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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%)
 
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: 80.5% 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 $511.4M.
Distance to default 1.01 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $846.7M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 91.6%; 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.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$44M +158.9% ▲
5Y CAGR: -12.1%
Capital Expenditures
$29M +21.4% ▲
5Y CAGR: +7.5%
Free Cash Flow
$15M +113.6% ▲
5Y CAGR: -25.0%
Dividends Paid
$0 +0.0% ▲
Buybacks
$846K +12.4% ▲
Net Change in Cash
$730K +100.0% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$116M$193M$43M-$1.1B-$108M
Depreciation & Amort.$40M$47M$57M$144M$153M
Stock-Based Comp.$10M$11M$11M$10M$13M
Change in Working Capital-$52M-$11M$92M-$12M-$4M
Other Non-Cash Items$4M$12M-$14M$1.0B$589K
Operating Cash Flow$120M$259M$181M-$75M$44M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$39M-$41M-$31M-$37M-$29M
Acquisitions (Net)-$60M-$66M-$53M-$1.6B$2M
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing$11M$2M$259M$5M$0
Investing Cash Flow-$88M-$104M$175M-$1.6B-$27M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$43M-$55M$1.7B-$98M-$17M
Stock Repurchased-$49M-$63M-$94M$753K$846K
Dividends Paid-$23M-$26M-$25M$0$0
Other Financing-$5M-$2M-$4M-$66M-$1M
Financing Cash Flow-$35M-$146M$1.6B-$164M-$18M
Net Change in Cash-$3M$9M$1.9B-$1.8B$730K
Cash End of Period$37M$46M$2.0B$105M$106M
Free Cash Flow$81M$218M$151M-$112M$15M

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