Forward Air Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Forward Air in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating, 1 buy rating and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Forward Air stock.
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Forward Air saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 582,300 shares, an increase of 29.3% from the August 15th total of 450,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 128,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.5 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Forward Air is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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Forward Air Co. (NASDAQ:FWRD) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 28th. The transportation company reported $1.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.14. The transportation company had revenue of $420.67 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $390.90 million. Forward Air had a net margin of 3.69% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.49%.
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Forward Air's stock was trading at $50.40 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FWRD stock has increased by 67.1% and is now trading at $84.23.
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Forward Air declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 29th. Investors of record on Friday, August 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Thursday, September 9th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.00%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 19th.
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Forward Air pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.01%. Forward Air does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Forward Air is 44.44%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Forward Air will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.65% next year. This indicates that Forward Air will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Forward Air updated its third quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.030-$1.070 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.980. The company issued revenue guidance of $424.96 million-$438.24 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $381.92 million.

3 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Forward Air's stock. Their forecasts range from $61.00 to $125.00. On average, they expect Forward Air's stock price to reach $95.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price.
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63 employees have rated Forward Air CEO Bruce A. Campbell on Glassdoor.com. Bruce A. Campbell has an approval rating of 54% among Forward Air's employees. This puts Bruce A. Campbell in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Forward Air's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (15.31%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.64%), Ancora Advisors LLC (6.75%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (5.06%), ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC (4.55%) and Clearbridge Investments LLC (4.07%). Company insiders that own Forward Air stock include C Robert Campbell, Chris C Ruble, George M Lynch, George S Mayes Jr, Kyle R Mitchin, Matthew J Jewell, Michael Joseph Morris, Michael L Hance and Pharmaceutical Co Ltd Takeda.
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FWRD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Victory Capital Management Inc., ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC, Running Oak Capital LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, California Public Employees Retirement System, and Weiss Multi Strategy Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have sold Forward Air company stock in the last year include C Robert Campbell, Chris C Ruble, George M Lynch, Kyle R Mitchin, Michael Joseph Morris, Michael L Hance, and Pharmaceutical Co Ltd Takeda.
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FWRD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Royal Bank of Canada, Ancora Advisors LLC, Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., and JPMorgan Chase & Co..
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Shares of FWRD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of FWRD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.23.

Forward Air has a market capitalization of $2.28 billion and generates $1.27 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $23.73 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.89 on an earnings per share basis.

Forward Air employs 3,774 workers across the globe.

The official website for Forward Air is www.forwardair.com.

Forward Air is headquartered at 1915 SNAPPS FERRY ROAD BUILDING N, GREENEVILLE TN, 37744.

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].