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FWRD — FORWARD AIR CORP

US Industrials Transportation equity mkt cap 611.8M
18.11 +1.80% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 8.31 · high 31.76

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Performance

1 day+1.80%
1 week-4.48%
1 month+16.99%
3 months+116.89%
6 months-34.90%
Year to date-27.93%
1 year-34.83%
3 years-71.84%
5 years-80.00%

Technicals

RSI 1466.4
vs 50-day avg+19.88%
vs 200-day avg-7.62%
Volatility 1y85.2%
Max drawdown 1y-73.84%
Avg volume 30d680.8K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Measured signals that fired on FWRD

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-06Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-21Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-27Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-15Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-05Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-08Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-06-18Boyles Dale W
Director
Grant or award9.5K0.000
2026-06-18Svindland Paul C.
Director
Grant or award9.5K0.000
2026-06-18Gorjanc Christine Marie
Director
Grant or award9.5K0.000
2026-04-29Stewart Shawn
Chief Executive Officer
Shares withheld for tax4.1K21.5189.0K
2026-03-16Stewart Shawn
Chief Executive Officer
Grant or award18.7K0.000
2026-03-16Pierson Jamie G.
CFO
Grant or award5.7K0.000
2026-03-15Hance Michael L
CLO and Secretary
Shares withheld for tax4.9K16.0578.1K
2026-03-15OSBORNE TIMOTHY R
Executive VP of Operations
Shares withheld for tax2.1K16.0533.8K
2026-03-15Hance Michael L
CLO and Secretary
Shares withheld for tax86916.0513.9K
2026-03-15OSBORNE TIMOTHY R
Executive VP of Operations
Shares withheld for tax48316.057.8K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
CLEARLAKE CAPITAL GROUP, L.P.63.9M3.8M
BlackRock, Inc.61.8M3.7M
Irenic Capital Management LP20.6M1.2M
PRIVATE MANAGEMENT GROUP INC19.3M1.2M
FMR LLC18.2M1.1M
STATE STREET CORP17.6M1.1M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC17.2M1.0M
Paralel Advisors LLC16.3M975.0K
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC15.0M898.2K
Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd14.7M877.7K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d36.4% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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