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FORWARD AIR CORP FWRD

Arrangement of Transportation of Freight & Cargo · CIK 0000912728 · Fiscal year ends 1231

AnnualQuarterlyTTM
Revenue
$673.04M
Fiscal year ended 2026-06-30
Operating income
-$201.31M
Fiscal year ended 2026-06-30
Free cash flow
-$8.10M
Fiscal year ended 2026-06-30

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$598.54MMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-06-30
Float per share$18.97Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / revenue0.2×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity3.7×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-06-30, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

11.8× earnings today, against a median of 18.3× across 8 years on record. Below its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2023-06-30$1.98B11.8×
2022-06-30$1.82B9.4×
2021-06-30$1.78B16.8×
2020-06-30$1.01B42.4×
2019-06-30$1.64B18.8×
2018-06-30$1.70B18.4×
2017-06-30$1.58B18.1×
2016-06-30$1.32B48.2×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Arrangement of Transportation of Freight & Cargo filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
Current ratio1.22x25th
CapEx / revenue1.2%67th
SBC / revenue0.5%67th
Net margin-4.3%38th
Operating margin1.5%38th
Revenue YoY growth0.8%62th

FORWARD AIR CORP (FWRD) reported revenue of $673.04M and net income of -$207.30M for the fiscal year ended 2026-06-30. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from FORWARD AIR CORP’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Arrangement of Transportation of Freight & Cargo.

Income

FORWARD AIR CORP income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-302024-03-31
Revenue$673.04M$582.05M$631.23M$631.76M$618.84M$613.28M$632.85M$655.94M$643.67M$541.81M
Cost of revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Gross profitUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Operating income-$201.31M$20.44M-$2.87M$15.01M$19.52M$4.76M$75.86M$22.70M-$1.10B-$65.73M
Net income-$207.30M-$34.32M-$28.33M-$16.25M-$12.58M-$50.64M-$36.42M-$73.41M-$645.43M-$61.71M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 32.48Mshares 31.48MUnavailableshares 30.97Mshares 30.43Mshares 30.19MUnavailableshares 27.94Mshares 26.80Mshares 26.22M
Pretax income-$244.03M-$38.40M-$45.11M-$23.37M-$37.11M-$41.60M$31.62M-$32.90M-$1.14B-$107.14M
Income tax expense-$174.00K$1.79M-$8.70M$385.00K-$16.75M$19.59M$67.00M$1.30M-$174.94M-$18.35M
Diluted EPS$-6.38$-1.09Unavailable$-0.52$-0.41$-1.68$-1.24$-2.66$-23.47$-2.81
Selling, general & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

FORWARD AIR CORP balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-302024-03-31
Cash & equivalents$139.45M$141.02M$106.00M$140.35M$95.13M$116.31M$104.90M$136.62M$84.89M$152.04M
Total assets$2.41B$2.70B$2.72B$2.79B$2.76B$2.80B$2.80B$3.06B$3.07B$3.96B
Current assets$583.12M$542.36M$521.00M$552.49M$474.61M$493.36M$472.50M$545.08M$558.62M$569.43M
Total liabilities$2.53BUnavailable$2.56BUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current liabilities$441.57M$441.90M$428.32M$460.04M$396.68M$438.26M$384.05M$448.70M$420.01M$444.84M
Total equity incl. NCI-$122.67M$122.28M$161.66M$195.84M$216.24M$227.01M$285.87M$336.53M$362.22M$1.33B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
InventoryUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts receivable$369.47M$330.70M$343.56M$341.41M$335.72M$336.40M$322.29M$361.00M$368.93M$351.81M
Goodwill$278.71M$522.71M$522.71M$522.71M$522.71M$522.71M$522.71M$716.07M$545.38M$1.38B
Long-term debt$1.69B$1.69B$1.69B$1.68B$1.68B$1.68B$1.68B$1.67B$1.68B$1.66B
Accounts payable$118.65M$103.69M$121.75M$124.84M$115.12M$111.51M$105.69M$157.23M$143.46M$130.65M

Cash flow

FORWARD AIR CORP cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-302024-03-31
Operating cash flow-$4.88M$45.74MUnavailableUnavailable-$13.22M$27.62MUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable-$51.72M
Capital expenditures$3.21M$6.95M$8.35M$4.12M$4.74M$11.91M$7.25M$10.41M$14.43M$4.97M
Investing cash flow$6.65M-$5.52MUnavailable-$3.85M-$3.88M-$11.24MUnavailable-$9.47M-$13.95M-$1.57B
Financing cash flow-$3.54M-$4.91MUnavailable-$3.66M-$4.62M-$5.32MUnavailable-$6.44M-$4.23M-$158.73M
Net change in cashUnavailableUnavailable-$34.36M$45.05M-$21.37M$11.41M-$32.89M$33.50M-$67.62M-$1.78B
Stock-based compensation$491.00K$3.54M$2.38M$3.38M$4.71M$2.96M$2.10M$2.90M$3.62M$1.57M
Common dividends paidUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$0$0$0$0
Common share repurchasesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$0$0$0$0
Depreciation & amortization$38.26M$38.52M$40.72M$37.75M$36.81M$37.36M$37.66M$25.89M$48.64M$31.79M

Derived

FORWARD AIR CORP derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-302024-03-31
Free cash flow-$8.10M$38.79MUnavailableUnavailable-$17.96M$15.71MUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable-$56.69M
Gross marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Operating margin-29.9%3.5%-0.5%2.4%3.2%0.8%Unavailable3.5%-170.2%-12.1%
FCF margin-1.2%6.7%UnavailableUnavailable-2.9%2.6%UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable-10.5%
SBC / revenue0.1%0.6%0.4%0.5%0.8%0.5%Unavailable0.4%0.6%0.3%
Current ratio1.32x1.23x1.22x1.20x1.20x1.13x1.23x1.21x1.33x1.28x
Revenue YoY growth8.8%-5.1%-0.3%-3.7%-3.9%13.2%87.0%92.4%92.9%51.5%
Net margin-30.8%-5.9%-4.5%-2.6%-2.0%-8.3%-5.8%-11.2%-100.3%-11.4%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue0.5%1.2%1.3%0.7%0.8%1.9%Unavailable1.6%2.2%0.9%
Long-term debt / equityUnavailableUnavailable10.44x8.60xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rateUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable211.9%UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open FWRD in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-05View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-11View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-03-11View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-11-05View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-11View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-07View SEC filing

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