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Forward Air

NSQ:FWRD US3498531017
27
  • Value
    50
  • Growth
    19
  • Safety
    Safety
    32
  • Combined
    12
  • Sentiment
    62
  • 360° View
    360° View
    27
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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 27 (better than 27% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Forward Air are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for Forward Air. 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. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 62, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 62% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 19, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 32, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 68 comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...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: 26-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
50 61 67 27
Growth
19 33 25 88
Safety
Safety
32 56 88 85
Sentiment
62 14 26 79
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27 23 48 86
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
64 30 52 5
Opinions Change
50 50 17 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 30 28 97
Market Pulse
51 3 44 68
Sentiment
62 14 26 79
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
50 61 67 27
Growth
19 33 25 88
Safety Safety
32 56 88 85
Combined
12 46 76 82
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
91 87 47 33
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
97 1 65 24
Price vs. Book (P/B)
13 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
49 75 35 63
Profit Growth
6 14 37 90
Capital Growth
75 58 78 34
Stock Returns
15 15 1 73
Growth
19 33 25 88
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
6 18 88 82
Refinancing
97 79 58 42
Liquidity
20 67 86 87
Safety Safety
32 56 88 85

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With good value and positive sentiment, but low growth and risky financing, this combination is generally dangerous as debt requires growth to sustain it. Only investors with a strong belief in future growth potential and a high-risk tolerance should consider this stock.

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