Forward Income Quality from 2010 to 2025

FWRD Stock  USD 27.94  2.40  7.91%   
Forward Air's Income Quality is increasing over the years with slightly volatile fluctuation. Overall, Income Quality is expected to go to 4.00 this year. Income Quality is an assessment of the sustainability of a company's earnings over time, considering factors like revenue source diversification and cost structure. View All Fundamentals
 
Income Quality  
First Reported
2010-12-31
Previous Quarter
3.81
Current Value
4
Quarterly Volatility
1.24250985
 
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Check Forward Air financial statements over time to gain insight into future company performance. You can evaluate financial statements to find patterns among Forward Air's main balance sheet or income statement drivers, such as Depreciation And Amortization of 69.3 M, Interest Expense of 38.1 M or Total Revenue of 1.7 B, as well as many indicators such as Price To Sales Ratio of 1.42, Dividend Yield of 0.0123 or PTB Ratio of 4.4. Forward financial statements analysis is a perfect complement when working with Forward Air Valuation or Volatility modules.
  
Check out the analysis of Forward Air Correlation against competitors.
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Latest Forward Air's Income Quality Growth Pattern

Below is the plot of the Income Quality of Forward Air over the last few years. It is an assessment of the sustainability of a company's earnings over time, considering factors like revenue source diversification and cost structure. Forward Air's Income Quality historical data analysis aims to capture in quantitative terms the overall pattern of either growth or decline in Forward Air's overall financial position and show how it may be relating to other accounts over time.
Income Quality10 Years Trend
Slightly volatile
   Income Quality   
1.851.591.041.344.243.814.00-14%-35%29%216%-10%5%100%
       Timeline  

Forward Income Quality Regression Statistics

Arithmetic Mean2.15
Geometric Mean1.90
Coefficient Of Variation57.70
Mean Deviation1.02
Median1.63
Standard Deviation1.24
Sample Variance1.54
Range3.675
R-Value0.48
Mean Square Error1.27
R-Squared0.23
Significance0.06
Slope0.13
Total Sum of Squares23.16

Forward Income Quality History

2025 4.0
2024 3.81
2023 4.24
2022 1.34
2021 1.04
2020 1.59
2019 1.85

About Forward Air Financial Statements

Forward Air stakeholders use historical fundamental indicators, such as Forward Air's Income Quality, to determine how well the company is positioned to perform in the future. Although Forward Air investors may analyze each financial statement separately, they are all interrelated. For example, changes in Forward Air's assets and liabilities are reflected in the revenues and expenses on Forward Air's income statement, which ultimately affect the company's gains or losses. Understanding these patterns can help in making the right long-term investment decisions in Forward Air. Please read more on our technical analysis and fundamental analysis pages.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Income Quality 3.81  4.00 

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Check out the analysis of Forward Air Correlation against competitors.
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Is Air Freight & Logistics space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Forward Air. If investors know Forward will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Forward Air listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
1.45
Earnings Share
(29.29)
Revenue Per Share
81.783
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.924
Return On Assets
0.0296
The market value of Forward Air is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Forward that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Forward Air's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Forward Air's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Forward Air's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Forward Air's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Forward Air's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Forward Air is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Forward Air's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.

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