Forward Air Corp [NASDAQ: FWRD] traded at a high on 2025-07-03, posting a 0.68 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $26.5.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 308686 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Forward Air Corp stands at 5.31% while the volatility over the past one month is 6.10%.
The market cap for FWRD stock reached $806.22 million, with 30.41 million shares outstanding and 20.58 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 752.38K shares, FWRD reached a trading volume of 308686 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Forward Air Corp [FWRD]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for FWRD shares is $34.67 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on FWRD stock is a recommendation set at 1.86. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Stifel have made an estimate for Forward Air Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on June 26, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on May 28, 2024, representing the official price target for Forward Air Corp stock. On August 29, 2023, analysts decreased their price target for FWRD shares from 110 to 85.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 5.21, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 3.83. Price to Free Cash Flow for FWRD in the course of the last twelve months was 39.27 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.13.
How has FWRD stock performed recently?
Forward Air Corp [FWRD] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 9.23. With this latest performance, FWRD shares gained by 47.30% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -19.45% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -17.83% in the past year of trading.
Forward Air Corp [FWRD]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Forward Air Corp [FWRD] shares currently have an operating margin of 1.41% and a Gross Margin at 1.41%. Forward Air Corp’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -31.64%.
Return on Equity for this stock declined to -23.64%, with Return on Assets sitting at -23.64%.
Insider trade positions for Forward Air Corp [FWRD]
There are presently around $112.53%, or 114.85% of FWRD stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of FWRD stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 4.53 million shares, which is approximately 16.899%. CLEARLAKE CAPITAL GROUP, L.P., holding 3.83 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$72.83 million in FWRD stocks shares; and CLEARLAKE CAPITAL GROUP, L.P., currently with $$47.39 million in FWRD stock with ownership which is approximately 9.2867%.
