% |
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Weight / Shipment |
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1,065 |
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1,086 |
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(1.9 |
%) |
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1,083 |
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1,109 |
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(2.3 |
%) |
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Average Length of Haul (Miles) |
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1,129 |
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1,143 |
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(1.2 |
%) |
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1,128 |
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|
1,130 |
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(0.2 |
%) |
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1) |
Revenue for undelivered freight is deferred for financial statement purposes in accordance with the Asset-Based segment revenue recognition policy. Billed revenue used for calculating revenue per hundredweight measurements has not been adjusted for the portion of revenue deferred for financial statement purposes. |
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Year Over Year % Change |
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Three Months Ended |
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Nine Months Ended |
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September 30, 2025 |
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September 30, 2025 |
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Asset-Light |
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Revenue / Shipment |
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(10.6 |
%) |
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(7.9 |
%) |
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Shipments / Day |
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2.5 |
% |
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(2.6 |
%) |
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Shipments / Employee / Day |
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|
32.6 |
% |
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|
23.6 |
% |
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Investor Relations Contact: Amy Mendenhall
Phone: 479-785-6200
Email: invrel@arcb.com
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Phone: 479-494-8221
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