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FWRD NASDAQ

Forward Air Corporation
1W: -1.1% 1M: -0.8% 3M: +3.8% YTD: -39.8% 1Y: -23.0% 3Y: -79.9% 5Y: -82.3%
$15.14
+0.06 (+0.40%)
After Hours: $15.25 (+0.11, +0.73%)
Weekly Expected Move ±6.6%
$13 $14 $15 $16 $17
NASDAQ · Industrials · Integrated Freight & Logistics · Tech Score Sell · Power 40 · $511.4M mcap · 27M float · 4.25% daily turnover · Short 60% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 94% of companies Debt: 80.6% of company value Bonds: $148.2M held by 79 funds, 555 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the riskiest tenth, about 1 in 20 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $4.36 (down 71%), Forward Air Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $2.11B against a stock market value of $509.4M.
Distance to default 1.01 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $846.7M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 91.7%; Altman Z'' -1.33. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Balance Sheet Trends

Total Assets
$2.7B -2.1% ▼
5Y CAGR: +21.2%
Total Liabilities
$2.6B +2.6% ▲
5Y CAGR: +38.9%
Shareholders Equity
$113M -43.8% ▼
5Y CAGR: -27.0%
Cash & Investments
$106M +1.0% ▲
5Y CAGR: +21.4%
Total Debt
$2.2B +0.6% ▲
5Y CAGR: +54.8%
Net Debt
$2.1B +0.6% ▲

Assets vs Liabilities & Equity

Year-over-Year Growth

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Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Assets —
Cash$37M$46M$122M$105M$106M
Short-Term Investments$0$0$0$0$0
Cash & ST Investments$37M$46M$122M$105M$106M
Net Receivables$216M$188M$159M$322M$350M
Inventory$0$0$0$0$0
Other Current Assets$7M$45M$41M$16M$65M
Total Current Assets$283M$304M$347M$472M$521M
Property, Plant & Equip.$367M$377M$370M$736M$710M
Goodwill & Intangibles$421M$374M$413M$1.5B$1.4B
Long-Term Investments$0$0$1.8B$0$0
Other Non-Current Assets$46M$153M$59M$72M$84M
Total Non-Current Assets$835M$904M$2.6B$2.3B$2.2B
Total Assets$1.1B$1.2B$3.0B$2.8B$2.7B
— Liabilities —
Accounts Payable$45M$50M$45M$106M$122M
Short-Term Debt$6M$9M$13M$0$0
Deferred Revenue$0$0$0$10M$13M
Other Current Liabilities$5M$17M$88M$0$0
Total Current Liabilities$165M$169M$237M$384M$428M
Long-Term Debt$155M$107M$1.8B$1.7B$1.7B
Other Non-Current Liab.$50M$65M$47M$62M$65M
Total Non-Current Liabilities$359M$331M$2.0B$2.1B$2.2B
Total Liabilities$524M$501M$2.2B$2.5B$2.6B
— Equity —
Common Stock$270K$265K$257K$298K$313K
Retained Earnings$335M$436M$480M-$338M-$447M
Accumulated OCI$0$0$0-$3M$580K
Total Stockholders Equity$594M$707M$764M$202M$113M
Total Liabilities & Equity$1.1B$1.2B$3.0B$2.8B$2.7B
— Key Metrics —
Total Debt$320M$267M$1.9B$2.1B$2.2B
Net Debt$283M$221M$1.8B$2.0B$2.1B
Total Investments$0$0$1.8B$0$0

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