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Arcbest acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Arcbest bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
FleetNet segmentWord for word“Discontinued operations represents the FleetNet segment, which sold on February 28, 2023, as previously discussed.” 10-K for 2023 | divestiture | February 28, 2023 | — |
labor services portion of the Asset-Light segment's moving businessWord for word“The year ended December 31, 2021, represents a gain of $6.9 million related to the sale of the labor services portion of the Asset-Light segment's moving business in second quarter 2021.” 10-K for 2023 | divestiture | second quarter 2021 | a gain of $6.9 million |
MoLoWord for word“We may be unable to generate sufficient revenue or earnings from the operations of MoLo, which we acquired on November 1, 2021, or any future acquired business, to offset our acquisition or investment costs, and the acquired business may otherwise fail to meet our operational or strategic expectations.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | November 1, 2021 | — |
discontinued operations (sale of discontinued operations)Word for word“Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations — 100,949 — Business acquisition, net of cash acquired — — 2,279 Proceeds from the sale of subsidiary — — 475 Purchases of short-term investments ( 29,236 ) ( 96,537 ) ( 182,352 ) Proceeds from sale of short-term investments 66,584 198,120 64,329 Capitalization of internally developed software ( 16,897 ) ( 12,977 ) ( 17,282 ) NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES ( 187,279 ) (” 10-K for 2024 | divestiture | — | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $24.8 million | $2.8 million | $12.6 million |
| 2017-12-31 | — | $2.5 million | — |
| 2018-12-31 | — | $4.7 million | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $239.4 million | $9 million | $214 million |
| 2022-12-31 | −$2.3 million | $475,000 | — |
| 2023-12-31 | — | $100.9 million | — |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2025-11-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-06-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-06-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-07-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-10-11 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-05-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-11-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-11-01 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2021-09-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-06-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-10-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-09-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-08-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-07-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-07-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-03-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Arcbest’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-25. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.