Forward Air Co. (NASDAQ:FWRD – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,400,000 shares, a decline of 7.4% from the May 31st total of 6,910,000 shares. Approximately 32.3% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,310,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.9 days.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several brokerages have recently issued reports on FWRD. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of Forward Air from $14.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday. StockNews.com cut Forward Air from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, March 18th. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Forward Air in a research report on Wednesday, April 24th. Finally, Wolfe Research raised Forward Air from an “underperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $76.86.
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Forward Air Stock Up 0.6 %
Shares of NASDAQ FWRD traded up $0.11 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $19.45. The company had a trading volume of 319,741 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,137,780. Forward Air has a 1-year low of $11.21 and a 1-year high of $121.38. The company has a quick ratio of 1.28, a current ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $18.43 and its 200-day moving average is $33.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $514.26 million, a P/E ratio of 5.69 and a beta of 1.00.
Forward Air (NASDAQ:FWRD – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 8th. The transportation company reported ($0.64) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.15) by ($0.49). Forward Air had a return on equity of 5.37% and a net margin of 4.08%. The firm had revenue of $541.81 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $644.00 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.37 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect that Forward Air will post -0.46 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Forward Air Company Profile
Forward Air Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an asset-light freight and logistics company in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments, Expedited Freight and Intermodal. The Expedited Freight segment provides expedited regional, inter-regional, and national less-than-truckload services; local pick-up and delivery services; and other services, which include shipment consolidation and deconsolidation, warehousing, customs brokerage, and other handling.
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