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Forward Air (FWRD) Competitors

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FWRD vs. HUBG, ATSG, PKOH, UPS, FDX, RKLB, EXPD, XPO, CHRW, and ARCB

Should you be buying Forward Air stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forward Air include Hub Group (HUBG), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Park-Ohio (PKOH), United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx (FDX), Rocket Lab (RKLB), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), XPO (XPO), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), and ArcBest (ARCB).

Forward Air vs. Its Competitors

Forward Air (NASDAQ:FWRD) and Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Forward Air presently has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.82%. Hub Group has a consensus price target of $42.01, indicating a potential upside of 24.04%. Given Forward Air's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Forward Air is more favorable than Hub Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Forward Air
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Hub Group
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

In the previous week, Hub Group had 3 more articles in the media than Forward Air. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Hub Group and 3 mentions for Forward Air. Hub Group's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Forward Air's score of 0.59 indicating that Hub Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Forward Air
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hub Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Forward Air has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hub Group has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

97.0% of Forward Air shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of Hub Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.2% of Forward Air shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Hub Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Hub Group has a net margin of 2.69% compared to Forward Air's net margin of -31.66%. Hub Group's return on equity of 7.01% beat Forward Air's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Forward Air-31.66% -242.42% -25.08%
Hub Group 2.69%7.01%4.10%

Hub Group has higher revenue and earnings than Forward Air. Forward Air is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hub Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Forward Air$2.47B0.33-$816.97M-$29.05-0.92
Hub Group$3.86B0.54$103.99M$1.7019.92

Summary

Hub Group beats Forward Air on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FWRD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FWRD vs. The Competition

MetricForward AirTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$830.55M$7.02B$7.32B$9.40B
Dividend YieldN/A1.24%922.82%4.03%
P/E Ratio-0.9235.0912.8619.82
Price / Sales0.331.51540.6098.20
Price / Cash0.569.817.9158.27
Price / Book2.723.502.135.65
Net Income-$816.97M$167.24M$568.35M$257.91M
7 Day Performance-2.05%-4.94%-1.18%3.38%
1 Month Performance21.15%3.98%3.58%11.11%
1 Year Performance6.14%-9.75%3.36%18.99%

Forward Air Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FWRD
Forward Air
2.2369 of 5 stars
$26.81
-1.8%
$34.00
+26.8%
+9.4%$830.55M$2.47B-0.926,319
HUBG
Hub Group
4.238 of 5 stars
$34.80
-2.7%
$43.51
+25.0%
-24.6%$2.13B$3.95B20.476,500
ATSG
Air Transport Services Group
0.4657 of 5 stars
$22.48
flat
$23.33
+3.8%
N/A$1.48B$1.96B-561.865,320News Coverage
PKOH
Park-Ohio
2.8025 of 5 stars
$18.46
-4.0%
N/A-42.4%$262.69M$1.66B8.066,300News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
UPS
United Parcel Service
4.9068 of 5 stars
$100.94
-3.1%
$119.29
+18.2%
-31.5%$85.48B$91.07B14.71490,000Positive News
FDX
FedEx
4.7672 of 5 stars
$235.13
-2.5%
$282.46
+20.1%
-26.0%$56.34B$87.93B13.93430,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
RKLB
Rocket Lab
2.7418 of 5 stars
$38.88
+9.0%
$30.40
-21.8%
+877.0%$17.63B$436.21M-97.202,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
EXPD
Expeditors International of Washington
3.8415 of 5 stars
$116.13
-1.9%
$114.22
-1.6%
-7.2%$15.90B$11.06B20.3019,900
XPO
XPO
4.209 of 5 stars
$129.69
-1.8%
$138.21
+6.6%
+16.7%$15.28B$8.07B39.9038,000Analyst Forecast
CHRW
C.H. Robinson Worldwide
4.6295 of 5 stars
$96.73
-1.3%
$113.50
+17.3%
+11.5%$11.48B$17.72B23.1413,781Analyst Forecast
ARCB
ArcBest
4.8435 of 5 stars
$79.24
-4.6%
$91.92
+16.0%
-33.8%$1.82B$4.18B10.4814,000News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:FWRD) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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