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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, Q3 2025

Institutional positions in Forward Air Corp as of Sep 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
202
+21 vs. Q2 2025
Shares held
34.1M
+1.29M (+3.9%) vs. Q2 2025
Total value
$873.9M
+$69.3M (+8.6%) vs. Q2 2025
New holders
39
72 more added
Sold out
18
57 more reduced

Compare with Q2 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 holdersQ3 2025: 202 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 heldQ3 2025: $873.9M
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, Q3 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Forward Air Corp; share changes are against Q2 2025.

Institutions holding FWRD in Q3 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Covestor Ltd17,456$447.0K0.25%+17,451+349,020.0%Added
CWM Advisors, LLC17,581$450.8K0.04%+1,606+10.1%Added
Creative Planning18,410$472.0K0.00%+402+2.2%Added
Two Sigma Investments, LP18,657$478.4K0.00%−6,134−24.7%Reduced
Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC18,932$485.4K0.04%+18,932New
California State Teachers Retirement System19,314$495.2K0.00%+1,408+7.9%Added
Prelude Capital Management, LLC21,009$538.7K0.04%+3,532+20.2%Added
Prudential Financial Inc21,151$542.3K0.00%−280−1.3%Reduced
Toroso Investments, LLC23,422$600.5K0.00%−211−0.9%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc24,335$623.9K0.00%+24,335New
Price T Rowe Associates Inc25,095$644.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Wells Fargo & Company25,450$652.5K0.00%−4,354−14.6%Reduced
Envestnet Portfolio Solutions, Inc.25,508$654.0K0.00%+10,945+75.2%Added
Quadrature Capital Ltd25,550$655.4K0.01%+15,465+153.3%Added
Gallo Partners, LP25,835$662.4K0.50%+25,835New
Sugar Maple Asset Management, LLC25,900$664.1K0.48%+2,000+8.4%Added
First Citizens Bank & Trust Co26,636$682.9K0.01%+11,510+76.1%Added
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC26,783$686.7K0.01%+26,783New
Alliancebernstein L.P.27,206$697.6K0.00%−5,750−17.4%Reduced
Rangeley Capital, LLC27,400$702.5K0.66%+27,400New
Barclays PLC30,406$779.6K0.00%−13,226−30.3%Reduced
Wolverine Trading, LLC30,106$790.3K0.02%+30,106New
Readystate Asset Management LP31,538$808.6K0.04%+31,538New
New York State Teachers Retirement System31,860$817.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Deutsche Bank AG32,009$820.7K0.00%+32,009New
Integrity Financial Corp33,267$853.0K0.41%+33,267New
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP34,712$890.0K0.00%+24,958+255.9%Added
Brevan Howard Capital Management LP34,899$894.8K0.01%+34,899New
Independent Financial Group, LLC35,535$911.1K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp35,640$913.8K0.21%+23,141+185.1%Added
Swiss National Bank38,300$982.0K0.00%−2,300−5.7%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc39,026$1.00M0.00%−23,212−37.3%Reduced
Marshall Wace, LLP40,356$1.03M0.00%−44,956−52.7%Reduced
Hussman Strategic Advisors, Inc.42,000$1.08M0.23%+42,000New
Clear Harbor Asset Management, LLC42,560$1.09M0.08%+42,560New
LPL Financial LLC42,573$1.09M0.00%+32,567+325.5%Added
Verition Fund Management LLC42,970$1.10M0.01%−6,875−13.8%Reduced
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund43,719$1.12M0.00%+43,719New
Ameriprise Financial Inc43,816$1.12M0.00%−1,295−2.9%Reduced
Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C.43,897$1.13M0.12%00.0%Unchanged
Intech Investment Management LLC44,779$1.15M0.01%+10,977+32.5%Added
XTX Topco Ltd45,585$1.17M0.06%+45,585New
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.47,428$1.22M0.00%+13,158+38.4%Added
