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How Forward Air Corporation stacks up
FWRD · against 957 other Industrials companies of similar size
Valuation
20/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #691 of 958 · scores higher than 27% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score92 peers with a valuation score of 20–29, including FWRD · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 20?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its earnings yield, which is weaker than most Industrials peers.
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Earnings yield: -45.4% vs peer median 3.8%
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. EBITDA yield: -0.6% vs peer median 6.9%
- more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 76% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 7.8% vs peer median 3.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 961 reported | -48.5% | 3.5% | 1% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 969 reported | 10.9% | 7.1% | 68% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 208 reported | 7.8% | 3.4% | 67% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 965 reported | -18.6% | 55.2% | 1% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around FWRDScores 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