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ARCBEST CORP (ARCB)

Industrials · Trucking & Logistics · NASDAQ

ArcBest is an integrated logistics company providing comprehensive supply chain solutions, including significant less-than-truckload (LTL) and managed transportation services.

What ARCBEST CORP does

ArcBest Corporation is a logistics and transportation company that provides freight transportation and integrated supply chain solutions. Its core services include less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping, truckload services, time-critical transportation, and managed logistics solutions for a variety of industries. The company operates through an integrated network to manage complex supply chain requirements across North America.

Themes: logistics & supply chain management, freight transportation, less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping

Fundamentals

  • Price$140.34 as of 2026-08-21 close
  • Market cap$3.1B as of 2026-08-21
  • 1-year return+94.7% 2025-08-21 close $72.07 → 2026-08-21 close $140.34
  • P/E198.87 as of 2026-08-24
  • Net margin+0.4% as of 2026-08-24
  • Gross margin+84.5% as of 2026-08-24
  • ROE+1.3% as of 2026-08-24
  • Debt / equity0.17 as of 2026-08-24
  • Revenue growth (YoY)+3.7% as of 2026-08-24
  • Revenue CAGR (3y)-7.3% SEC XBRL
  • Beta1.71 as of 2026-08-24
  • Last reported earnings2026-07-29 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)

Dividend: yield +0.4%; at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.

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How ARCB compares in its sector

  • price-to-earnings ratiotop 10% 357 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
  • net profit marginmiddle range 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
  • operating marginbottom 25% 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
  • gross margintop 10% 455 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
  • return on equitymiddle range 460 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
  • 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 10% 426 covered Industrials peers
  • indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 267 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
  • free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 414 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025

Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.

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Top 10 scores & list membership

ARCB is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.

Long-term score

37.8 #863 of 987 scored · #174 of 197 in Industrials

  • Profitability7.2
  • Growth18.8
  • Financial health49.6
  • Valuation43.4
  • Capital return70.8
  • Long-term trend58.0

Capital return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years) and long-term trend 58th (over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 74.2 percentage points); weakest is profitability (7th, operating margin 0.7%, return on equity 1.3%).

Short-term score

47.7 #939 of 1,704 scored · #139 of 283 in Industrials

  • Trend35.2
  • Momentum48.2
  • Setup61.7
  • Volume and participation37.3
  • Catalysts56.8

Setup 62nd: day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 2% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move; catalysts 57th: open-market insider buys in 90 days 18, the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading; weakest is trend 35th: a strong downtrend, with sellers in control.

Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.

Dividend coverage (FY2025)

Covered by reported results. In FY2025, ARCB's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 18%, free-cash-flow payout 10%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.

  • Earnings payout18% dividends / net income
  • Free-cash-flow payout10% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)

Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.

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How ARCBEST CORP looks technically

ARCBEST CORP (ARCB) is trading 29.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 161 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 25, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day low about 12 trading days ago. It is 20.6% below its highest point of the past year. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 2% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.

Trend

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Distance from the 200-dayit is trading 29.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend+29.0%
50-day moving averageits average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $147.48$147.48
200-day moving averageits average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $108.78$108.78
Swing structureeach recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes nextlower highs and lower lows
Last swing turnits last significant turn was a swing high 8 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on8 sessions
Wave structureits recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes above 148.59. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C.possible downward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings)
Since the 50/200 crossits 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 161 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal161 sessions
Trend strength (14-day ADX)a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 25, with sellers in control25.4

Momentum

3
14-day RSImomentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30)47.4
Position in its 14-day rangeit is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($134.14 to $148.59) — its "stochastic" reading is 43 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions.42.9
Since the MACD crossed zeroMACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative)4 sessions