Diametric Capital, LP53,618$1.37M0.51%+8,948+20.0%Added
Legal & General Group Plc58,168$1.49M0.00%−217−0.4%Reduced
Simplex Trading, LLC63,918$1.64M0.04%+60,355+1,693.9%Added
Rhumbline Advisers67,064$1.72M0.00%−6,519−8.9%Reduced
PSquared Asset Management AG69,300$1.78M1.41%+69,300New
Citadel Advisors LLC73,483$1.88M0.00%+53,674+271.0%Added
Public Sector Pension Investment Board85,252$2.19M0.01%+13,733+19.2%Added
HRT Financial LP88,153$2.26M0.01%+43,807+98.8%Added
Group One Trading, L.P.88,335$2.26M0.07%+29,999+51.4%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc105,604$2.71M0.00%+1,394+1.3%Added
Citigroup Inc109,895$2.82M0.00%−11,899−9.8%Reduced
Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC118,173$3.03M0.05%00.0%Unchanged
AlpInvest Partners B.V.103,330$3.03M7.61%00.0%Unchanged
Carlyle Group Inc.107,214$3.14M0.07%00.0%Unchanged
Jump Financial, LLC126,300$3.24M0.04%−58,153−31.5%Reduced
Mill Road Capital Management LLC127,650$3.27M1.70%+127,650New
TIG Advisors, LLC134,800$3.46M0.21%+134,800New
Bank of New York Mellon Corp144,324$3.70M0.00%−4,611−3.1%Reduced
Union Square Park Capital Management, LLC150,000$3.85M2.65%−25,000−14.3%Reduced
Shay Capital LLC159,193$4.08M0.74%+110,693+228.2%Added
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.160,622$4.12M0.01%+36,777+29.7%Added
Oasis Management Co Ltd.173,432$4.45M0.77%+173,432New
Royce & Associates LP175,189$4.49M0.04%+110,175+169.5%Added
Walleye Capital LLC189,161$4.85M0.04%+189,161New
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA196,610$5.04M0.00%−90,233−31.5%Reduced
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP198,121$5.08M0.03%−63,307−24.2%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc204,213$5.24M0.00%−8,401−4.0%Reduced
Brigade Capital Management, LP220,850$5.66M3.12%00.0%Unchanged
Invesco Ltd.222,720$5.71M0.00%−36,319−14.0%Reduced
Susquehanna International Group, LLP225,628$5.79M0.01%+112,705+99.8%Added
Northern Trust Corp228,350$5.85M0.00%−4,012−1.7%Reduced
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.234,066$6.00M0.01%+170,065+265.7%Added
Nuveen, LLC263,323$6.75M0.00%+201,012+322.6%Added
Rothschild Investment LLC270,065$6.92M0.39%+269,985+337,481.3%Added
Jane Street Group, LLC279,893$7.18M0.01%+240,508+610.7%Added
Allianz Asset Management GmbH323,505$8.29M0.01%+323,505New
Royal Bank of Canada368,003$9.44M0.00%+44,397+13.7%Added
Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd382,394$9.80M1.31%+382,394New
Morgan Stanley406,158$10.4M0.00%−124,778−23.5%Reduced
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.415,227$10.6M0.10%+30,593+8.0%Added
Millennium Management LLC427,290$11.0M0.01%+166,559+63.9%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co501,717$12.9M0.00%−285,166−36.2%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc509,843$13.1M0.00%−76,650−13.1%Reduced
Bank of America Corp514,871$13.2M0.00%−96,445−15.8%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC519,765$13.3M0.00%−7,100−1.3%Reduced
UBS Group AG541,168$13.9M0.00%−361,713−40.1%Reduced
FMR LLC730,721$18.7M0.00%+98,630+15.6%Added
CIBC World Markets Inc.756,038$19.4M0.04%−85,840−10.2%Reduced
State Street Corp929,930$23.8M0.00%−7,150−0.8%Reduced
Private Management Group Inc936,487$24.0M0.71%−109,739−10.5%Reduced
J. Goldman & Co LP955,639$24.5M0.93%+29,141+3.1%Added
Paralel Advisors LLC975,000$25.0M0.97%00.0%Unchanged
Irenic Capital Management LP1,229,819$31.5M6.19%+1000.0%Added
Ancora Advisors, LLC1,475,055$37.8M0.76%+116,012+8.5%Added
Ridgemont Partners Management, LLC1,937,405$49.7M100.00%+13,926+0.7%Added
Vanguard Group Inc2,353,608$60.3M0.00%+307,906+15.1%Added
Littlejohn & Co LLC2,752,459$70.6M35.62%−169,421−5.8%Reduced