NASDAQ:FWRD - Forward Air Stock Price, Forecast & News

Forward Air trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FWRD."

Forward Air declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, December 6th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 20th. View Forward Air's Dividend History.

Forward Air Co. (NASDAQ:FWRD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The transportation company reported $0.78 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.78. The transportation company earned $361.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $354.91 million. Forward Air had a return on equity of 17.06% and a net margin of 6.54%. The firm's revenue was up 9.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.76 earnings per share. View Forward Air's Earnings History.

Forward Air is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Forward Air.

Forward Air will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

2 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Forward Air's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Forward Air's share price to reach $75.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Forward Air.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Forward Air in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Forward Air.

Media coverage about FWRD stock has been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Forward Air earned a daily sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Forward Air.

Forward Air saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 673,000 shares, an increase of 5.1% from the December 15th total of 640,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 125,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.4 days. Currently, 2.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Forward Air's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Forward Air include United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx (FDX), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), XPO Logistics (XPO), Hub Group (HUBG), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Atlas Air Worldwide (AAWW), Echo Global Logistics (ECHO) and Park-Ohio (PKOH).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Forward Air investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), Walt Disney (DIS), AT&T (T), CVS Health (CVS), Applied Materials (AMAT), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AbbVie (ABBV), Home Depot (HD), Mcdonald's (MCD) and Pfizer (PFE).

Forward Air's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Tributary Capital Management LLC (1.45%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.10%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.72%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.33%), First National Bank of Omaha (0.13%) and Cardinal Capital Management (0.09%). Company insiders that own Forward Air stock include Bruce A Campbell, Chris C Ruble, George M Lynch, Glenn A Adelaar, Matthew J Jewell and Michael L Hance. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Forward Air.

FWRD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Tributary Capital Management LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Scout Investments Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Cardinal Capital Management. Company insiders that have sold Forward Air company stock in the last year include Bruce A Campbell, Chris C Ruble and Glenn A Adelaar. View Insider Buying and Selling for Forward Air.

FWRD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Private Trust Co. NA, Boston Trust Walden Corp, First National Bank of Omaha and Huntington National Bank. View Insider Buying and Selling for Forward Air.

Shares of FWRD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FWRD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.15.

Forward Air has a market capitalization of $1.95 billion and generates $1.32 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $92.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.12 on an earnings per share basis. Forward Air employs 5,369 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Forward Air.

The official website for Forward Air is http://www.forwardair.com/.

Forward Air's mailing address is 1915 SNAPPS FERRY ROAD BUILDING N, GREENEVILLE TN, 37744. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 423-636-7000 or via email at [email protected]