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NASDAQ:FWRD

Forward Air - FWRD Competitors

$105.07
+0.15 (+0.14%)
(As of 03/30/2023 10:57 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$104.80
$105.90
50-Day Range
$97.81
$115.42
52-Week Range
$84.04
$117.57
Volume
7,121 shs
Average Volume
183,016 shs
Market Capitalization
$2.77 billion
P/E Ratio
14.72
Dividend Yield
0.91%
Price Target
$126.50

FWRD vs. HUBG, TRMD, WERN, ZIM, AZUL, AAWW, JOBY, GBTG, JBLU, and RXO

Should you be buying Forward Air stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forward Air include Hub Group (HUBG), TORM (TRMD), Werner Enterprises (WERN), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Azul (AZUL), Atlas Air Worldwide (AAWW), Joby Aviation (JOBY), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), and RXO (RXO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

Forward Air vs.

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

Hub Group received 123 more outperform votes than Forward Air when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.57% of users gave Forward Air an outperform vote while only 56.18% of users gave Hub Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hub GroupOutperform Votes
450
56.18%
Underperform Votes
351
43.82%
Forward AirOutperform Votes
327
56.57%
Underperform Votes
251
43.43%

Hub Group currently has a consensus price target of $102.86, indicating a potential upside of 24.87%. Forward Air has a consensus price target of $126.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.57%. Given Hub Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Hub Group is more favorable than Forward Air.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hub Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62
Forward Air
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Hub Group has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forward Air has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Forward Air had 5 more articles in the media than Hub Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Forward Air and 4 mentions for Hub Group. Forward Air's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Hub Group's score of 0.40 indicating that Forward Air is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

94.5% of Hub Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Forward Air shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Hub Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Forward Air shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Forward Air has a net margin of 9.79% compared to Hub Group's net margin of 6.68%. Forward Air's return on equity of 29.20% beat Hub Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hub Group 6.68% 23.49% 13.23%
Forward Air 9.79% 29.20% 16.36%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hub Group$5.34 billion0.51$356.95 million$10.647.74
Forward Air$1.97 billion1.40$193.19 million$7.1414.69

Summary

Forward Air beats Hub Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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 AirFreight transportation arrangement IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.75B$4.46B$6.91B$5.92B
Dividend Yield0.92%1.57%7.99%4.51%
P/E Ratio14.6917.2533.7715.78
Price / Sales1.401.0311.4762.18
Price / Cash11.2710.0712.0622.47
Price / Book3.943.308.455.11
Net Income$193.19M$230.45M$678.73M$191.64M
7 Day Performance3.21%6.07%1.69%1.62%
1 Month Performance1.66%2.93%-2.87%-5.38%
1 Year Performance6.59%-15.47%-1.90%-17.41%

Forward Air Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HUBG
Hub Group
2.3584 of 5 stars
$82.37
0.0%
$102.86
+24.9%
-0.2%$2.75B$5.34B7.745,900Analyst Report
News Coverage
TRMD
TORM
1.928 of 5 stars
$32.70
-3.1%
$20.50
-37.3%
+289.7%$2.75B$1.44B4.82439Gap Down
WERN
Werner Enterprises
2.5949 of 5 stars
$43.97
+0.2%
$49.06
+11.6%
+3.2%$2.78B$3.29B11.7610,249Positive News
ZIM
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
2.1298 of 5 stars
$23.44
+4.6%
$27.08
+15.5%
-68.3%$2.82B$12.56B0.614,830Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
AZUL
Azul
2.0434 of 5 stars
$6.81
-0.4%
$9.54
+40.1%
-57.4%$2.87B$15.95B-4.2312,485Short Interest ↓
AAWW
Atlas Air Worldwide
1.2033 of 5 stars
$102.48
+0.0%
$95.13
-7.2%
+15.3%$2.93B$4.55B9.744,500High Trading Volume
JOBY
Joby Aviation
1.5649 of 5 stars
$4.04
+6.0%
$6.90
+70.8%
-40.1%$2.54BN/A-8.981,422Options Volume
News Coverage
GBTG
Global Business Travel Group
1.6759 of 5 stars
$6.61
+5.3%
$8.68
+31.4%
N/A$3.06B$1.85B-10.8419,000News Coverage
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.2385 of 5 stars
$7.10
+2.6%
$10.46
+47.3%
-52.8%$2.32B$9.16B-6.3420,901Analyst Revision
RXO
RXO
1.9889 of 5 stars
$19.38
+0.5%
$21.62
+11.5%
N/A$2.26B$4.80B0.008,590News Coverage
This page (NASDAQ:FWRD) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff