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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, Q2 2025

Institutional positions in Forward Air Corp as of Jun 30, 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
181
−13 vs. Q1 2025
Shares held
32.8M
−632.2K (−1.9%) vs. Q1 2025
Total value
$804.6M
+$132.7M (+19.8%) vs. Q1 2025
New holders
38
57 more added
Sold out
51
54 more reduced

1 institution that held it in Q1 2025 haven't filed for Q2 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q1 2025: 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 holdersQ2 2025: 181 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 heldQ2 2025: $804.6M
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, Q2 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Forward Air Corp; share changes are against Q1 2025.

Institutions holding FWRD in Q2 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Nebula Research & Development LLC15,823$388.3K0.03%+15,823New
CWM Advisors, LLC15,975$392.0K0.04%−1,178−6.9%Reduced
Prelude Capital Management, LLC17,477$428.9K0.04%+6,446+58.4%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System17,906$439.4K0.00%−1,814−9.2%Reduced
Creative Planning18,008$441.9K0.00%−2,634−12.8%Reduced
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc18,597$456.4K0.00%−700−3.6%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC19,809$486.1K0.00%+19,805+495,125.0%Added
Prudential Financial Inc21,431$525.9K0.00%+1,323+6.6%Added
Toroso Investments, LLC23,633$580.0K0.00%+23,633New
Sugar Maple Asset Management, LLC23,900$586.5K0.46%−2,000−7.7%Reduced
Two Sigma Investments, LP24,791$608.4K0.00%−86,980−77.8%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc25,095$616.0K0.00%+904+3.7%Added
Wells Fargo & Company29,804$731.4K0.00%+358+1.2%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System31,860$782.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Alliancebernstein L.P.32,956$808.7K0.00%−111−0.3%Reduced
Intech Investment Management LLC33,802$829.5K0.01%−39,238−53.7%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.34,270$841.0K0.00%−11,830−25.7%Reduced
Independent Financial Group, LLC35,535$872.0K0.02%+1,535+4.5%Added
Jane Street Group, LLC39,385$966.5K0.00%+26,461+204.7%Added
Swiss National Bank40,600$996.3K0.00%−2,300−5.4%Reduced
Barclays PLC43,632$1.07M0.00%−16,251−27.1%Reduced
Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C.43,897$1.08M0.13%+43,897New
HRT Financial LP44,346$1.09M0.00%+21,134+91.0%Added
Diametric Capital, LP44,670$1.10M0.58%+44,670New
Ameriprise Financial Inc45,111$1.11M0.00%−5,466−10.8%Reduced
Shay Capital LLC48,500$1.19M0.27%+48,500New
Verition Fund Management LLC49,845$1.22M0.01%−393,548−88.8%Reduced
Quantbot Technologies LP54,508$1.34M0.03%−265−0.5%Reduced
Group One Trading, L.P.58,336$1.43M0.05%+46,393+388.5%Added
Legal & General Group Plc58,385$1.43M0.00%+4,436+8.2%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc62,238$1.53M0.00%+18,034+40.8%Added
Nuveen, LLC62,311$1.53M0.00%−29,402−32.1%Reduced
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.64,001$1.57M0.00%−48,499−43.1%Reduced
Royce & Associates LP65,014$1.60M0.02%−7,026−9.8%Reduced
Public Sector Pension Investment Board71,519$1.76M0.01%+8,176+12.9%Added
Rhumbline Advisers73,583$1.81M0.00%+3,526+5.0%Added
Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd74,418$1.83M0.04%+74,418New
Marshall Wace, LLP85,312$2.09M0.00%+54,356+175.6%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc104,210$2.56M0.00%+4,389+4.4%Added
Caxton Associates LLP107,113$2.63M0.07%+59,345+124.2%Added
Susquehanna International Group, LLP112,923$2.77M0.00%+62,097+122.2%Added
AlpInvest Partners B.V.103,330$2.85M5.54%00.0%Unchanged
Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC118,173$2.90M0.06%+118,173New
