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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Forward AIR Corp.FWRD · other | |
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| Grade |  Eweakest fifth of 336 graded peers; percentile 86.0, sampling error 2.6 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 289 of 336 |
| Profitability | Cpercentile 51.5 |
| Solvency | Dpercentile 71.4 |
| Growth and financing | C/Dpercentile 60.1 |
| Reliability | 0.94 AUCfailure model, filers with over $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.97; 61 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 0.52% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | over $2.67B assetstotal assets $2.7B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | late filernot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 8 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Mar 11, 2026212 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $16.332026-10-08; market equity $551.6M; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date. Open this report as it stood on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Mar 11, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
Forward Air Corporation (“Forward”, the “Company”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) is a leading asset-light provider of transportation services. We provide ground transportation, air and ocean forwarding, intermodal drayage services and contract logistics across North and South America, Europe and Asia. We also provide customized asset-light, high-touch logistics and supply chain management solutions with deep customer relationships in high-growth end markets. We offer premium services that typically require precision execution, such as expedited transit, delivery during tight time windows and special handling.
Warnings [top]
7 checks ran; none of them enters the letter. The checks are listed on the warnings screen.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability, sleeve percentile 51.5 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | not computable | 27.1% | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2020-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Return on invested capital | not computable | 10.0% | |||||
| prior invested-capital observation is 731 days earlier | |||||||
| Accruals ratio | (5.5%) | [1,3-5] | (5.9%) | 51.5 | 506 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | not computable | 2.2 pts | |||||
| five annual gross margins are required; found 3 | |||||||
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 71.4 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.04% | |||||
| liabilities and a nearby cover-page share count are required at 2026-03-31 | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | not computable | 2.05 | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Net debt to EBITDA | 8.36x | [6-9] | 2.52x | 89.1 | 184 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Interest coverage | not computable | 2.18x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2023-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 1.22x | [10-11] | 1.32x | 53.7 | 506 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 60.1 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | 14.1% | [2,12-14] | 5.1% | 21.4 | 403 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | (58.3%) | [4,15-21] | 8.7% | 95.4 | 220 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Reinvestment rate | (340.2%) | [8-11,15,22-25] | 11.9% | 96.8 | 190 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Asset growth, three years | 31.0% | [1,5,26-27] | 4.1% | 8.0 | 438 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | 3.8% | [28-29] | (0.4%) | 78.6 | 356 | 2026-03-06 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite 0.245; sampling error 2.6 percentile points on 336 peers.
Among 336 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 284 | Repay Holdings Corp. (RPAY) Repay Holdings Corp. (RPAY) Eweakest fifth; percentile 84.5 Nasdaq · Services-Business Services, NEC last close $3.88 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 84.5 | E | |
| 285 | Addentax Group Corp. (ATXG) Addentax Group Corp. (ATXG) Eweakest fifth; percentile 84.8 Nasdaq · Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography market equity $3.7M; last close $3.44 Warnings: dilution; 9 of 14 inputs | 84.8 | E | dilution |
| 286 | Target Hospitality Corp. (TH) Target Hospitality Corp. (TH) Eweakest fifth; percentile 85.1 Nasdaq · Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places market equity $1.8B; last close $18.34 Warnings: late filer, fortress balance sheet; 10 of 14 inputs | 85.1 | E | late filer, fortress balance sheet |
| 287 | CSX Corp. (CSX) CSX Corp. (CSX) Eweakest fifth; percentile 85.4 Nasdaq · Railroads, Line-Haul Operating market equity $87.7B; last close $47.34 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 85.4 | E | |
| 288 | RXO, Inc. (RXO) RXO, Inc. (RXO) Eweakest fifth; percentile 85.7 NYSE · Transportation Services market equity $4.8B; last close $28.92 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 85.7 | E | |
| 289 | Forward AIR Corp. (FWRD) Forward AIR Corp. (FWRD) Eweakest fifth; percentile 86.0 Nasdaq · Arrangement of Transportation of Freight & Cargo market equity $551.3M; last close $16.33 Warnings: late filer; 8 of 14 inputs | 86.0 | E | late filer |
| 290 | Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (XHR) Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (XHR) Eweakest fifth; percentile 86.3 NYSE · Hotels & Motels market equity $1.7B; last close $18.02 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 86.3 | E | |
| 291 | MP Materials Corp. DE (MP) MP Materials Corp. DE (MP) Eweakest fifth; percentile 86.6 NYSE · Metal Mining market equity $8.2B; last close $46.17 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 7 of 14 inputs | 86.6 | E | fortress balance sheet |
| 292 | Advantage Solutions Inc. (ADV) Advantage Solutions Inc. (ADV) Eweakest fifth; percentile 86.9 Nasdaq · Services-Business Services, NEC market equity $392.1M; last close $30.34 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 86.9 | E | |
