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Forward Air Corp

FWRD
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Arrangement of Transportation of Freight & Cargo
SEC CIK
0000912728

No open-market purchases or sales by Forward Air Corp insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 187 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $412.0M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

13F holders, Q1 2025

Institutional positions in Forward Air Corp as of Mar 31, 2025. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
195
−15 vs. Q4 2024
Shares held
33.4M
+281.5K (+0.9%) vs. Q4 2024
Total value
$671.9M
−$397.2M (−37.2%) vs. Q4 2024
New holders
25
57 more added
Sold out
40
71 more reduced

1 institution that held it in Q4 2024 haven't filed for Q1 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 2024: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting FWRD on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ1 2025: 195 institutions
Q1 2021: 206 institutionsQ2 2021: 220 institutionsQ3 2021: 216 institutionsQ4 2021: 240 institutionsQ1 2022: 246 institutionsQ2 2022: 247 institutionsQ3 2022: 246 institutionsQ4 2022: 276 institutionsQ1 2023: 259 institutionsQ2 2023: 245 institutionsQ3 2023: 252 institutionsQ4 2023: 264 institutionsQ1 2024: 226 institutionsQ2 2024: 191 institutionsQ3 2024: 208 institutionsQ4 2024: 211 institutionsQ1 2025: 195 institutionsQ2 2025: 181 institutionsQ3 2025: 202 institutionsQ4 2025: 202 institutionsQ1 2026: 193 institutionsQ2 2026: 187 institutions
Value heldQ1 2025: $671.9M
Q1 2021: $2.38BQ2 2021: $2.39BQ3 2021: $2.19BQ4 2021: $3.19BQ1 2022: $2.57BQ2 2022: $2.46BQ3 2022: $2.41BQ4 2022: $2.72BQ1 2023: $2.80BQ2 2023: $2.68BQ3 2023: $1.76BQ4 2023: $1.57BQ1 2024: $881.2MQ2 2024: $636.1MQ3 2024: $1.17BQ4 2024: $1.07BQ1 2025: $671.9MQ2 2025: $804.6MQ3 2025: $873.9MQ4 2025: $744.2MQ1 2026: $492.3MQ2 2026: $412.0M
Institutions holding FWRD and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026187$412.0M
Q1 2026193$492.3M
Q4 2025202$744.2M
Q3 2025202$873.9M
Q2 2025181$804.6M
Q1 2025195$671.9M
Q4 2024211$1.07B
Q3 2024208$1.17B
Q2 2024191$636.1M
Q1 2024226$881.2M
Q4 2023264$1.57B
Q3 2023252$1.76B
Q2 2023245$2.68B
Q1 2023259$2.80B
Q4 2022276$2.72B
Q3 2022246$2.41B
Q2 2022247$2.46B
Q1 2022246$2.57B
Q4 2021240$3.19B
Q3 2021216$2.19B
Q2 2021220$2.39B
Q1 2021206$2.38B

Institutions, Q1 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Forward Air Corp; share changes are against Q4 2024.

