forward air - FWRD

FWRD

Close Chg Chg %
25.20 0.36 1.43%

Closed Market

25.56

+0.36 (1.43%)

Volume: 481.58K

Last Updated:

Dec 4, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: forward air - FWRD

FWRD Key Data

Open

$25.13

Day Range

24.95 - 25.62

52 Week Range

9.79 - 35.47

Market Cap

$787.45M

Shares Outstanding

31.25M

Public Float

21.45M

Beta

1.37

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

N/A

EPS

-$3.84

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

$0.24

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Nov 21, 2023

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

715.36K

 

FWRD Performance

1 Week
 
11.28%
 
1 Month
 
22.24%
 
3 Months
 
-14.06%
 
1 Year
 
-24.61%
 
5 Years
 
-65.34%
 

FWRD Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 6
Full Ratings ➔

About forward air - FWRD

Forward Air Corp. engages in the provision of less-than-truckload (LTL), truckload, intermodal and pool distribution services. It operates through the following segments: Expedited LTL and Intermodal. The Expedited LTL segment provides expedited regional, inter-regional and national LTL, final mile and truckload services. The Intermodal segment provides first and last-mile high value intermodal container drayage services both to and from seaports and railheads. The company was founded by Scott M. Niswonger on October 23, 1981 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

FWRD At a Glance

Forward Air Corp.
3200 Olympus Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75019
Phone 1-817-552-5270 Revenue 2.47B
Industry Trucking Net Income -810,582,000.00
Sector Transportation 2024 Sales Growth 80.506%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 6,319
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FWRD Valuation

P/E Current N/A
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) N/A
Price to Sales Ratio 0.359
Price to Book Ratio 4.758
Price to Cash Flow Ratio N/A
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 27.53
Enterprise Value to Sales 1.218
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.712

FWRD Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 391,559.107
Income Per Employee -128,276.943
Receivables Turnover 7.672
Total Asset Turnover 0.846

FWRD Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.23
Quick Ratio 1.23
Cash Ratio 0.274

FWRD Profitability

Gross Margin -1.396
Operating Margin -1.396
Pretax Margin -50.513
Net Margin -32.761
Return on Assets -27.72
Return on Equity -167.824
Return on Total Capital -34.529
Return on Invested Capital -33.171

FWRD Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 1,063.709
Total Debt to Total Capital 91.407
Total Debt to Total Assets 76.434
Long-Term Debt to Equity 1,007.509
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 86.577
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Annual Financials for Forward Air - FWRD

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.66B 1.97B 1.37B 2.47B
Sales Growth
+30.94% +18.71% -30.54% +80.51%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
1.50B 1.71B 1.28B 2.51B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
39.55M 47.39M 57.41M 143.98M
Depreciation
25.22M 31.40M 41.37M 58.10M
Amortization of Intangibles
14.33M 15.99M 16.04M 85.87M
COGS Growth
+25.72% +13.59% -24.89% +95.61%
Gross Income
159.30M 265.98M 88.21M (34.54M)
Gross Income Growth
+115.49% +66.96% -66.84% -139.16%
Gross Profit Margin
+9.58% +13.48% +6.44% -1.40%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
- - 5.09M 3.63M
-
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
- - 5.09M 3.63M
-
SGA Growth
- - - -28.60%
-
Other Operating Expense
- - (5.09M) (3.63M)
-
Unusual Expense
- - - 1.03B
-
EBIT after Unusual Expense
159.30M 265.98M 88.21M (1.06B)
Non Operating Income/Expense
- - - 2.32M
-
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
4.34M 5.14M 31.57M 189.22M
Interest Expense Growth
-4.89% +18.44% +514.46% +499.33%
Gross Interest Expense
4.34M 5.14M 31.57M 189.22M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
154.96M 260.84M 56.64M (1.25B)
Pretax Income Growth
+123.42% +68.32% -78.29% -2,306.66%
Pretax Margin
+9.32% +13.22% +4.13% -50.51%
Income Tax
38.87M 67.65M 13.84M (124.99M)
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
37.45M 59.96M 22.73M 3.80M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - 4.72M
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
1.42M 7.69M (8.89M) (133.51M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- (807.00K) (1.07M) (220.00K)
Consolidated Net Income
115.28M 192.12M 42.58M (1.12B)
Minority Interest Expense
- - - (314.26M)
-
Net Income
115.28M 192.12M 42.58M (810.58M)
Net Income Growth
+120.08% +66.65% -77.84% -2,003.53%
Net Margin Growth
+6.93% +9.74% +3.11% -32.76%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - (10.16M) (31.28M)
-
Discontinued Operations
- - (10.16M) (31.28M)
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
105.12M 192.12M 11.30M (810.58M)
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
105.12M 192.12M 11.30M (810.58M)
EPS (Basic)
3.8712 7.1732 0.4362 -29.4329
EPS (Basic) Growth
+358.13% +85.30% -93.92% -6,847.57%
Basic Shares Outstanding
27.16M 26.78M 25.91M 27.54M
EPS (Diluted)
3.8518 7.1352 0.4346 -29.4329
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+356.92% +85.24% -93.91% -6,872.41%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
27.29M 26.93M 26.00M 27.54M
EBITDA
198.85M 313.36M 145.62M 109.44M
EBITDA Growth
+79.07% +57.58% -53.53% -24.84%
EBITDA Margin
+11.96% +15.88% +10.62% +4.42%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 34.00
Number of Ratings 6 Current Quarters Estimate -0.243
FY Report Date 12 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate -1.119
Last Quarter’s Earnings -0.52 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings -29.43 Next Fiscal Year Estimate -0.303
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 6 4 6 6
Mean Estimate -0.24 -0.28 -1.12 -0.30
High Estimates -0.19 -0.09 -0.43 0.20
Low Estimate -0.31 -0.39 -1.78 -0.85
Coefficient of Variance -16.16 -46.50 -42.82 -124.01

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 3 3 3
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 3 3 3
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Forward Air - FWRD

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Nov 21, 2025 Jessica L. Herren Chief Supply Chain Officer 6,085 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $21.05 per share 128,089.25
Feb 24, 2025 Jamie G. Pierson CFO 67,116 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2025 James R. Faught Chief Accounting Officer 6,282 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2025 Michael L. Hance CLO and Secretary 87,535 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2025 Joseph Michael Tomasello Chief Information Officer 30,809 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2025 Douglas James Smith Chief People Officer 8,203 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2025 Shawn Stewart Chief Executive Officer; Director 89,491 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2025 Eric Brandt Chief Commercial Officer 8,028 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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