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Forward Air Corp

FWRD
18.800USD
-0.220-1.16%
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575.41MMarket Cap
LossP/E TTM

Forward Air Corp

18.800
-0.220-1.16%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Forward Air Corp

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-22

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively stable. Its valuation is considered overvalued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite a very weak market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Forward Air Corp's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
21 / 70
Overall Ranking
144 / 4686
Industry
Freight & Logistics Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 6 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
35.667
Target Price
+74.15%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Forward Air Corp Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Forward Air Corporation is an asset-light provider of transportation services. The Company provides transportation services, including less-than-truckload (LTL), truckload and intermodal drayage services and freight brokerage and supply chain services across North America, Europe, and Asia. Its segments include Expedited Freight, Intermodal, and Omni Logistics. The Expedited Freight segment provides expedited regional, inter-regional and national LTL services. Expedited Freight also offers customers local pick-up and delivery and other services including truckload, warehousing, and other handling. The Intermodal segment provides first- and last-mile high value intermodal container drayage services both to and from seaports and railheads. The Omni Logistics segment provides a full suite of global logistics services. Its services include air and ocean freight consolidation and forwarding, customs brokerage, warehousing and distribution, and other supply chain solutions.
High Growth
The company's revenue has grown steadily over the past 3 years, averaging 47.31% year-on-year.
Turnaround to Loss
The company's performance has turned to a loss, with the latest annual loss of USD .
Fairly Valued
The company’s latest PB is 3.84, at a medium 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 34.01M shares, decreasing 29.41% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by HACAX
Star Investor HACAX holds 210.00 shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-22

The company's current financial score is 6.80, which is lower than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.20. Its financial status is weak, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 618.84M, representing a year-over-year decrease of 3.86%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 97.98%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.80
Change
0

Financials

4.56

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

7.24

Operational Efficiency

8.30

Growth Potential

6.75

Shareholder Returns

7.16

Forward Air Corp's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-22

The company’s current valuation score is 8.51, which is higher than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.37. Its current P/E ratio is -3.67, which is -90.30% below the recent high of -0.36 and -69.66% above the recent low of -6.23.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.51
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 21/70
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-22

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.67, which is higher than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.44. The average price target for Forward Air Corp is 35.00, with a high of 42.00 and a low of 30.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.67
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 6 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
35.667
Target Price
+74.15%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

14
Total
4
Median
9
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Forward Air Corp (Delaware)
FWRD
6
United Parcel Service Inc
UPS
32
FedEx Corp
FDX
31
ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc
ZTO
20
Expeditors International of Washington Inc
EXPD
18
GXO Logistics Inc
GXO
17
1
2
3

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-22

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.83, which is lower than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.14. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 26.20 and the support level at 13.79, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.91
Change
-0.08

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(5)
Neutral(1)
Buy(1)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-0.497
Sell
RSI(14)
29.123
Sell
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
39.103
Buy
ATR(14)
1.676
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
-92.044
Neutral
Williams %R
66.564
Sell
TRIX(12,20)
-1.295
Sell
StochRSI(14)
53.090
Sell
Moving Average
Sell(6)
Neutral(0)
Buy(0)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
19.930
Sell
MA10
20.867
Sell
MA20
22.951
Sell
MA50
26.660
Sell
MA100
26.148
Sell
MA200
24.425
Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-22

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 5.49. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 110.45%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 3.07%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 2.04M shares, representing 6.63% of shares outstanding, with 3.25% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
10.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
Clearlake Capital Partners, LLC
3.83M
--
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
3.01M
-2.00%
Littlejohn & Co. LLC
2.92M
+3.82%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
2.04M
-0.22%
Ridgemont Equity Partners
1.92M
+0.67%
Ancora Advisors, L.L.C.
1.36M
+10.46%
Irenic Capital Management LP
1.23M
--
Private Management Group, Inc.
1.05M
+8.68%
Rocky Mountain Advisers LLC
979.39K
--
State Street Investment Management (US)
937.08K
-2.98%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-22

The company’s current risk assessment score is 4.88, which is lower than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 5.89. The company's beta value is 1.45. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
4.88
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
1.45
VaR
+4.72%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+72.31%
240-Day Volatility
+78.01%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+10.65%
120 days
+16.61%
5 years
+31.90%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-8.62%
120 days
-8.62%
5 years
-27.92%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
-3.63
120 days
+1.12
5 years
-0.24

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+72.31%
3 years
+91.25%
5 years
+91.57%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
-0.66
3 years
-0.30
5 years
-0.17
Skewness
240 days
+0.63
3 years
+0.21
5 years
+0.16

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+78.01%
5 years
+60.98%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+8.00%
5 years
+13.28%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+241.73%
240 days
+241.73%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+43.33%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+52.62%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+1.98%
120 days
+2.21%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
-28.52%
60 days
-29.63%
120 days
-21.44%

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