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Forward Air

NSQ:FWRD US3498531017
12
  • Value
    50
  • Growth
    11
  • Safety
    Safety
    34
  • Combined
    16
  • Sentiment
    7
  • 360° View
    360° View
    12
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Company Description

Forward Air Corporation provides transportation services. It operates in the expedited freight, global logistics, and intermodal industries. The company operates in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $840 million, profits of $1 million, and revenue of $2 million with 6319 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 12 (better than 12% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Forward Air are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for Forward Air. Only the consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 50, which means that the share price of Forward Air is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 50% of alternative stocks in the same industry. All other consolidated ranks are below average. The consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 11, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 34, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 66% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. Finally, professionals are more pessimistic about the stock than for 93% of alternative investment opportunities, reflected in the consolidated Sentiment Rank of 7. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Dividend Yield
Weakest Rank Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
Country USA
Industry Air Freight & Logistics
Size Large
Website forwardair.com
Index
NASDAQ
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 30-Jul-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
50 61 67 27
Growth
11 33 25 88
Safety
Safety
34 56 88 85
Sentiment
7 14 26 79
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12 23 48 86
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
41 30 52 5
Opinions Change
5 50 17 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 30 28 97
Market Pulse
25 3 44 68
Sentiment
7 14 26 79
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
50 61 67 27
Growth
11 33 25 88
Safety Safety
34 56 88 85
Combined
16 46 76 82
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
95 87 47 33
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
97 1 65 24
Price vs. Book (P/B)
9 35 37 31
Dividend Yield
1 91 71 58
Value
50 61 67 27
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
17 75 35 63
Profit Growth
10 14 37 90
Capital Growth
64 58 78 34
Stock Returns
1 15 1 73
Growth
11 33 25 88
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
7 18 88 82
Refinancing
95 79 58 42
Liquidity
23 67 86 87
Safety Safety
34 56 88 85

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The only strength is good value. All other factors (growth, safety, and sentiment) are below average. This stock is highly sensitive to a crisis and is not advisable. Avoid unless you have solid, independent reasons to believe a significant turnaround is imminent.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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