Forward Air Corporation logo FWRD - Forward Air Corporation

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HIGH: $18.00
LOW: $17.00
MEDIAN: $17.50
CONSENSUS: $17.50
UPSIDE: 98.86%
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Revenue
Revenue 2,495.1 2,474.3 1,370.7 1,679.6 1,387.2 1,269.6 1,215.2 1,320.9 1,100.8 982.5 959.1 781.0 652.5 584.4 536.4 483.9 417.4 474.4 392.7 352.8 320.9 282.2 241.5 226.1 227.5 214.9 170.8 130.4 190.4 157.1 148.1 135 95.3
Cost of Revenue 1,984.2 2,134.6 1,040.6 1,188.0 1,073.3 1,040.5 961.4 1,054.8 864.3 767.3 768.7 602.0 504.8 446.8 269.0 175.2 144.7 181.0 222.1 194.0 176.5 159.1 139.8 135.5 136.5 124.6 101.1 78.9 108.4 93.9 62.4 59.5 41.5
Gross Profit 510.9 339.7 330.2 491.7 314.0 229.1 253.8 266.0 236.5 215.2 190.4 179.0 147.7 137.7 267.4 308.8 272.7 293.4 170.7 158.8 144.5 123.1 101.7 90.6 91.0 90.3 69.8 51.5 82.0 63.2 85.7 75.5 53.8
Operating Expenses
R&D Expenses 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 0 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SG&A Expenses 0 64.7 50.1 47.5 39.4 34.9 38.7 35.2 29.6 25.4 21.5 15.7 12.6 11.3 130.7 129.1 118.6 124.6 96.5 86.4 78.5 73.5 64.6 58.1 65.8 54.5 42.3 36.0 72.9 60.1 43.7 39.2 46.1
Other Expenses 474.5 1,337.9 191.8 196.6 127.5 118.2 102.7 (0.0) (0.0) 0.0 (0.1) 0.3 0.1 0.0 59.7 56.6 54.1 0 321.7 196.9 180.2 160.5 141.9 139.1 137.4 126.7 104.1 80.8 110.2 96.0 8.7 6.4 3.4
Operating Expenses 474.5 1,402.6 241.9 244.1 166.9 155.2 141.4 144.0 127.8 112.8 108.6 82.6 63.3 54.1 190.3 185.7 172.7 207.0 329.4 283.3 258.7 234.0 206.5 197.2 203.3 181.2 146.4 116.8 183.1 156.1 52.4 45.6 49.5
Operating Income
Operating Income 36.4 (1,062.9) 88.2 247.6 147.0 73.9 112.4 122.0 108.7 60.0 81.8 96.4 84.4 83.5 77.1 53.7 18.8 70.3 71.0 75.4 67.4 53.6 40.2 32.7 31.7 37.3 26.4 16.0 16.8 9.3 33.3 29.9 4.3
Interest Expense 180.7 189.2 31.6 5.1 4.3 4.6 2.7 1.8 1.2 1.6 2.0 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.2 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Interest Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Profitability
EBITDA 186.2 (916.6) 145.6 290.1 182.0 111.0 148.8 164.2 149.8 98.2 118.9 127.8 108.0 104.6 98.2 74.3 38.3 87.3 83.6 84.3 (105.3) (93.3) 47.4 0.1 40.1 (85.1) (71.6) (56.1) (4.7) (7.1) 42 36.3 7.4
EBIT 33.5 (1,060.6) 88.2 247.6 147.0 73.9 112.4 122.0 108.7 59.7 81.7 96.7 84.5 83.5 77.2 53.8 18.6 70.6 72.8 75.4 71.3 54.7 40.2 (7.3) 31.7 (90.9) (76.6) (60.5) (7.6) (9.2) 33.3 29.9 4.3
Income Before Tax (147.2) (1,249.8) 56.6 242.5 142.7 69.4 109.7 120.2 107.5 58.4 79.7 96.1 83.9 83.2 76.6 53.1 18.2 69.4 72.3 78.5 71.2 54.7 40.7 34.2 32.2 38.0 26.0 14.8 14.1 6.4 7.8 7 3.4
Income Tax Expense (5.5) (125.0) 13.8 63.0 35.8 16.6 27.4 28.2 20.1 30.7 24.1 34.9 29.5 30.5 29.4 21.1 8.2 26.9 27.4 29.6 26.3 20.2 14.9 12.5 12.3 14.5 9.9 5.7 5.5 2.5 3.3 3 1.2
Net Income (107.8) (817.0) 167.4 193.2 105.9 23.7 87.1 92.1 87.3 27.7 55.6 61.2 54.5 52.7 47.2 32.0 9.9 42.5 44.9 48.9 44.9 34.4 25.8 21.6 19.9 23.4 16.0 10.2 8.6 4.0 4.5 4 2.2
Per Share Data
EPS (Basic) -3.48 -29.43 0.44 7.18 3.87 0.85 3.06 3.17 2.90 0.91 1.80 1.99 1.81 1.82 1.62 1.11 0.34 1.48 1.52 1.57 1.41 1.07 0.81 0.67 0.61 0.74 0.53 0.37 0.32 0.15 0.17 0.15 0.07
EPS (Diluted) -3.48 -29.66 0.43 7.14 3.85 0.84 3.04 3.15 2.89 0.90 1.78 1.96 1.77 1.78 1.60 1.10 0.34 1.47 1.50 1.55 1.39 1.05 0.79 0.65 0.59 0.70 0.51 0.35 0.31 0.15 0.17 0.15 0.10
Shares Outstanding 31.0 27.5 25.9 26.8 27.2 27.6 28.2 29.1 30.1 30.4 30.9 30.6 30.1 29.0 29.1 29.0 28.9 28.8 29.6 31.1 31.9 32.2 31.9 32.3 32.4 31.7 30.1 27.7 27.0 26.8 25.9 27.3 30.0
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2009 2008 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Current Assets
Cash & Cash Equivalents 106.0 104.9 122.0 45.8 37.3 40.3 64.7 25.7 3.9 8.5 42.0 22.1 0.1 83.5 33.6 19.4 15.6 6.0 0.5 0.7 0.0 3.8 1 4.2
Short-Term Investments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111.6 3 20.3 9.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Net Receivables 349.7 322.5 158.7 188.2 216.2 156.5 136.2 161.4 152.4 116.6 55.7 60.6 42.1 31.5 30.3 28.8 35.5 27.3 19.8 17.7 23.7 17.8 18.1 12.6
Inventory 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2.2 1.4 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2
Other Current Assets 65.3 16.0 40.7 45.5 7.0 27.7 18.8 0 0 0 3.3 2.1 1.4 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.0 0.7 0.3 5.7 1.1 3.8 2.2 1
Total Current Assets 521.0 472.5 347.0 304.3 282.8 245.9 236.3 201.1 162.7 136.3 107.1 91.6 159.4 123.2 88.8 62.4 54.9 36.4 23.4 35.8 28.2 25.8 21.6 18
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment 710.4 736.3 369.6 377.4 367.3 313.2 297.9 209.9 206.1 200.2 128.7 123.0 37.3 32.9 37.2 42.7 45.1 32.9 29.9 79.2 70.3 72.1 56 26.3
Goodwill 522.7 522.7 278.7 258.0 266.8 245.0 215.7 199.1 191.7 184.7 43.3 50.2 15.6 15.6 15.6 15.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Intangible Assets 906.8 999.2 134.8 115.6 154.7 145.0 124.9 113.7 111.2 106.7 35.8 40.7 0 0 0.5 0.9 15.1 9.5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Long-Term Investments 0 0 1,790.5 0 0 0 0 (37.2) (29.4) (41.9) (5.8) 0 (7.0) (6.2) (7.5) 14.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Non-Current Assets 83.9 71.9 58.9 152.8 46.3 98.3 116.1 36.5 15.9 13.5 1.6 2.0 2.3 3.4 3.5 (6.7) 0.9 0.9 3.5 3.3 0.6 0.4 0.4 4.7
