FORWARD AIR CORP FWRD
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 349853101
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryArrangement of Transportation of Freight & Cargo
- HeadquartersDallas, TX
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($1.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $62.87. Options: 11 managers hold calls ($16.7m notional), 10 hold puts ($49.5m).
Trends to Q4 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 247 |
| Q4 2022 | 276 |
| Q1 2023 | 260 |
| Q2 2023 | 246 |
| Q3 2023 | 254 |
| Q4 2023 | 266 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 131 | 110 |
| Q1 2023 | 112 | 151 |
| Q2 2023 | 94 | 150 |
| Q3 2023 | 136 | 141 |
| Q4 2023 | 134 | 124 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | $291.0k | $441.8k | 1.52 |
| Q2 2023 | $9.5m | $16.4m | 1.72 |
| Q3 2023 | $7.8m | $49.9m | 6.38 |
| Q4 2023 | $16.7m | $49.5m | 2.96 |
Biggest buyers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +1.9m |
| NORGES BANK | Added | +616.8k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | Added | +203.6k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | Added | +193.8k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +175.7k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +152.7k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +136.1k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | New | +134.3k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Added | +107.0k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | New | +105.5k |
Biggest sellers
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Sold out | -726.5k |
| Ancora Advisors LLC | Reduced | -619.0k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -582.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -519.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -373.2k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | Reduced | -202.3k |
| Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC | Sold out | -150.0k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC | Sold out | -141.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -119.7k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC | Reduced | -109.2k |
Biggest calls
| AYAL Capital Advisors Ltd | First filing | $4.0m64.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $3.7m58.2k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $3.4m53.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.9m30.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.8m28.5k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $1.3m20.0k shares |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC | New | $314.4k5.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $220.0k3.5k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | New | $157.2k2.5k shares |
| Ancora Advisors LLC | Unchanged | $15510 shares |
Biggest puts
| P SCHOENFELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LP | Added | $17.3m275.8k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $13.0m206.6k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | New | $7.5m119.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.1m65.5k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $3.2m51.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $3.0m48.5k shares |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC | New | $628.7k10.0k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Reduced | $471.5k7.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $132.0k2.1k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
CLEARLAKE CAPITAL GROUP, L.P.
13D · may seek influence
filed 2025-07-03
Stated purposeItem 4 of the Initial Statement is hereby amended and restated as follows: In connection with the publicly announced review of strategic alternatives by the Board of Directors of the Issuer (the "Board"), the Reporting Persons anticipate, subject to further due diligence and applicable internal approvals, to submit one or more non-binding proposals (any such proposal, a "Proposal") to the Board offering to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock that the Reporting Persons do not already own for cash consideration, on terms and conditions to be set forth in any such proposal (any such transaction, a "Proposed Transaction"). The Reporting Persons previously entered into a standard confidentiality agreement with the Issuer in connection with the review of strategic alternatives… Full filing |
12.6% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-30 | 10.9% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Cetus Capital VI, L.P. (0.8%, 2026-05-12), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 1 | $901.5k | 1 | $252.6k | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $753.1k | — |
| Q1 2023 | 1 | $407.9k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 13 | $2.3m | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q4 2023.
