ARCB - ArcBest Corporation
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$117.14
DETAILS
HIGH:
$150.00
LOW:
$85.00
MEDIAN:
$117.00
CONSENSUS:
$117.14
DOWNSIDE:
5.96%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Cyclical & Capital-Intensive
80% confidence
Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple
Adjust Assumptions
5.5x
7.93$
Key Value Driver
Through-cycle normalized EPS ($7.93)
Implied Market Multiple
15.7x
Plain-Language Summary
Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $117.14 from 24 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $44.15 per share.
Warnings
This company has a built-in lending arm whose debt is mixed in with the main business. We capped the debt adjustment to avoid overstating what the core business owes.
Price-to-book value of 3.0x is above the normal range for this type of business (0.7x-2.0x). The stock may already price in a strong cycle.
Wall Street's average price target is $117.14 (from 24 analysts). Our estimate is 83% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.
Key Risks
- Standard 10-year DCF produces unreliable terminal values for cyclicals
- 'Cheap' P/E at cycle peak is the most common value trap — normalize first
- Captive finance subsidiaries have different risk profiles from manufacturing