Total Non-Current Assets 2,223.8 2,330.1 2,632.5 903.8 835.0 801.5 754.6 559.1 525.0 505.0 209.5 215.9 55.1 51.9 56.7 74.6 61.0 43.2 33.4 82.5 70.9 72.5 56.4 31
Total Assets 2,744.8 2,802.6 2,979.5 1,208.1 1,117.8 1,047.4 990.9 760.2 687.7 641.3 316.6 307.5 214.6 175.1 145.5 137.0 116.0 79.6 56.8 118.3 99.1 98.3 78 49
Current Liabilities
Account Payables 121.8 105.7 45.4 50.1 44.8 38.4 25.4 34.6 30.7 18.0 10.3 11.6 10.0 7.4 6.7 5.1 9.7 7.4 4.1 0.1 5.5 5.1 4.9 3.1
Short-Term Debt 0 0 12.6 9.3 6.1 0 0 0.3 0.4 28.0 0.9 1.6 0.0 0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 4.5 1.6 9.5 9.3 5.9 1.4
Deferred Revenue 13.2 9.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0.1 17.6 12.3 11.2 8.3 7.2 6.8 6.1 6.0 5.5 6.9 3.0 0 0 0
Other Current Liabilities 0 0 88.2 16.5 4.6 36.5 33.3 7.4 0.3 5.6 10.8 7.8 10.9 4.6 4.3 5.5 2.4 2.1 1.6 21.6 2.6 5.6 3.9 4.4
Total Current Liabilities 428.3 384.0 237.1 169.4 164.7 171.6 137.2 74.7 60.1 77.9 29.5 26.2 25.7 20.3 18.7 18.3 19.1 16.9 16.4 33.9 22.4 20 14.7 8.9
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-Term Debt 1,687.2 1,675.9 1,790.5 106.6 155.5 112.4 67.3 47.3 40.6 0.7 50 50.0 0 0 0.9 0.4 2.8 0.8 15.4 8.3 27.1 35.8 28.3 12
Deferred Tax Liabilities 53.1 38.2 42.2 51.1 43.4 42.0 41.2 37.2 29.4 41.9 5.8 8.8 7.0 6.2 7.5 7.6 6.2 3.1 1.2 11.6 8.3 5.8 3.3 0.8
Other Non-Current Liabilities 65.1 62.1 47.1 65.1 49.6 88.7 93.4 47.7 23.7 21.0 4.5 3.1 0 0 (0.9) 0 0 0 0 8.1 0 0.1 (0.1) 0
Total Non-Current Liabilities 2,154.8 2,132.7 1,978.2 331.4 359.5 328.4 276.5 132.2 94.1 64.3 62.4 64.9 7.9 7.1 8.5 12.1 13.4 7.8 21.4 34.0 35.4 41.7 31.5 12.8
Total Liabilities 2,583.1 2,516.8 2,215.3 500.8 524.2 500.1 413.7 207.0 154.2 142.2 92.0 91.1 33.5 27.4 27.2 30.4 32.5 24.7 37.7 67.9 57.8 61.7 46.2 21.7
Stockholders' Equity
Common Stock 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0 0 0
Retained Earnings (447.1) (338.2) 480.3 436.1 334.9 304.1 350.0 342.7 337.8 319.3 207.7 205.9 144.4 110.0 84.2 62.5 42.7 19.2 3.2 23.6 15.0 11 6.5 2.5
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income 0.6 (2.7) 0 0 0 0 0 (204.0) (193.1) (178.8) 0 0 0.0 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (19.1) (14.3) (10.2) (35.9) (27.2) (17.6) (10.5) (5.2)
Total Stockholders' Equity 113.3 201.7 764.3 707.2 593.7 547.3 577.2 553.2 533.5 499.1 224.7 216.4 181.0 147.7 118.3 106.6 83.5 55.0 19.1 50.5 41.3 36.6 31.8 27.3
Total Liabilities & Equity 2,744.8 2,802.6 2,979.5 1,208.1 1,117.8 1,047.4 990.9 760.2 687.7 641.3 316.6 307.5 214.6 175.1 145.5 137.0 116.0 79.6 56.8 118.3 99.1 98.3 78 49
Debt Metrics
Total Debt 2,159.7 2,145.8 1,945.8 266.8 320.1 243.2 179.2 47.6 40.9 28.7 53.1 54.6 0.9 0.9 1.4 5.4 8.2 6.0 25.3 37.4 36.6 45.1 34.2 13.4
