During the last session, Forward Air Corp (NASDAQ:FWRD)’s traded shares were 0.47 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.29. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $16.78, reflecting an intraday loss of -1.58% or -$0.27. The 52-week high for the FWRD share is $40.92, that puts it down -143.86 from that peak though still a striking 41.72% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $9.78. The company’s market capitalization is $510.51M, and the average trade volume was 773.18K shares over the past three months.
Forward Air Corp (FWRD) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.33. FWRD has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 3 analysts who have looked at this stock. 1 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 2 recommend a Buy rating for it.
Forward Air Corp (NASDAQ:FWRD) trade information
Forward Air Corp (FWRD) registered a -1.58% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -1.58% in intraday trading to $16.78, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -2.95%, and it has moved by 13.99% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 11.87%.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $35, which implies an increase of 52.06% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $35 and $35 respectively. As a result, FWRD is trading at a discount of -108.58% off the target high and -108.58% off the low.
While earnings are projected to return 96.36% in 2025.
FWRD Dividends
Forward Air Corp is due to release its next quarterly earnings in June. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance.
The next largest institutional holding, with 3.83 million shares, is of CLEARLAKE CAPITAL GROUP, L.P.’s that is approximately 14.2708% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $72.83 million.
Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Forward Air Corp (FWRD) shares are iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and SRH Total Return Fund, Inc. . Data provided on Apr 30, 2025 indicates that iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF owns about 1.22 shares. This amounts to just over 4.01 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $20.46 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 845.22, or about 2.78% of the stock, which is worth about $14.18 million.
