Forward Air Corporation (FWRD) is a Integrated Freight & Logistics company in the Industrials sector, currently trading at $19.04. It has a SharesGrow Score of 44/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 1 out of 7 criteria passed.
Analyst consensus target is FWRD = $37 (+94.3% upside).
Valuation: FWRD trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of -5.2 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 0.04.
Financials: revenue is $2.5B, +16.9%/yr average growth. Net income is $108M (loss), growing at -171.6%/yr. Net profit margin is -4.3% (negative). Gross margin is 20.5% (-7.2 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $2.2B against $113M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 19.05, leveraged). Current ratio is 1.22 (adequate). Debt-to-assets is 78.7%. Total assets: $2.7B.
Analyst outlook: 7 / 21 analysts rate FWRD as buy (33%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 100/100 (Pass), Growth 48/100 (Partial), Past 50/100 (Partial), Health 17/100 (Fail), Moat 32/100 (Fail), Future 52/100 (Partial), Income 10/100 (Fail).