Net Debt 2,053.7 2,040.9 1,823.9 221.0 282.8 203.0 114.5 22.0 37.1 20.2 11.1 32.5 0.8 (82.6) (32.2) (14.0) (7.4) 0.0 24.9 36.8 36.6 41.3 33.2 9.2
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Operating Activities
Net Income (107.8) (1,124.8) 42.8 193.2 116.1 52.8 82.3 92.1 87.3 27.7 44.9 34.4 25.9 21.8 19.9 23.4 16.0 8.1 8.6 4.0 4.5 4 2.2
Depreciation & Amortization 152.6 144.0 57.4 47.4 39.6 37.1 36.4 42.2 41.1 38.2 8.9 6.8 7.3 7.5 8.4 5.8 5.0 4.3 11.2 10.5 (8.7) (6.4) (3.4)
Stock-Based Compensation 13.4 10.2 11.5 10.7 10.5 11.0 11.7 10.5 8.1 8.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Change in Working Capital (3.5) (11.8) 92.5 (11.4) (51.6) (11.3) 3.2 (3.5) (26.8) 9.3 (4.0) (7.3) (1.5) (2.0) 5.6 0.1 (3.9) (15.6) (1.8) (3.9) (0.2) (3.2) (4.7)
Other Non-Cash Items 0.6 1,040.6 (13.9) 11.6 4.3 (5.7) 18.3 3.1 6.2 43.3 1.4 2.0 0.5 (0.1) (1.0) 1.7 1.5 3.3 0.9 0.1 17.5 12.8 6.9
Operating Cash Flow 44.4 (75.4) 181.4 259.1 120.3 84.7 159.0 152.6 103.4 130.3 51.2 37.4 32.7 30.0 35.5 33.8 20.1 1.9 22.6 12.5 15.8 9.2 1.7
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditure (29.1) (37.1) (30.7) (40.7) (39.1) (20.3) (22.0) (42.3) (38.3) (42.2) (22.1) (11.2) (2.9) (3.9) (4.8) (16.5) (7.4) (11.8) (19.1) (8.8) (24.7) (36.5) (21.4)
Acquisitions 2.2 (1,576.2) (53.0) (66.1) (59.9) (63.7) (39) (20.0) (23.1) (11.8) (12.8) 0.0 0.2 0.1 (3.0) (10.7) (6.8) 0 (1.2) 0 0 0 0
Purchases of Investments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (197.3) (273.9) (3) (7.1) (71.4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sales/Maturities of Investments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 427.1 232.5 20.3 10.3 47.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Investing Activities 0 4.7 258.5 2.4 10.7 1.2 (2.9) 6.8 2.2 1.6 (191.9) 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.9 (5.2) 1.2 2.7 3.2 4.7 (2.5)
Investing Cash Flow (26.9) (1,608.6) 174.8 (104.5) (88.3) (82.7) (63.9) (55.5) (59.2) (52.4) 3.1 (51.4) 14.7 (0.4) (31.0) (26.9) (13.4) (17.0) (19.0) (6.0) (21.5) (31.8) (23.9)
Financing Activities
Net Debt Issuance (17.3) (98.4) 1,672.5 (55.1) 42.6 43.6 19.1 6.7 12.2 (55.8) 1.5 (0.0) (0.5) (4.4) (2.8) (0.2) (20.7) 12.2 (1.4) (1.2) 8.3 18.9 4.8
Stock Repurchased 0.8 0.8 (93.8) (62.8) (49.0) (45.2) (56.2) (66.1) (49.0) (40.0) (54.1) (9.6) 0 (12.5) 0 0 0 0 0 (1.8) 0 0 0
Dividends Paid 0 0 (25.0) (25.9) (23.0) (20.9) (20.5) (18.4) (18.1) (15.5) (7.7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (3)
Other Financing Activities (1.1) (66.2) (3.7) (2.4) (5.5) (3.9) 1.6 2.5 6.0 8.5 (0.1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0.1) 0
Financing Cash Flow (17.5) (163.8) 1,550.0 (146.1) (34.9) (26.5) (56.0) (75.3) (48.8) (102.8) (54.1) (2.3) 2.4 (15.2) (0.7) 2.6 (1.2) 14.6 (2.9) (10.3) 8.6 19.3 26.4