Carlyle Group Inc.107,214$2.95M0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Citigroup Inc121,794$2.99M0.00%+83,231+215.8%Added
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.123,845$3.04M0.01%−215,678−63.5%Reduced
SG Americas Securities, LLC129,087$3.17M0.01%−7,811−5.7%Reduced
Squarepoint Ops LLC140,751$3.45M0.01%+109,384+348.7%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp148,935$3.65M0.00%−29,214−16.4%Reduced
Union Square Park Capital Management, LLC175,000$4.29M3.74%+35,000+25.0%Added
Jump Financial, LLC184,453$4.53M0.06%+55,482+43.0%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc212,614$5.22M0.00%−116,379−35.4%Reduced
Brigade Capital Management, LP220,850$5.42M6.22%+54,850+33.0%Added
Northern Trust Corp232,362$5.70M0.00%−42,423−15.4%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.259,039$6.36M0.00%−14,172−5.2%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC260,731$6.40M0.01%+94,188+56.6%Added
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP261,428$6.42M0.04%+88,185+50.9%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA286,843$7.04M0.01%+60,732+26.9%Added
Royal Bank of Canada323,606$7.94M0.00%+2,514+0.8%Added
One Fin Capital Management LP335,000$8.22M2.78%−65,000−16.3%Reduced
Balyasny Asset Management LLC349,127$8.57M0.02%+300,225+613.9%Added
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.384,634$9.44M0.16%−92,017−19.3%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC526,865$12.9M0.00%−27,261−4.9%Reduced
Morgan Stanley530,936$13.0M0.00%−350,145−39.7%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc586,493$14.4M0.00%−174,738−23.0%Reduced
Bank of America Corp611,316$15.0M0.00%+121,190+24.7%Added
FMR LLC632,091$15.5M0.00%+627,371+13,291.8%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co786,883$19.3M0.00%+252,509+47.3%Added
CIBC World Markets Inc.841,878$20.7M0.05%+841,878New
UBS Group AG902,881$22.2M0.00%+425,776+89.2%Added
J. Goldman & Co LP926,498$22.7M0.71%+62,810+7.3%Added
State Street Corp937,080$23.0M0.00%−28,764−3.0%Reduced
Paralel Advisors LLC975,000$23.9M0.97%00.0%Unchanged
Private Management Group Inc1,046,226$25.7M0.83%+83,600+8.7%Added
Irenic Capital Management LP1,229,719$30.2M6.64%00.0%Unchanged
Ancora Advisors, LLC1,359,043$33.4M0.70%+128,653+10.5%Added
Ridgemont Partners Management, LLC1,923,479$47.2M100.00%+12,864+0.7%Added
Vanguard Group Inc2,045,702$50.2M0.00%−4,566−0.2%Reduced
Littlejohn & Co LLC2,921,880$71.7M34.09%+107,479+3.8%Added
BlackRock, Inc.3,344,552$82.1M0.00%−17,702−0.5%Reduced
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.3,825,000$93.9M8.72%00.0%Unchanged
Brevan Howard Capital Management LP0$00.00%−380,785−100.0%Sold out
Moore Capital Management, LP0$00.00%−311,416−100.0%Sold out
Allianz Asset Management GmbH0$00.00%−229,227−100.0%Sold out
Kintayl Capital LP0$00.00%−223,087−100.0%Sold out
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP0$00.00%−189,559−100.0%Sold out
Renaissance Technologies LLC0$00.00%−132,139−100.0%Sold out
Mill Road Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−127,650−100.0%Sold out
Icon Advisers Inc0$00.00%−93,000−100.0%Sold out
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund0$00.00%−88,200−100.0%Sold out
Anthracite Investment Company, Inc.0$00.00%−82,015−100.0%Sold out
Essex Investment Management Co LLC0$00.00%−76,596−100.0%Sold out
Cresset Asset Management, LLC0$00.00%−49,551−100.0%Sold out
Saba Capital Management, L.P.0$00.00%−48,150−100.0%Sold out
Whitebox Advisors LLC0$00.00%−41,136−100.0%Sold out
American Century Companies Inc0$00.00%−28,349−100.0%Sold out
Nomura Holdings Inc0$00.00%−27,500−100.0%Sold out
Deutsche Bank AG0$00.00%−24,704−100.0%Sold out
XTX Topco Ltd0$00.00%−23,932−100.0%Sold out
Legato Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−22,807−100.0%Sold out