| 293 | GXO Logistics, Inc. (GXO) GXO Logistics, Inc. (GXO) Eweakest fifth; percentile 87.2 NYSE · Transportation Services market equity $5.3B; last close $46.34 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 87.2 | E | |
| 294 | Monro, Inc. (MNRO) Monro, Inc. (MNRO) Eweakest fifth; percentile 87.5 Nasdaq · Services-Automotive Repair, Services & Parking market equity $412.5M; last close $13.73 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 87.5 | E |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | E | 87.9 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | E | 86.0 | 336 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | E | 90.1 | 1219 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | E | 86.3 | 336 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 336 graded peers, about 67 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | (33.7%) | 2.0% | 18 | hotter than 18 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (46.0%) | (26.8%) | 24 | closer to its high than 24 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | 1.7% | 4.4% | 25 | pricier than 75 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 2.8% | 4.1% | 37 | pricier than 63 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | (0.21) | 0.34 | 5 | pricier than 95 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 4.53 | 0.70 | 91 | pricier than 9 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | 17.4% | (8.8%) | 82 | more equity-funded than 82 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | (0.56) | (0.13) | 18 | ahead of 18 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $551.3M; EBIT $36.4M; free cash flow $15.3M; book equity -$115.4M; sales $2.5B; debt $1.7B; cash $139.4M[30].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: None of 9, period end 2025-12-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | (3.8%) | ✗ fail[3,5] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $44.4M | ✓ pass[4] |
| Return on assets improved | 23.6 pts | ✓ pass[3,5,26,31] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $152.2M | ✓ pass[3-4] |
| Long-term leverage fell | 3.1 pts | ✗ fail[1,5,26,32-33] |
| Current ratio improved | (1.4 pts) | ✗ fail[10-11,24-25] |
| No new shares issued | 3.8% | ✗ fail[28-29] |
| Gross margin improved | n/a | |
| Asset turnover improved | 6.0 pts | ✓ pass[2,5,12,26] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $139.4M[34] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $70.8M[4,34-38] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 1 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 65 |
| 10-Q received Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $7.8M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 212 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
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| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $2.7B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.5B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$107.8M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations | $44.4M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $2.8B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $1.7B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $106.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | $36.4M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | depreciation amortization | us-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | $152.6M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $521.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $428.3M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.5B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $1.4B | 2023-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $1.7B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-03-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $29.1M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations | -$69.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $37.1M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations | $199.2M | 2023-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $30.7M | 2023-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations | $250.2M | 2022-12-31 | 2025-03-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $39.3M | 2022-12-31 | 2025-03-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | pretax income | us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | -$147.2M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | income tax | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | -$5.5M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $472.5M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $384.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $3.0B | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $1.2B | 2022-12-31 | 2024-03-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 31,554,245 | 2026-03-06 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 30,409,199 | 2025-03-17 | 2025-04-30 | 10-K/A | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 33,780,862 | 2026-07-29 | 2026-08-05 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$817.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $1.7B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $1.7B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $139.4M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-05 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $40.9M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-05 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $45.7M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-05-11 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations | $67.1M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-05 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations | $14.4M | 2025-06-30 | 2025-08-11 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 86.0 is 6.0 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.6 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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