FWRD · NASDAQ
Industrials · Integrated Freight & Logistics
$17.87
+1.88%
Close on Oct 29, 2026
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Forward Air Corporation ("Forward", the "Company", "we", "our", or "us") is a leading asset-light provider of transportation services. We provide ground transportation, air and ocean forwarding, intermodal drayage services and contract logistics across North and South America, Europe and Asia. We also provide customized asset-light, high-touch logistics and supply chain management solutions with deep customer relationships in high-growth end markets. We offer premium services that typically require precision execution, such as expedited transit, delivery during tight time windows and special handling. We utilize an asset-light strategy to minimize our investments in equipment and facilities and to reduce our capital expenditures. Forward was founded in 1981 in Greeneville, Tennessee. In 2025, the Company changed its state of incorporation from Tennessee to Delaware and moved its headquarters from Greeneville to Dallas, Texas. Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "FWRD".
On January 25, 2024 (the " Closing Date " ), we completed the acquisition of Omni Newco LLC ("Omni") pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 10, 2023 (the " Merger Agreement " , and as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 22, 2024, the "Amended Merger Agreement") (the "Omni Acquisition"). The Omni acquisition is discussed in detail within Note 3, Acquisitions to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Our services are classified into three reportable segments: Expedited Freight, Omni Logistics , and Intermodal. For financial information relating to each of our business segments, see Note 12, Segment Reporting to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Expedited Freight. We operate a comprehensive network in the continental United States that provides expedited regional, inter-regional and national LTL services. Expedited Freight offers customers local pick-up and delivery and other services including truckload, shipment consolidation and deconsolidation, warehousing, customs brokerage and other handling services. During the year ended December 31, 2025, Expedited Freight accounted for approximately 40% of our consolidated revenue.
Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed March 11, 2026. Read the filing
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