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Forward Air Corporation (FWRD)

New York Stock Exchange Industrials Integrated Freight & LogisticsView data quality →
38.9Poor

ValueMarkers Composite Index

Top 4%#42,935 of 44,707

DCF data not available

Piotroski
5/9
Neutral
Beneish
-2.69
Low Risk
Altman
0.91
Distress
DCF Value
-
N/A
ROIC
1.4%
Low
P/E
-
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Forward Air Corporation (FWRD) — VMCI valuation read

Composite valuation read on FWRD: VMCI 39/100 against a Industrials sector median of 50. The 11-point below-median print is the headline number for Forward Air Corporation, and at the mid-cap tier it reflects how the five pillars combine into a single decision-grade score.

Trailing 30-day insider activity for FWRD: nothing material on SEC EDGAR. With the Form 4 channel quiet, the price-vs-DCF gap and the trailing margin trend carry more weight in the active read.

**Investor frame.** Value, quality, risk in three lines on FWRD: FWRD trades at 19.0x earnings, 6% above the Industrials median of 18.0x; ROIC of 13.0% sits 3.0pp above the Industrials median (10.0%); net debt to EBITDA of 0.9x leaves covenant headroom. EV/EBITDA at 14.0x versus 12.0x for Industrials closes the value frame.

FWRD fell 0.9% over the trailing 7 days, with a -23.5% read on a 30-day basis.

Forward Air Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an asset-light freight and logistics company in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments, Expedited Freight and Intermodal. The Expedited Freight segment provides expedited regional, inter-regional, and national less-than-truckload services; local pick-up and delivery services; and other services, which include final mile, truckload, shipment consolidation and deconsolidation, warehousing, customs brokerage, and other handling. This segment also offers expedited truckload brokerage, dedicated fleet, and high security and temperature-controlled logistics services. The Intermodal segment provides intermodal container drayage services; and contract, and container freight station warehouse and handling services. It serves freight forwarders, third-party logistics companies, integrated air cargo carriers and passenger, passenger and cargo airlines, steamship lines, and retailers. Forward Air Corporation was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Greeneville, Tennessee.

CEO: Shawn Stewart6,319 employeesUSwww.forwardaircorp.com

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