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Forward Air Corporation

IndustrialsTransportation & Utilities
Ticker FWRDDALLAS, TXFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $-3.60Diluted shares 32.0M

Forward Air Corporation (Nasdaq: FWRD) is an asset-light transportation and logistics provider serving customers across North and South America, Europe and Asia. Its services include expedited ground transportation, air and ocean freight forwarding, intermodal drayage, contract logistics and supply chain management,… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Forward Air Corporation reported revenue of $2.52B, down 0.1% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $346.30M. Its operating margin was −6.7%, and operations generated $70.84M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $2.50B, up 0.8% from fiscal 2024, and a net loss of $141.72M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$2.50BFY2025
+0.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $2.52B
1.46%FY2025
+44.4 percentage points
Last 12 mo -6.70%
$-141.72MFY2025
+87.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $-346.30M
-95.11%FY2025
−250.9 percentage points
Last 12 mo 32.52%
Cash & financing
$44.38MFY2025
+164.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $70.84M
$15.27MFY2025
+114.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $48.22M
15.22FY2025
Was 8.54× a year earlier
Last 12 mo -14.95
30.7MFY2025
+15.2% year over year
Last 12 mo 32.0M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Forward Air Corporation does

In the company’s own words

Forward Air Corporation (Nasdaq: FWRD) is an asset-light transportation and logistics provider serving customers across North and South America, Europe and Asia. Its services include expedited ground transportation, air and ocean freight forwarding, intermodal drayage, contract logistics and supply chain management, often for time-sensitive or high-value shipments. The company operates three reportable segments: Expedited Freight, which provides regional, inter-regional and national less-than-truckload and related services and generated approximately 40% of 2025 revenue; Omni Logistics, which provides domestic and international forwarding, fulfillment, customs brokerage, warehousing and distribution and contributed approximately 50%; and Intermodal, which provides container drayage and related warehouse and handling services and accounted for approximately 10%. Customers include freight forwarders, third-party logistics companies, airlines, steamship lines and corporate shippers in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, retail and life sciences. Forward Air completed its acquisition of Omni in January 2024, expanding its forwarding and contract logistics operations internationally. At December 31, 2025, it had 6,062 full-time employees. Its website is www.forwardair.com.

Company details
Sector
Industrials
Industry (SIC)
Transportation & Utilities
Headquarters
DALLAS, TX
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
912728
SIC
4731

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-1.49B$-396.26M$696.62M$1.79B$2.88B201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Forward Air Corporation — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

162
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$95.50M
held by funds, at market
18.6%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Forward Air Corporation’s weight in each

Fidelity Value Fund
FDVLX · Fidelity Capital Trust
—of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.01%of fund net assets
Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund
FSSNX · Fidelity Salem Street Trust
—of fund net assets
VANGUARD EXTENDED MARKET INDEX FUND
VXF · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Could not be determined for this company: bond issues.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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