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 1.06%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 20th. View Forward Air's Dividend History.

Forward Air Co. (NASDAQ:FWRD) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The transportation company reported $0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.78. The transportation company had revenue of $361.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $354.91 million. Forward Air had a net margin of 6.54% and a return on equity of 17.06%. The company's revenue was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.76 EPS. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Forward Air's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate Forward Air's share price to reach $75.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% 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 stories about FWRD stock have been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Forward Air earned a media sentiment score of 3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Forward Air.

Forward Air saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 673,000 shares, an increase of 5.1% from the December 31st total of 640,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 121,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.5 days. Approximately 2.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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), Pfizer (PFE), Applied Materials (AMAT), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AbbVie (ABBV), Home Depot (HD) and Mcdonald's (MCD).

Forward Air's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.30%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.24%). 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., Arizona State Retirement System, Tributary Capital Management LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Scout Investments Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, CWM Advisors LLC 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Private Trust Co. NA, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Strs Ohio, First National Bank of Omaha, Huntington National Bank, California Public Employees Retirement System, New York State Teachers Retirement System and SG Americas Securities 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FWRD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $67.65.

Forward Air has a market capitalization of $1.91 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]