ARCBEST CORPORATION vs United Parcel Service, Inc, two Trucking stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
At $91.9B, United Parcel Service is a global parcel network; ArcBest, worth $3.3B, is a less-than-truckload carrier with a logistics arm, and the two barely share a weight class. UPS earns a 33.24% return on equity, more than seven times ArcBest's 4.35%, and a 5.94% net margin against 1.38%. UPS also trades far cheaper on earnings, 17.5 times against ArcBest's 59.85, while paying a 6.07% dividend where ArcBest pays 0.22%. The one edge ArcBest holds is a slightly lower book multiple, 2.54 times against 5.82. Free cash yields sit close, 4.91% for UPS and 4.62% for ArcBest.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | ARCB | UPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $147.24 | $112.60 |
| Market cap | $3.3B | $95.7B |
| Sector | Trucking | Trucking |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +4.0% |
| P/E | 60.3 | 18.2 |
| P/B | 2.56 | 6.06 |
| P/S | 0.81 | 1.08 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.2 | 8.0 |
| Revenue growth | -1.5% | -2.8% |
| Operating margin | 0.3% | 6.0% |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 5.9% |
| Return on equity | 4.3% | 33.2% |
| Return on assets | 2.3% | 7.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.6% | 34.9% |
| FCF yield | 4.6% | 4.7% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 5.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.17 | 0.04 |
| Current ratio | 0.93 | 1.21 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.47 | 7.72 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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