Holders, Q4 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.1m $257.8m | Added +152.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.1m $193.1m | Added +1.9m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.0m $187.5m | Added +63.3k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.50% of their portfolio | 1.1m $71.0m | Reduced -109.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $67.6m | Added +72.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 803.4k $50.5m | Added +25.5k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 688.4k $43.3m | Added +616.8k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 676.0k $42.5m | Added +4.6k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. 0.11% of their portfolio | 645.9k $40.6m | Added +203.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 609.0k $38.3m | Added +23.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 459.5k $28.9m | Added +175.7k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.14% of their portfolio | 445.5k $28.0m | Added +40.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 414.5k $26.1m | Reduced -25.9k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.03% of their portfolio | 410.7k $25.8m | Added +77.9k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 398.6k $25.1m | Reduced -5.1k |
| P SCHOENFELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 6.80% of their portfolio | 387.3k $24.4m | Added +86.3k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 357.1k $22.5m | Added +107.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 356.9k $22.4m | Added +24.6k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.14% of their portfolio | 299.8k $18.8m | Added +2.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 277.5k $17.4m | Added +19.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 219.5k $13.8m | Added +57.9k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 216.3k $13.6m | Reduced -26.9k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.16% of their portfolio | 207.8k $13.1m | Added +193.8k |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC 1.01% of their portfolio | 174.2k $11.0m | Added +37.8k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 169.6k $10.7m | Added +14.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 161.5k $10.2m | Reduced -373.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 154.2k $9.7m | Reduced -519.2k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 150.5k $9.5m | Added +136.1k |
| LONE PEAK GLOBAL INVESTORS LLC 2.34% of their portfolio | 144.6k $9.1m | Added +2.5k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 141.2k $8.9m | Reduced -2.1k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 137.2k $8.6m | Added +96.7k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 134.3k $8.4m | New |
| Ancora Advisors LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 126.6k $8.0m | Reduced -619.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 122.0k $7.7m | Added +26.0k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 121.1k $7.6m | Reduced -20.3k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 119.8k $7.5m | Added +99.8k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 119.7k $7.5m | Reduced -58.5k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 115.4k $7.3m | Added +18.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 110.8k $7.0m | Reduced -1.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 108.9k $6.8m | Added +27.2k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 107.5k $6.8m | Added +44.4k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 105.5k $6.6m | New |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 103.4k $6.5m | Reduced -34.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 101.6k $6.4m | Reduced -582.0k |
| SCOUT INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.15% of their portfolio | 94.8k $6.0m | Reduced -1.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 89.0k $5.6m | Reduced -119.7k |
| Man Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 87.2k $5.5m | New |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.8k $5.5m | Added +72.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 85.2k $5.4m | Added +64.8k |
| AQR Arbitrage LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 83.5k $5.3m | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 80.8k $5.1m | Added +3.9k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 77.7k $4.9m | Added +1.0k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 75.2k $4.7m | Added +65.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.9k $4.6m | Reduced -542 |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.7k $4.6m | Added +13.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 71.8k $4.5m | Added +15.5k |
| Numerai GP LLC 1.41% of their portfolio | 63.3k $4.0m | Added +2.5k |
| AMERICAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 62.3k $3.9m | Reduced -887 |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 59.8k $3.8m | Reduced -82.5k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. 0.26% of their portfolio | 58.0k $3.6m | Added +42.7k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 57.6k $3.6m | New |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.05% of their portfolio | 56.7k $3.6m | New |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 55.8k $3.5m | Reduced -202.3k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.03% of their portfolio | 53.3k $3.3m | Added +21.5k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.7k $3.2m | Reduced -6.2k |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 0.16% of their portfolio | 48.6k $3.1m | Reduced -63.1k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.01% of their portfolio | 48.1k $3.0m | Added +69 |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 47.3k $3.0m | Added +41.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 44.7k $2.8m | Reduced -4.7k |
| CLARK ESTATES INC/NY 0.47% of their portfolio | 44.0k $2.8m | Unchanged |
| RBA Wealth Management, LLC 1.18% of their portfolio | 43.0k $2.7m | Added +1.9k |
| Profit Investment Management, LLC 1.52% of their portfolio | 42.3k $2.7m | Added +4.0k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.3k $2.7m | Reduced -10.0k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.1k $2.6m | Added +11.0k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 40.6k $2.6m | Added +4.4k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 39.4k $2.5m | Added +4.7k |
| PDT Partners, LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 39.4k $2.5m | Added +10.4k |
| DUALITY ADVISERS, LP 0.26% of their portfolio | 39.0k $2.5m | Added +8.6k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 36.9k $2.3m | Added +9.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.2k $2.3m | New |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 35.9k $2.3m | Added +8.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.3k $2.2m | Reduced -76.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.8k $2.2m | Added +7.2k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 34.6k $2.2m | Reduced -736 |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.4k $2.2m | Reduced -240 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.8k $2.1m | Reduced -4.7k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.9k $2.0m | New |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.6k $2.0m | New |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.6k $1.9m | Reduced -321 |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.5k $1.9m | Reduced -573 |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.6k $1.8m | Added +5.9k |
| ISTHMUS PARTNERS, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 28.3k $1.8m | Added +5.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.9k $1.8m | Reduced -22.3k |
| Cardinal Capital Management 0.33% of their portfolio | 27.4k $1.7m | Added +179 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.1k $1.7m | Reduced -1.6k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 27.1k $1.7m | New |
| Keebeck Wealth Management 0.27% of their portfolio | 26.5k $1.7m | New |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.0k $1.6m | Added +367 |
| SEVEN EIGHT CAPITAL, LP 0.17% of their portfolio | 23.6k $1.5m | Reduced -17.0k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 23.0k $1.4m | New |