Seasonality
ARCB seasonality — ArcBest Corp.
Over the last 11 years, ARCB's strongest month on average has been July (+11.6%) and its weakest March (-5.0%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.91% | +5.54% | 60% | +21.6% | -26.2% | 10 |
| Feb | +3.08% | -1.05% | 50% | +27.3% | -17.6% | 10 |
| Mar | -5.04% | -7.29% | 10% | +19.3% | -13.1% | 10 |
| Apr | +0.30% | +0.94% | 60% | +29.7% | -22.2% | 10 |
| May | +2.08% | +5.90% | 60% | +47.8% | -28.9% | 10 |
| Jun | +5.15% | +7.29% | 70% | +22.8% | -25.2% | 10 |
| Jul | +11.64% | +10.56% | 90% | +35.0% | -5.0% | 10 |
| Aug | -0.43% | -0.10% | 50% | +12.9% | -15.7% | 10 |
| Sep | +0.65% | -1.40% | 50% | +22.5% | -9.7% | 10 |
| Oct | -0.59% | -1.65% | 40% | +9.9% | -23.5% | 10 |
| Nov | +9.66% | +9.47% | 78% | +37.3% | -13.7% | 9 |
| Dec | -3.36% | -4.82% | 40% | +16.3% | -19.1% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — ARCB
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21.6 | 13.8 | -4.2 | 29.7 | 7.2 | 5.0 | 0.6 | -4.4 | -7.6 | -1.6 | 2.0 | +72.4% | |
| 2025 | 2.5 | -17.6 | -10.4 | -17.1 | 7.1 | 22.8 | -5.0 | 0.9 | -5.3 | 6.4 | -13.7 | 15.6 | -20.5% |
| 2024 | -0.9 | 19.9 | -0.2 | -22.2 | -4.9 | 1.5 | 17.7 | -15.7 | 2.0 | -3.9 | 10.7 | -19.1 | -22.4% |
| 2023 | 19.1 | 15.3 | -3.9 | 2.1 | -11.2 | 17.9 | 17.7 | -9.2 | -3.7 | 7.1 | 9.5 | 0.9 | +71.6% |
| 2022 | -26.2 | 4.8 | -13.1 | -10.4 | 4.8 | -7.0 | 25.9 | -9.1 | -9.7 | 9.2 | 4.2 | -15.4 | -41.6% |
| 2021 | 8.6 | 27.3 | 19.3 | 3.4 | 7.0 | -25.2 | 1.6 | 12.9 | 22.5 | 9.9 | 14.7 | 16.3 | +180.9% |
| 2020 | -19.2 | -11.2 | -11.6 | 16.3 | 9.9 | 18.4 | 14.6 | 11.3 | -8.2 | -1.7 | 37.3 | 1.8 | +54.6% |
| 2019 | 9.8 | -7.4 | -11.6 | -0.8 | -18.0 | 12.1 | 6.5 | -1.1 | 2.8 | -5.1 | -0.4 | -4.1 | -19.4% |
| 2018 | -0.6 | -6.9 | -3.2 | 0.2 | 47.8 | -3.7 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 0.9 | -23.5 | 8.5 | -14.9 | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 14.3 | -7.1 | -11.4 | 1.7 | -28.9 | 9.6 | 35.0 | 6.8 | 12.6 | -2.5 | 16.1 | -5.5 | +29.3% |
| 2016 | -9.2 |