Range

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52-week highits highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $176.69$176.69
From the 52-week highit is 20.6% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year)-20.6%
Above the 52-week lowit is 136.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year)+136.1%
Below the 52-week highit is 20.6% below its highest point of the past year20.6%
Since a 20-day breakoutit made a new 20-day low about 12 trading days ago12 sessions
Since a 55-day breakoutit made a new 55-day high about 48 trading days ago48 sessions
All-time highits highest closing price on record is $176.69 (set on 2026-06-12)$176.69
Given back of the 52-week moveover the past year its closes ranged ($59.62 to $173.04), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 29% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $99.32 to $102.95. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast.28.8%
From the all-time highit is 20.6% below its all-time high-20.6%
Nearest price levelit is trading 3.7% above a support level at $135.16 — a price it turned at three times since 2026-04-29, most recently on 2026-08-11. Since 2024-08-21 it has 17 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go.-3.7%
All-time lowits lowest closing price on record is $6.43 (set on 2012-11-16)$6.43
Above the all-time lowit is 2082.6% above its all-time low+2,083%

Volatility

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Band width vs its own 6 monthsday-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 2% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move2nd percentile
Typical daily rangein a typical session it travels about $6.37 between its high and its low — about 4.5% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was$6.37
Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ)most of its recent trading has stayed between about $132.83 and $149.67 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles$132.83 – $141.25 – $149.67
Typical daily range (% of price)its price moves about 4.5% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price4.5%
Stretch from the 200-day averageit is trading 5.0 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (29.0% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale5.0 daily ranges above its 200-day average

Volume

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Volume vs its 30-day averagetrading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average0.89×

Analyst

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Change in the average price targetanalysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading0.0%
Change in the consensus ratingthe analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior readingunchanged

Candlestick patterns

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Since a bullish engulfing4 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it4 sessions ago

Price gaps

3
Gap at the openit opened on 2026-08-21 1.6% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close+1.6%
Open gapit gapped 4.5% below the previous close 46 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 173.04 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed-4.5%
Gap filleda 3.8% gap up opened on 2026-08-11 has been "filled" 8 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it8 sessions ago

Price streaks

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Closing streakit closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run1 session up

Relative strength

4
vs market, 1 monthover the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 15.1 percentage points (the stock lost 12.8% while the market gained 2.3%)-15.1%
vs market, 3 monthsover the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 9.7 percentage points (the stock gained 12.8% while the market gained 3.1%)+9.7%
vs market, 6 monthsover the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 22.5 percentage points (the stock gained 33.5% while the market gained 11.1%)+22.5%
vs market, 12 monthsover the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 74.2 percentage points (the stock gained 94.7% while the market gained 20.5%)+74.3%

Signal agreement

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Bullish technical signals3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, outperforming the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast3 of 9
Bearish technical signals3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, MACD momentum is negative, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast3 of 9

Trend (Ichimoku cloud)

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Vs the Ichimoku cloudtrading 2.1% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 7.1% of the share price.-2.1%

Volume-weighted price

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Vs this year’s average price paidthe price is 17% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $120.40 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP.+16.6%
Vs the average paid since it last reportedthe price is sitting right on the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-29 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is roughly break-even. That average is $140.85 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 18 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP.-0.4%

Price levels it has turned at before

ARCB last closed at $140.34 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 17 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.

LevelSideDistanceEvidence
$135.16Support3.7% below the last closeturned there three times · 2026-04-29 to 2026-08-11
$115.71Support17.6% below the last closeturned there three times · 2024-09-19 to 2026-05-04
$113.33Support19.3% below the last closeturned there twice · 2024-12-11 to 2026-02-06

A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.

Wave structure

Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.

This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $148.59.

This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.

On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $103.78 and $120.89 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.

Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close above $148.59.

This reading has stood for 1 trading day, since 2026-08-21.

Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.

An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.

Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.

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Analyst consensus

  • Consensus ratingBuy (2.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 13 analysts
  • Mean price target$170.77 range $150.00 – $200.00; median $171.00

Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-17. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.

Analyst EPS estimate for ARCB

  • Consensus EPS estimate$2.34 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-17

Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.

The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.

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Key risks (from latest filing)

["Sensitivity to economic cycles and freight demand volatility","Rising fuel costs and fuel price volatility","Intense competition in the trucking and logistics industry which may impact pricing power and operating margins"]

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What changed in the latest 10-Q

AI-assisted comparison of ARCB's 10-Q filed 2026-05-01 against the prior one filed 2025-11-05.

Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)

  • Added:
    • Added phrase 'across multiple modes of transportation' to describe company's integration approach in General section (filed 2026-05-01)
    • Added reference to '2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025' in MD&A introduction (filed 2026-05-01)
    • Added consolidated results table showing Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 vs 2025 with specific financial metrics (filed 2026-05-01)
    • Added narrative discussing 3.3% consolidated revenue increase for Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025 (filed 2026-05-01)
    • Added discussion of Asset-Based tonnage per day increase and 3.9% decrease in billed revenue per hundredweight for Q1 2026 (filed 2026-05-01)
    • Added discussion of Asset-Light segment generating 37% of total revenues before other revenues and intercompany eliminations for Q1 2026 vs 36% in Q1 2025 (filed 2026-05-01)
    • Added Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA section with reconciliation table showing $49,376k for Q1 2026 vs $49,276k for Q1 2025 (filed 2026-05-01)
  • Removed:
    • Removed paragraph about February 28, 2023 sale of FleetNet America, Inc. and discontinued operations disclosure (filed 2025-11-05)
    • Removed reference to '2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024' (filed 2025-11-05)
    • Removed consolidated results table showing Three Months Ended and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 vs 2024 (filed 2025-11-05)
    • Removed rows for 'Income from Discontinued Operations, net of tax' and related discontinued operations EPS data (filed 2025-11-05)
    • Removed narrative discussing 1.4% and 4.4% consolidated revenue decreases for three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 (filed 2025-11-05)
    • Removed discussion of Asset-Light revenue declines of 7.6% and 10.5% for three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 (filed 2025-11-05)
    • Removed discussion of Asset-Light segment generating 33% and 34% of total revenues for Q3 2025 vs 35% and 36% prior year (filed 2025-11-05)
  • Reworded:
    • Changed 'leverages technology and a full suite of solutions to meet' to 'leverages technology and a full suite of solutions across multiple modes of transportation to meet' in General section (filed 2026-05-01 vs 2025-11-05)
    • Changed reference year from 'December 31, 2024' to 'December 31, 2025' in MD&A introduction (filed 2026-05-01 vs 2025-11-05)
  • Notes:
    • The two filings cover different reporting periods: Q1 2026 (filed 2026-05-01) versus Q3 2025 (filed 2025-11-05), making direct content comparison limited to structural and presentation changes rather than operational continuity
    • Older filing discusses discontinued operations (FleetNet) while newer filing does not mention this, likely because sufficient time has passed since the 2023 sale

Risk Factors

The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.

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Insider activity (SEC Form 4)

0 open-market purchases and 8 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.

  • Last 30 days0 buys · 8 sells ($3M) — 4 selling insiders
  • Last 90 days0 buys · 8 sells ($3M) — 4 selling insiders
  • Last 180 days0 buys · 8 sells ($3M) — 4 selling insiders

Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)

Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-11. As of 2026-08-24.

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Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.

Institutional ownership (13F)

5 institutional 13F filers reported holding ARCB as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).

  • Distinct 13F filers 5
  • Reported shares held 5,668,030
  • Reported value $557,507,417

reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 2 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".

Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.

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Short interest (FINRA)

ARCB had 1,247,911 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).

ARCB had 5.58% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 2.97 days to cover at the same settlement.

  • Reported short interest (shares) 1,247,911
  • Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 5.58%
  • Prior settlement (shares) 1,265,410
  • Reported change -1.38%
  • Days to cover (reported) 2.97

Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.

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Frequently asked questions

What does ARCBEST CORP (ARCB) do?

ArcBest Corporation is a logistics and transportation company that provides freight transportation and integrated supply chain solutions. Its core services include less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping, truckload services, time-critical transportation, and managed logistics solutions for a variety of industries. The company operates through an integrated network to manage complex supply chain requirements across North America.

What sector is ARCBEST CORP (ARCB) in?

ARCBEST CORP (ARCB) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Trucking & Logistics. It trades on NASDAQ.

Does ARCB pay a dividend?

Yes — ARCBEST CORP (ARCB) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.39% and at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.

Who are ARCBEST CORP's (ARCB) competitors?

Notable peers of ARCBEST CORP (ARCB) include Old Dominion Freight Line, Saia, XPO, TFI International and J.B. Hunt Transport Services. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.

Is ARCBEST CORP (ARCB) overbought or oversold right now?

ARCBEST CORP (ARCB) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.

Where does stocks-llm's data on ARCB come from?

Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.

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Last updated 2026-08-21.

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