Institutions holding FWRD in Q1 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
HSBC Holdings PLC16,913$340.1K0.00%−11,355−40.2%Reduced
CWM Advisors, LLC17,153$344.6K0.04%+4,552+36.1%Added
Zacks Investment Management18,207$365.8K0.00%+18,207New
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc19,297$387.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Great West Life Assurance Co19,592$394.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
California State Teachers Retirement System19,720$396.2K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Prudential Financial Inc20,108$404.0K0.00%−150−0.7%Reduced
Creative Planning20,642$414.7K0.00%+616+3.1%Added
Numerai GP LLC21,507$432.1K0.08%−9,887−31.5%Reduced
Legato Capital Management LLC22,807$458.2K0.06%−289−1.3%Reduced
HRT Financial LP23,212$466.0K0.00%+23,212New
XTX Topco Ltd23,932$480.8K0.02%+23,932New
Price T Rowe Associates Inc24,191$486.0K0.00%+1,241+5.4%Added
Deutsche Bank AG24,704$496.3K0.00%−2,082−7.8%Reduced
Sugar Maple Asset Management, LLC25,900$520.3K0.41%+5,000+23.9%Added
Nomura Holdings Inc27,500$552.5K0.00%+27,500New
American Century Companies Inc28,349$569.5K0.00%+18,511+188.2%Added
Wells Fargo & Company29,446$591.6K0.00%−596−2.0%Reduced
Marshall Wace, LLP30,956$621.9K0.00%−7,563−19.6%Reduced
Squarepoint Ops LLC31,367$630.2K0.00%+31,367New
New York State Teachers Retirement System31,860$640.0K0.00%−400−1.2%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.33,067$664.3K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Independent Financial Group, LLC34,000$683.1K0.02%+15,600+84.8%Added
Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp37,230$748.0K0.25%+21,230+132.7%Added
Citigroup Inc38,563$774.7K0.00%−289−0.7%Reduced
Whitebox Advisors LLC41,136$826.4K0.03%+41,136New
Walleye Trading LLC41,330$830.3K0.02%+24,462+145.0%Added
Swiss National Bank42,900$861.9K0.00%+2,000+4.9%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc44,204$888.1K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.46,100$926.1K0.00%−20,565−30.8%Reduced
Caxton Associates LLP47,768$959.7K0.03%+47,768New
Saba Capital Management, L.P.48,150$967.3K0.03%+13,195+37.7%Added
Balyasny Asset Management LLC48,902$982.4K0.00%−65,075−57.1%Reduced
Cresset Asset Management, LLC49,551$995.5K0.00%−3,800−7.1%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc50,577$1.02M0.00%−7,454−12.8%Reduced
Susquehanna International Group, LLP50,826$1.02M0.00%+6,083+13.6%Added
Legal & General Group Plc53,949$1.08M0.00%−1,663−3.0%Reduced
Quantbot Technologies LP54,773$1.10M0.04%+16,659+43.7%Added
Barclays PLC59,883$1.20M0.00%−12,718−17.5%Reduced
Public Sector Pension Investment Board63,343$1.27M0.01%+13,523+27.1%Added
Rhumbline Advisers70,057$1.41M0.00%+178+0.3%Added
Royce & Associates LP72,040$1.45M0.02%−6,293−8.0%Reduced
Intech Investment Management LLC73,040$1.47M0.02%+28,564+64.2%Added
Essex Investment Management Co LLC76,596$1.54M0.32%−531−0.7%Reduced
Anthracite Investment Company, Inc.82,015$1.65M1.03%+12,000+17.1%Added
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund88,200$1.77M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Nuveen, LLC91,713$1.84M0.00%+91,713New
Icon Advisers Inc93,000$1.87M0.44%−35,000−27.3%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc99,821$2.01M0.00%+2,673+2.8%Added
Two Sigma Investments, LP111,771$2.25M0.00%−8,501−7.1%Reduced
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.112,500$2.26M0.01%−351,100−75.7%Reduced
Mill Road Capital Management LLC127,650$2.56M1.45%00.0%Unchanged
AlpInvest Partners B.V.103,330$2.58M3.78%00.0%Unchanged
Jump Financial, LLC128,971$2.59M0.04%+120,123+1,357.6%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC132,139$2.65M0.00%−62,900−32.2%Reduced
Carlyle Group Inc.107,214$2.67M0.07%00.0%Unchanged
SG Americas Securities, LLC136,898$2.75M0.01%+136,898New
Union Square Park Capital Management, LLC140,000$2.81M3.09%+140,000New
Brigade Capital Management, LP166,000$3.33M4.12%00.0%Unchanged
Millennium Management LLC166,543$3.35M0.00%−37,979−18.6%Reduced
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP173,243$3.48M0.02%−68,180−28.2%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp178,149$3.58M0.00%−28,715−13.9%Reduced
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP189,559$3.81M0.05%+63,816+50.8%Added
Kintayl Capital LP223,087$4.48M3.23%+55,330+33.0%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA226,111$4.54M0.00%+143,138+172.5%Added
Allianz Asset Management GmbH229,227$4.61M0.01%+72,710+46.5%Added
Invesco Ltd.273,211$5.49M0.00%+82,834+43.5%Added
Northern Trust Corp274,785$5.52M0.00%−20,441−6.9%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund294,682$5.92M0.01%+21,220+7.8%Added
Moore Capital Management, LP311,416$6.26M0.21%+311,416New
Royal Bank of Canada321,092$6.45M0.00%+296,001+1,179.7%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc328,993$6.61M0.00%−44,340−11.9%Reduced
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.339,523$6.82M0.01%+54,320+19.0%Added
Brevan Howard Capital Management LP380,785$7.65M0.21%+130,785+52.3%Added
One Fin Capital Management LP400,000$8.04M3.92%+64,187+19.1%Added
Verition Fund Management LLC443,393$8.91M0.05%+320,635+261.2%Added
Penn Capital Management Co Inc470,576$9.47M0.92%+89,629+23.5%Added
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.476,651$9.58M0.17%+190,981+66.9%Added
UBS Group AG477,105$9.59M0.00%+22,674+5.0%Added
Bank of America Corp490,126$9.85M0.00%+101,033+26.0%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co534,374$10.7M0.00%+440,496+469.2%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC554,126$11.1M0.00%+986+0.2%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc761,231$15.3M0.00%+5,388+0.7%Added
J. Goldman & Co LP863,688$17.4M0.62%+189,017+28.0%Added
Morgan Stanley881,081$17.7M0.00%+110,376+14.3%Added
Private Management Group Inc962,626$19.3M0.69%−5,011−0.5%Reduced
State Street Corp965,844$19.4M0.00%−36,403−3.6%Reduced
Paralel Advisors LLC975,000$19.6M0.81%+225,000+30.0%Added
Irenic Capital Management LP1,229,719$24.7M3.75%00.0%Unchanged
Ancora Advisors, LLC1,230,390$24.7M0.55%+275,500+28.9%Added
Ridgemont Partners Management, LLC1,910,615$38.4M100.00%00.0%Unchanged
Vanguard Group Inc2,050,268$41.2M0.00%+6,702+0.3%Added
Littlejohn & Co LLC2,814,401$56.5M29.48%+1,159,747+70.1%Added
BlackRock, Inc.3,362,254$67.5M0.00%−117,716−3.4%Reduced
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.3,825,000$76.8M7.76%00.0%Unchanged
MFN Partners Management, LP0$00.00%−1,289,358−100.0%Sold out
Goldentree Asset Management LP0$00.00%−712,667−100.0%Sold out
Alta Fox Capital Management, LLC0$00.00%−692,144−100.0%Sold out
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.0$00.00%−345,411−100.0%Sold out
LMR Partners LLP0$00.00%−150,000−100.0%Sold out