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How ArcBest Corporation stacks up
ARCB · against 584 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
19/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #528 of 585 · scores higher than 9% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score38 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including ARCB · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 19?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 84% of peers. Operating margin: 0.7% vs peer median 7.7%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 77% of peers. Return on assets: 0.7% vs peer median 3.1%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 77% of peers. Return on invested capital: 1.7% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ARCB, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ARCB | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 562 reported | 1.7% | 9.1% | 12% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 589 reported | 0.7% | 8.9% | 7% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 549 reported | 0.7% | 3.9% | 12% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 546 reported | 1.3% | 10.0% | 12% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 592 reported | 8.1% | 27.4% | 7% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ARCBScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score