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Forward Air (FWRD) Competitors

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$20.14 -0.68 (-3.27%)
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FWRD vs. HUBG, PKOH, UPS, FDX, RKLB, EXPD, XPO, CHRW, ARCB, and WERN

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

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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

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$2.47B0.25-$816.97M-$5.99-3.36
Hub Group$3.95B0.57$103.99M$1.6522.13

Forward Air currently has a consensus price target of $33.67, suggesting a potential upside of 67.16%. Hub Group has a consensus price target of $39.64, suggesting a potential upside of 8.56%. Given Forward Air's higher probable upside, 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
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Hub Group
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

97.0% of Forward Air shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of Hub Group shares are held by institutional investors. 17.2% of Forward Air shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Hub Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Hub Group has a net margin of 2.65% compared to Forward Air's net margin of -6.86%. Hub Group's return on equity of 6.81% beat Forward Air's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Forward Air-6.86% -40.36% -3.77%
Hub Group 2.65%6.81%4.06%

In the previous week, Hub Group had 5 more articles in the media than Forward Air. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hub Group and 8 mentions for Forward Air. Hub Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Forward Air's score of -0.10 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Hub Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Forward Air has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hub Group has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hub Group beats Forward Air on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$620.11M$6.64B$7.16B$10.55B
Dividend YieldN/A1.31%471.63%4.83%
P/E Ratio-3.3628.7015.1527.06
Price / Sales0.251.43740.64132.30
Price / Cash0.419.387.8630.35
Price / Book2.043.312.356.58
Net Income-$816.97M$167.24M$555.46M$276.84M
7 Day Performance-7.27%4.40%0.52%-0.72%
1 Month Performance-22.51%1.67%-1.65%2.16%
1 Year Performance-49.22%-15.90%3.23%34.63%

Forward Air Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FWRD
Forward Air
2.002 of 5 stars
$20.14
-3.3%
$33.67
+67.2%
-49.2%$620.11M$2.47B-3.366,319Analyst Forecast
HUBG
Hub Group
3.8315 of 5 stars
$33.67
+1.7%
$39.60
+17.6%
-17.5%$2.03B$3.95B20.416,500
PKOH
Park-Ohio
2.2829 of 5 stars
$19.86
+2.7%
N/A-32.9%$278.26M$1.66B9.786,300
UPS
United Parcel Service
4.9664 of 5 stars
$83.20
+0.4%
$109.31
+31.4%
-36.4%$70.24B$91.07B12.38490,000Positive News
FDX
FedEx
4.4254 of 5 stars
$229.51
+2.2%
$273.08
+19.0%
-13.1%$53.00B$87.93B13.40440,000
RKLB
Rocket Lab
2.2658 of 5 stars
$65.42
+1.8%
$46.64
-28.7%
+513.0%$31.10B$436.21M-145.382,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
EXPD
Expeditors International of Washington
3.7916 of 5 stars
$113.96
+0.7%
$114.44
+0.4%
-0.4%$15.47B$11.27B19.9219,900Positive News
XPO
XPO
3.9957 of 5 stars
$128.50
-0.7%
$141.25
+9.9%
+14.9%$15.24B$8.07B44.4638,000
CHRW
C.H. Robinson Worldwide
4.253 of 5 stars
$124.39
-0.7%
$132.14
+6.2%
+15.7%$14.80B$17.72B28.3313,781Positive News
ARCB
ArcBest
4.5703 of 5 stars
$71.30
+2.0%
$90.00
+26.2%
-29.1%$1.59B$4.18B10.6114,000Gap Up
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.5373 of 5 stars
$26.41
-0.5%
$27.57
+4.4%
-26.3%$1.59B$3.03B30.719,287

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This page (NASDAQ:FWRD) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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