NASDAQ:FWRD - Forward Air Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Forward Air declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, September 7th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 22nd. View Forward Air's Dividend History.

Forward Air Co. (NASDAQ:FWRD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 25th. The transportation company reported $0.82 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 return on equity of 15.16% and a net margin of 7.84%. The company's revenue was up 16.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.64 earnings per share. 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 EPS 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 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Forward Air's shares. Their predictions range from $54.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Forward Air's stock price to reach $63.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.3% from the stock's current price. 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).

Press coverage about FWRD stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Forward Air earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the transportation company an impact score of 46.89 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Forward Air.

Forward Air's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail 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 bought 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 $62.20.

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]