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 ($1.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $19.04. Options: 12 managers hold calls ($6.9m notional), 13 hold puts ($14.8m).
Trends to Q2 2024
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 |
| Q1 2024 | 228 |
| Q2 2024 | 194 |
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 |
| Q1 2024 | 143 | 145 |
| Q2 2024 | 114 | 134 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $7.8m | $49.9m | 6.38 |
| Q4 2023 | $16.7m | $49.5m | 2.96 |
| Q1 2024 | $12.1m | $33.2m | 2.74 |
| Q2 2024 | $6.9m | $14.8m | 2.14 |
Biggest buyers
| CLEARLAKE CAPITAL GROUP, L.P. | Added | +2.7m |
| LITTLEJOHN & CO LLC | New | +2.2m |
| Ridgemont Partners Management, LLC | Added | +1.2m |
| Irenic Capital Management LP | New | +1.1m |
| Ancora Advisors LLC | New | +962.3k |
| MFN Partners Management, LP | New | +903.8k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | Added | +597.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +534.5k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +408.7k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Added | +355.7k |
Biggest sellers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -3.7m |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | Sold out | -2.1m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -918.7k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -555.2k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -485.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -457.7k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Reduced | -447.6k |
| Man Group plc | Sold out | -395.4k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | Sold out | -324.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Sold out | -248.7k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.9m101.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.2m63.9k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $1.1m59.1k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $906.3k47.6k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Reduced | $645.5k33.9k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $493.1k25.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $279.9k14.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $152.3k8.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Unchanged | $131.4k6.9k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $49.5k2.6k shares |
Biggest puts
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $3.4m180.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $3.2m166.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.6m86.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $1.2m63.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.1m58.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $1.0m52.8k shares |
| Centiva Capital, LP | New | $952.0k50.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $700.0k36.8k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Reduced | $695.0k36.5k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $516.0k27.1k 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 Q2 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q2 2024.
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.5m $86.2m | Reduced -155.5k |
| CLEARLAKE CAPITAL GROUP, L.P. 6.49% of their portfolio | 3.8m $72.8m | Added +2.7m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5m $47.4m | Reduced -918.7k |
| LITTLEJOHN & CO LLC 21.78% of their portfolio | 2.2m $42.6m | New |
| Ridgemont Partners Management, LLC 27.40% of their portfolio | 1.9m $36.4m | Added +1.2m |
| PRIVATE MANAGEMENT GROUP INC 0.98% of their portfolio | 1.3m $25.5m | Added +340.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $22.6m | Reduced -64.2k |
| Irenic Capital Management LP 4.94% of their portfolio | 1.1m $20.3m | New |
| Ancora Advisors LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 962.3k $18.3m | New |
| MFN Partners Management, LP 0.58% of their portfolio | 903.8k $17.2m | New |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 842.1k $16.0m | Reduced -3.7m |
| Paralel Advisors LLC 0.68% of their portfolio | 750.0k $14.3m | Added +240.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 718.4k $13.7m | Added +36.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 694.9k $13.2m | Added +534.5k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 680.9k $13.0m | Added +597.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 647.2k $12.3m | Added +203.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 533.7k $10.2m | Added +333.2k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 450.7k $8.6m | Added +408.7k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 372.5k $7.1m | Added +355.7k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 345.4k $6.6m | New |
| One Fin Capital Management LP 2.54% of their portfolio | 335.8k $6.4m | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 290.6k $5.5m | Reduced -31.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 287.7k $5.5m | Reduced -5.5k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 272.0k $5.2m | Added +191.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 263.5k $5.0m | Reduced -555.2k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.01% of their portfolio | 254.9k $5.0m | Added +145.6k |
| HAWK RIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.21% of their portfolio | 253.8k $4.8m | New |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 244.4k $4.7m | Reduced -447.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 228.6k $4.4m | Reduced -457.7k |
| STEPHENS INC /AR/ 0.06% of their portfolio | 208.6k $4.0m | New |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 194.9k $3.7m | Added +362 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 177.9k $3.4m | Added +170.1k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 171.1k $3.3m | Added +9.3k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 165.5k $3.2m | Added +124.7k |
| Hauser Brothers GmbH 2.20% of their portfolio | 140.5k $2.7m | Added +38.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 135.9k $2.6m | Added +45.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 131.3k $2.5m | Reduced -67.5k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 125.0k $2.4m | Added +117.5k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 116.0k $2.2m | Added +98.5k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.02% of their portfolio | 107.4k $2.0m | Added +57.6k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.00% of their portfolio | 95.1k $1.8m | Added +78.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 92.6k $1.8m | Added +2.4k |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 90.7k $1.7m | Added +28.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.5k $1.7m | Added +1.8k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 84.7k $1.6m | Reduced -4.6k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.5k $1.6m | Added +14.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.9k $1.6m | Reduced -187.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.5k $1.6m | Reduced -711 |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 78.7k $1.5m | New |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.6k $1.4m | New |
| Luxor Capital Group, LP 0.23% of their portfolio | 73.2k $1.4m | New |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 71.5k $1.4m | Reduced -5.8k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.01% of their portfolio | 70.0k $1.3m | Added +6.8k |
| Eisler Capital (US) LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 69.7k $1.3m | New |
| ISTHMUS PARTNERS, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 61.6k $1.2m | Added +5.3k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 59.2k $1.1m | Added +15.5k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.0k $990.1k | Added +1.3k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 50.4k $959.7k | Added +46.7k |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.6k $944.0k | Added +15.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.5k $886.1k | Reduced -485.0k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 46.4k $883.5k | Reduced -1.1k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.0k $875.6k | Added +10.7k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.7k $870.8k | Added +1.5k |
| Weiss Asset Management LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 45.5k $867.1k | New |
| ARISTEIA CAPITAL, L.L.C. 0.03% of their portfolio | 45.5k $866.6k | Added +32.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.7k $793.0k | Reduced -1.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.8k $700.4k | Reduced -84.8k |
| Nebula Research & Development LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 36.8k $699.9k | Added +5.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.4k $693.1k | Reduced -7.0k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.1k $611.5k | New |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.7k $604.0k | Added +3.0k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.3k $577.0k | Reduced -5.0k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.0k $571.2k | Reduced -62.7k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.2k $555.5k | Reduced -225.3k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.6k $506.7k | Added +12.5k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.2k $499.0k | Reduced -507 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.7k $489.1k | Added +20 |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 25.5k $485.8k | Added +1.3k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.3k $461.8k | Added +2.0k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.8k $435.0k | Added +1.5k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.1k $403.0k | Added +533 |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.1k $402.4k | Added +11.9k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.8k $396.0k | Added +13.2k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.3k $367.4k | Added +10.2k |
| Entropy Technologies, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 19.1k $362.8k | Reduced -17.9k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.8k $357.1k | Added +168 |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.5k $352.0k | Reduced -223 |
| Inspire Investing, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 18.4k $351.2k | Added +6.8k |
| INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 18.0k $342.7k | New |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.3k $328.6k | Reduced -106.1k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 17.2k $327.7k | New |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 16.0k $305.2k | New |
| Louisiana State Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.9k $302.7k | Added +600 |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.6k $296.8k | Reduced -222.0k |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.3k $291.8k | Added +10.4k |
| Murchinson Ltd. 0.06% of their portfolio | 15.0k $285.6k | New |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.9k $284.6k | Added +1.4k |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.8k $281.8k | First filing |
| Sugar Maple Asset Management, LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 14.7k $279.9k | New |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.5k $256.4k | Reduced -4.3k |