Valuation
26% of the score
0median 13
ArcBest Corporation is valued at 116.1x its operating profit, including debt: past the 25 times where this criterion gives nothing.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
116.1x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
ARCBArcBest Corporation
$127.07+69% 1Y
$127.07
$59.5052 weeks$173.22
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 49 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. ArcBest Corporation scores higher than 49% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by capital allocation and cycle position, held back by valuation and return on new capital.
Industrials median 53 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
61median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 11% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
11%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 3.8%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
20median 49
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 2 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -2.7%, and 62% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
-1.7%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
92median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 2.8% a year over 5 years: buybacks
975%
-3%
-2.8%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 6.6% a year, sales 6.4%
8412%
-2%
0.2%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
100median 62
Today's operating margin of 0.7% is 0.14x its normal 5%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 0.7%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
53median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA0.2x a year of EBITDA
1004.5x
0.5x
0.2x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 2x
51.5x
12x
2x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
97median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.95x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
1.9x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 6.9% of assets
958%
0%
-8%
-6.9%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.