Forward Air/$FWRD
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About Forward Air
Forward Air Corp is an asset-light freight and logistics company. The company's operating segment includes Expedited Freight, Omni Logistics, and Intermodal and Corporate. The company generates maximum revenue from the Omni Logistics segment. The expedited Freight segment operates a comprehensive national network to provide expedited regional, inter-regional, and national LTL (less-than-truckload) services. It also offers customers local pick-up and delivery and other services including final mile, truckload, shipment consolidation and deconsolidation, warehousing, customs brokerage, and other handling. The Company conducts business in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.
- Ticker
- $FWRD
- Sector
- Mobility
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 6,209
- Headquarters
- Dallas, United States
- Website
- www.forwardair.com
Forward Air Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$619M
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-$9.06
1.41
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Price and volume
Market cap
$619M
Beta
1.41
52-week high
$31.18
52-week low
$7.86
Average daily volume
414K
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.321
Quick ratio
1.166
Long term debt to equity
-16.203
Total debt to equity
-17.201
Interest coverage (TTM)
0.71%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
281.767
Gross margin (TTM)
21.49%
Net profit margin (TTM)
-11.37%
Operating margin (TTM)
5.02%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
1.91%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$410,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
3.06%
Return on equity (TTM)
-735.72%
Valuation
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.23
Price to book
-5.35
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-0.49
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
11.999
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
8.33%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
1.527
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
-0.11%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
33.64%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
21.94%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
9.99%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
16.87%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
20.89%
What the Analysts think about Forward Air
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Forward Air has secured a two-year agreement to retain a significant share of a major customer’s work. It expects revenue from the retained services in each of 2026–28 to exceed that customer’s total contribution in 2025, improving revenue visibility. (Forward Air)
Underlying operations improved in Q2: revenue rose 8.8% to a record $673 million, while EBITDA increased to $93 million from $79 million a year earlier. Excluding a non-cash goodwill charge, operating income more than doubled to $43 million. (Forward Air)
Liquidity of $401 million, including $261 million available under its credit facility, gives Forward Air a buffer while it restructures. It has completed two smaller Omni disposals and is pursuing an Intermodal sale, which could simplify the business and help reduce leverage. (Forward Air, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
Debt remains a heavy constraint: long-term debt was $1.69 billion against $319 million of last-twelve-month covenant EBITDA at 30 June, and Q2 net interest expense was $43.7 million. That limits flexibility if earnings weaken. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
Customer concentration remains a risk even after the retention agreement: one customer accounted for about 12% of Q2 revenue, and some services are still expected to move to other suppliers from late 2026 through 2027. The transition could reduce revenue if Forward Air cannot replace the work. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
Omni’s $244 million goodwill impairment erased its remaining goodwill and contributed to a $201 million Q2 operating loss and a $207 million net loss attributable to Forward Air. Although non-cash, the write-down underscores how far the acquired business has fallen short of its recorded value. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 29 Oct 2026.
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