Cash Position
Net Change in Cash 0.7 (1,846.8) 1,906.3 8.5 (2.9) (24.5) 39.1 21.8 (4.6) (24.8) 0.3 (16.3) 49.9 14.3 3.8 9.6 5.5 (0.4) 0.7 (3.8) 8.6 19.3 26.4
Cash at Beginning 105.3 1,952.1 45.8 37.3 40.3 64.7 25.7 3.9 8.5 33.3 0.1 16.4 33.6 19.4 15.6 6.0 0.5 0.9 0.0 3.8 1 4.2 0
Cash at End 106.0 105.3 1,952.1 45.8 37.3 40.3 64.7 25.7 3.9 8.5 0.3 0.1 83.5 33.6 19.4 15.6 6.0 0.5 0.7 0.0 9.6 23.5 26.4
Free Cash Flow 15.3 (112.5) 150.7 218.4 81.2 64.4 137.0 110.3 65.1 88.2 29.2 26.2 29.9 26.0 30.7 17.3 12.7 (9.9) 3.5 3.8 (8.9) (27.3) (19.7)
Key Metrics 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Income Statement
Revenue 2,495.1 2,474.3 1,370.7 1,679.6 1,387.2 1,269.6 1,215.2 1,320.9 1,100.8 982.5 959.1 781.0 652.5 584.4 536.4 483.9 417.4 474.4 392.7 352.8 320.9 282.2 241.5 226.1 227.5 214.9 170.8 130.4 190.4 157.1 148.1 135 95.3
Gross Profit 510.9 339.7 330.2 491.7 314.0 229.1 253.8 266.0 236.5 215.2 190.4 179.0 147.7 137.7 267.4 308.8 272.7 293.4 170.7 158.8 144.5 123.1 101.7 90.6 91.0 90.3 69.8 51.5 82.0 63.2 85.7 75.5 53.8
Operating Income 36.4 (1,062.9) 88.2 247.6 147.0 73.9 112.4 122.0 108.7 60.0 81.8 96.4 84.4 83.5 77.1 53.7 18.8 70.3 71.0 75.4 67.4 53.6 40.2 32.7 31.7 37.3 26.4 16.0 16.8 9.3 33.3 29.9 4.3
Net Income (107.8) (817.0) 167.4 193.2 105.9 23.7 87.1 92.1 87.3 27.7 55.6 61.2 54.5 52.7 47.2 32.0 9.9 42.5 44.9 48.9 44.9 34.4 25.8 21.6 19.9 23.4 16.0 10.2 8.6 4.0 4.5 4 2.2
EPS (Diluted) -3.48 -29.66 0.43 7.14 3.85 0.84 3.04 3.15 2.89 0.90 1.78 1.96 1.77 1.78 1.60 1.10 0.34 1.47 1.50 1.55 1.39 1.05 0.79 0.65 0.59 0.70 0.51 0.35 0.31 0.15 0.17 0.15 0.10
Balance Sheet
Cash & Equivalents 106.0 104.9 122.0 45.8 37.3 40.3 64.7 25.7 3.9 8.5 42.0 22.1 0.1 83.5 33.6 19.4 15.6 6.0 0.5 0.7 0.0 3.8 1 4.2
Total Assets 2,744.8 2,802.6 2,979.5 1,208.1 1,117.8 1,047.4 990.9 760.2 687.7 641.3 316.6 307.5 214.6 175.1 145.5 137.0 116.0 79.6 56.8 118.3 99.1 98.3 78 49
Total Debt 2,159.7 2,145.8 1,945.8 266.8 320.1 243.2 179.2 47.6 40.9 28.7 53.1 54.6 0.9 0.9 1.4 5.4 8.2 6.0 25.3 37.4 36.6 45.1 34.2 13.4
Stockholders' Equity 113.3 201.7 764.3 707.2 593.7 547.3 577.2 553.2 533.5 499.1 224.7 216.4 181.0 147.7 118.3 106.6 83.5 55.0 19.1 50.5 41.3 36.6 31.8 27.3
Cash Flow
Operating Cash Flow 44.4 (75.4) 181.4 259.1 120.3 84.7 159.0 152.6 103.4 130.3 51.2 37.4 32.7 30.0 35.5 33.8 20.1 1.9 22.6 12.5 15.8 9.2 1.7
Capital Expenditure (29.1) (37.1) (30.7) (40.7) (39.1) (20.3) (22.0) (42.3) (38.3) (42.2) (22.1) (11.2) (2.9) (3.9) (4.8) (16.5) (7.4) (11.8) (19.1) (8.8) (24.7) (36.5) (21.4)
Free Cash Flow 15.3 (112.5) 150.7 218.4 81.2 64.4 137.0 110.3 65.1 88.2 29.2 26.2 29.9 26.0 30.7 17.3 12.7 (9.9) 3.5 3.8 (8.9) (27.3) (19.7)