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