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Forward Air (FWRD): which funds own it

Industrials →(by SIC code, unreviewed)Data as of Jun 30, 2026 (Q2 2026) · updated on Nov 5, 2026

A 13F shows the portfolio at quarter-end and is filed up to 45 days later: these are not real-time positions and they may have changed.

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1 concentrated manager holds it with a median weight of 0.2%.

Who owns Forward Air?

Holders that filed a Schedule 13D or 13G with the SEC for owning more than 5% of the shares: Barclays (13G filed Aug 13, 2026), FMR (13G filed Aug 6, 2026) and Bracebridge Capital (13G filed Jul 28, 2026). Cetus Capital VI, L.P. is listed on Form 4 filings as an owner of more than 10%. As of Jun 30, 2026, the largest holders reported on Form 13F were Clearlake Capital Group (3.8 million shares), BlackRock (2.8 million shares) and FMR (2.0 million shares).

Which institutions hold the most Forward Air shares?

Per Form 13F filings as of Jun 30, 2026:

  1. 1. Clearlake Capital Group: 3.8 million shares
  2. 2. BlackRock: 2.8 million shares
  3. 3. FMR: 2.0 million shares
  4. 4. Bracebridge Capital: 1.4 million shares
  5. 5. Vanguard Capital Management: 1.2 million shares
  6. 6. Private Management Group: 1.1 million shares
  7. 7. Cibc World Market: 1.1 million shares
  8. 8. D. E. Shaw: 1.0 million shares
  9. 9. HRT Financial: 785,954 shares
  10. 10. Barclays: 706,620 shares

Sources:13G by Barclays (Aug 13, 2026) ↗13G by FMR (Aug 6, 2026) ↗13G by Bracebridge Capital (Jul 28, 2026) ↗All of the company's proxy statements on EDGAR ↗

We hold 13D and 13G filings made since Dec 23, 2024: a holder above 5% that has not filed since then does not appear here.

Forward Air revenue

Forward Air reported annual revenue of $2.50 billion for fiscal year 2025 (year ended December 31, 2025), according to its Form 10-K filed with the SEC (XBRL data).

Concentrated managers
1
All 13F: 185
Consensus
—
No score: it needs 5 or more concentrated managers
Price at Jun 30, 2026 (per 13F)
$13.51
-19.2% in the quarter · reported value ÷ shares, not the quote · See current quote ↗

Quarter flow (concentrated managers)

Change in managers (1 → 1): 1 opened · 1 exited = 0

Net flow in the quarter: −$6.5M (−479 K shares) · bought $5.4M and sold $11.9MShares concentrated managers added minus those they cut, valued at the 13F quarter-end implied price, not each trade's price. It is a different measure from the change in managers: the two can have opposite signs.

Concentrated managers holding it

Up to 15, sorted by position value. The percentage is the weight in each manager's portfolio.

Largest holders of FWRD (all 13F filers)

  • Clearlake Capital Group3.8 MPrivate equity or venture capital · 11.32% of the company0
  • BlackRock2.8 MIndex manager · 8.21% of the company−925 K
  • FMR2.0 MInvestment firm · 5.95% of the company+922 K
  • Bracebridge Capital1.4 MType not verified · 4.16% of the company+1.4 M
  • Vanguard Capital Management1.2 MIndex manager · 3.46% of the company+143 K
  • Private Management Group1.1 MType not verified · 3.39% of the company−9,645
  • Cibc World Market1.1 MBank or trading desk · 3.17% of the company+338 K
  • D. E. Shaw1.0 MQuant or multi-manager · 2.96% of the company+1.0 M
  • HRT Financial786 KBank or trading desk · 2.33% of the company+379 K
  • Barclays707 KBank or trading desk · 2.09% of the company+691 K

The 10 13F filers with the most shares as of Jun 30, 2026, whatever their type (index firms usually come first). “Change”: shares added or cut versus the previous quarter, split-adjusted; “no data” = there is no comparable portfolio for the previous quarter (no filing, or a filing with its holdings under confidential treatment). “% of the company” only where shares outstanding are up to date. Entities of the same group file separately and some 13F filings include other managers: there may be double counting. With a free account: the top 25, the largest buyers and the largest sellers.

Fundamentals

12-month figures to Jun 30, 2026 · balance sheet as of Jun 30, 2026.

Profitability
Operating margin
-6.7%
Net margin
-11.4%
ROE
—
Growth
Revenue (TTM)
$2.5 bn
Revenue growth
-0.1%
Net income (TTM)
$-286M
Balance sheet
Net debt / EBITDA
—
Free cash flow (TTM)
—
Quality vs sector
—

This company's sector comes from its SIC code, unreviewed, or has too few comparable companies: we do not compare it with its sector.

Figures from the statements the company filed with the SEC (10-K, 10-Q). Free cash flow = operating cash flow − capital expenditures; empty if the company does not report capex. “Quality vs sector”: 0 to 100, the average of its percentiles in ROE, operating margin, free-cash-flow margin, revenue and earnings growth and net debt / EBITDA (at least 3 needed) against companies in its sector above $300M. How each figure is calculated

Shares outstanding: buybacks and dilution

Diluted shares by fiscal year (split-adjusted)

2025: 30.7 M

30.7 M0
20162025
1 year
+11.5%
3 years
+14.1%
5 years
+10.9%
Buybacks (FY 2025)
$0
Share issuance
$846K
Stock-based compensation
$13.4M0.5% of revenue
Dividends paid
$0

From the statements the company filed with the SEC (10-K). The change compares average diluted shares of each fiscal year, on today's basis: negative = it bought back more than it issued; positive = dilution. “No data” = the company does not report that item under a tag we can read; it does not mean zero.

Earnings quality and debt

Operating cash flow ÷ net income (12 months)
no datanot calculated with negative net income
Interest coverage (operating income ÷ interest)
0.2 timesfiscal 2025
Debt due within 12 months
$15.0M0.11 times cash and investments

From the figures the company filed with the SEC. Cash flow over net income near or above 1 means earnings are collected in cash; far below, that part is accounting. Coverage says how many times operating income pays the latest fiscal year's interest. Maturities come from the debt note of the latest annual report, counted from its closing date. “No data” never means zero.

Insiders (Form 4)

Officers and directors who bought (6 m)
0
Amount (6 m)
$0
CEO/CFO bought (12 m)
No

10% owners who bought (6 m): 0

Open-market purchases, excluding 10b5-1 plans. Officers and directors only; joint filers of the same purchase count as one. 10% owners with no role are shown separately. 0 = nobody bought; “no data” = we do not have its Form 4 filings.

Each of the company's Form 4 filings, on EDGAR ↗Latest trades, with date and filing →

Above 5% (13D/13G)

Disclosed stakes, with their amendments. A filing is not always a purchase: there are also reductions and changes of filing entity.

This list may be incomplete: we hold 13D and 13G filings made since Dec 23, 2024. A holder above 5% that has not filed anything since then is not shown here.

Above 5% over time (13D/13G)

Each holder with its filings in order. History since December 2024.

Flagged material events (8-K)

  • Jul 10, 2026Routinefiling ↗

    Change in directors or officers (Item 5.02)

  • Apr 29, 2026Routinefiling ↗

    Change in directors or officers (Item 5.02)

Alert items the company itself flagged in its 8-K filings with the SEC, most serious first. It is the form's label, with no interpretation from us: Item 5.02 covers routine appointments as well as a chief executive's departure; open the filing. The quoted headline is the original press release's.

All material events (8-K)

Earnings, agreements, financing, management changes and announcements from the last year, with a filter by type and a link to each filing.

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