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

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

Forward Air declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, September 7th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 22nd. View Forward Air's Dividend History.

Forward Air Co. (NASDAQ:FWRD) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 25th. The transportation company reported $0.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.07. The transportation company earned $330.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $314.08 million. Forward Air had a net margin of 7.84% and a return on equity of 15.16%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 16.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.64 EPS. View Forward Air's Earnings History.

Forward Air is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Forward Air.

Forward Air issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.77-0.81 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.77. The company issued revenue guidance of $325.0-336.2 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $318.53 million.

5 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Forward Air's shares. Their predictions range from $54.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Forward Air's share price to reach $63.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Forward Air.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Forward Air in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Forward Air.

Some companies that are related to Forward Air include Brink's (BCO), Hub Group (HUBG), Echo Global Logistics (ECHO), CryoPort (CYRX), Roadrunner Transportation Systems (RRTS) and Sino-Global Shipping America (SINO).

News articles about FWRD stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Forward Air earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.06 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the transportation company an impact score of 47.51 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Forward Air.

Forward Air's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.87%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.41%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.42%), Royce & Associates LP (3.34%), Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (2.01%) and Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (1.48%). Company insiders that own Forward Air stock include Bruce A Campbell, C Robert Campbell, Chris C Ruble, Craig A Drum, George M Lynch, Glenn A Adelaar, Matthew J Jewell, Michael L Hance, Michael P Mclean and Rodney L Bell. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Forward Air.

FWRD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, United Services Automobile Association, Bank of America Corp DE, FMR LLC, Algert Global LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA and Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC. Company insiders that have sold Forward Air company stock in the last year include Bruce A Campbell, Chris C Ruble, George M Lynch, Glenn A Adelaar, Matthew J Jewell, Michael L Hance and Michael P Mclean. View Insider Buying and Selling for Forward Air.

FWRD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., TD Asset Management Inc., Scopus Asset Management L.P., Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., BTIM Corp., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. and Tributary Capital Management LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FWRD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.38.

Forward Air has a market capitalization of $1.85 billion and generates $1.10 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $87.32 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.36 on an earnings per share basis. Forward Air employs 4,898 workers across the globe.

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]