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How Forward Air Corporation stacks up
FWRD · against 975 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
6/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #901 of 976 · scores higher than 7% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score119 peers with a profitability score of 0–9, including FWRD · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 6?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 98% of peers. Return on assets: -11.7% vs peer median 3.1%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 93% of peers. Return on invested capital: -9.3% vs peer median 7.1%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 91% of peers. Operating margin: -6.7% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = FWRD, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | FWRD | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 943 reported | -9.3% | 5.4% | 9% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 973 reported | -6.7% | 6.6% | 10% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 938 reported | -11.7% | 2.4% | 2% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 927 reported | -735.7% | 6.2% | 0% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 981 reported | 21.5% | 23.7% | 44% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around FWRD| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5.5B CNY (≈$769M) | 100 | 83 | |
| 1 | 49.7B JPY (≈$338M) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 79.0B INR (≈$948M) | 100 | 81 | |
| 1 | 536M USD | 100 | 80 | |
| 5 | 173.6B JPY (≈$1.2B) | 99 | 83 | |
| 901 | 2.8B CNY (≈$397M) | 6 | 38 | |
| 901 | 2.7B CNY (≈$377M) | 6 | 4 | |
| 901 | 3.1B CNY (≈$438M) | 6 | 16 | |
| 901 | 714M USD | 6 | 43 | |
| 901 | 622M USD | 6 | 22 | |
| 901 | 725M USD | 6 | 46 | |
| 901 | 465M USD | 6 | 8 | |
| 913 | 2.6B CNY (≈$358M) | 5 | 5 | |
| 913 | 5.4B CNY (≈$757M) | 5 | 19 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score