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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, Q4 2025

Institutional positions in Forward Air Corp as of Dec 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
202
+5 vs. Q3 2025
Shares held
29.7M
−2.30M (−7.2%) vs. Q3 2025
Total value
$744.2M
−$78.3M (−9.5%) vs. Q3 2025
New holders
33
73 more added
Sold out
28
65 more reduced

5 institutions that held it in Q3 2025 haven't filed for Q4 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 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 holdersQ4 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 heldQ4 2025: $744.2M
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, Q4 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Forward Air Corp; share changes are against Q3 2025.

Institutions holding FWRD in Q4 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
XTX Topco Ltd16,928$423.2K0.01%−28,657−62.9%Reduced
Quadrature Capital Ltd17,013$425.3K0.00%−8,537−33.4%Reduced
Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp18,523$463.1K0.19%−17,117−48.0%Reduced
CWM Advisors, LLC18,636$465.9K0.04%+1,055+6.0%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc18,795$470.0K0.00%−6,300−25.1%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada18,911$473.0K0.00%−349,092−94.9%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System19,228$480.7K0.00%−86−0.4%Reduced
Prudential Financial Inc19,649$491.2K0.00%−1,502−7.1%Reduced
Centiva Capital, LP20,000$500.0K0.03%+20,000New
Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC20,198$504.9K0.04%+1,266+6.7%Added
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.20,491$512.3K0.00%−26,937−56.8%Reduced
Brevan Howard Capital Management LP20,579$514.5K0.01%−14,320−41.0%Reduced
Toroso Investments, LLC21,608$540.2K0.00%−1,814−7.7%Reduced
Walleye Trading LLC21,760$544.0K0.01%+21,760New
Creative Planning21,862$546.5K0.00%+3,452+18.8%Added
Intech Investment Management LLC24,869$621.7K0.01%−19,910−44.5%Reduced
Quantbot Technologies LP25,652$641.3K0.02%+24,172+1,633.2%Added
Envestnet Portfolio Solutions, Inc.25,710$642.8K0.00%+202+0.8%Added
First Citizens Bank & Trust Co26,401$660.0K0.01%−235−0.9%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.26,629$665.7K0.00%−577−2.1%Reduced
ADAR1 Capital Management, LLC26,635$665.9K0.05%+26,635New
Caxton Associates LLP27,570$689.3K0.01%+27,570New
Prelude Capital Management, LLC29,195$729.9K0.05%+8,186+39.0%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System31,860$797.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Integrity Financial Corp33,267$831.7K0.42%00.0%Unchanged
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.33,509$837.7K0.00%+33,509New
Balyasny Asset Management LLC33,544$838.6K0.00%+33,544New
Aristeia Capital LLC34,709$867.7K0.02%+23,005+196.6%Added
Independent Financial Group, LLC35,035$875.9K0.02%−500−1.4%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc36,011$900.3K0.00%+11,676+48.0%Added
Covestor Ltd38,830$970.0K0.51%+21,374+122.4%Added
Swiss National Bank39,400$985.0K0.00%+1,100+2.9%Added
Barclays PLC39,947$998.7K0.00%+9,541+31.4%Added
Wells Fargo & Company40,338$1.01M0.00%+14,888+58.5%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc41,478$1.04M0.00%+2,452+6.3%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc42,898$1.07M0.00%−918−2.1%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC43,228$1.08M0.00%+655+1.5%Added
Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C.43,897$1.10M0.10%00.0%Unchanged
PDT Partners, LLC44,827$1.12M0.07%+44,827New
JPMorgan Chase & Co46,900$1.17M0.00%−454,817−90.7%Reduced
Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd48,434$1.21M0.03%+31,672+189.0%Added
SG Americas Securities, LLC48,812$1.22M0.00%+34,303+236.4%Added
Legal & General Group Plc57,557$1.44M0.00%−611−1.1%Reduced
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.59,300$1.48M0.01%−355,927−85.7%Reduced
Verition Fund Management LLC64,032$1.60M0.01%+21,062+49.0%Added
Rhumbline Advisers65,493$1.64M0.00%−1,571−2.3%Reduced
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP66,767$1.67M0.02%+66,767New
Millennium Management LLC68,973$1.72M0.00%−358,317−83.9%Reduced
Rothschild Investment LLC70,055$1.75M0.10%−200,010−74.1%Reduced
Rangeley Capital, LLC76,000$1.90M1.64%+48,600+177.4%Added
Public Sector Pension Investment Board76,756$1.92M0.01%−8,496−10.0%Reduced
Brigade Capital Management, LP77,357$1.93M1.09%−143,493−65.0%Reduced
Tudor Investment Corp Et Al98,888$2.47M0.01%+98,888New
Principal Financial Group Inc105,841$2.65M0.00%+237+0.2%Added
Caption Management, LLC106,987$2.67M0.12%+106,987New
Jump Financial, LLC109,411$2.74M0.03%−16,889−13.4%Reduced
Diametric Capital, LP117,336$2.93M0.79%+63,718+118.8%Added
Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC118,173$2.95M0.05%00.0%Unchanged
AlpInvest Partners B.V.103,330$2.98M4.65%00.0%Unchanged
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP119,385$2.98M0.02%−78,736−39.7%Reduced
Citigroup Inc120,496$3.01M0.00%+10,601+9.6%Added
Carlyle Group Inc.107,214$3.09M0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Group One Trading, L.P.136,745$3.42M0.10%+48,410+54.8%Added
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.136,825$3.42M0.01%−23,797−14.8%Reduced
Simplex Trading, LLC137,530$3.44M0.10%+73,612+115.2%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp140,454$3.51M0.00%−3,870−2.7%Reduced
HRT Financial LP152,383$3.81M0.01%+64,230+72.9%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP152,774$3.82M0.00%+118,062+340.1%Added
SummitTX Capital, L.P.161,190$4.03M0.12%+161,190New
Squarepoint Ops LLC162,614$4.07M0.01%+151,699+1,389.8%Added
Mill Road Capital Management LLC167,650$4.19M2.49%+40,000+31.3%Added
PSquared Asset Management AG175,760$4.39M2.06%+106,460+153.6%Added
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund182,985$4.57M0.01%+139,266+318.5%Added
Shay Capital LLC194,300$4.86M0.78%+35,107+22.1%Added
Northern Trust Corp219,942$5.50M0.00%−8,408−3.7%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc243,165$6.08M0.00%+38,952+19.1%Added
Allianz Asset Management GmbH246,737$6.17M0.01%−76,768−23.7%Reduced
Nuveen, LLC254,409$6.36M0.00%−8,914−3.4%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.268,960$6.72M0.00%+46,240+20.8%Added
Susquehanna International Group, LLP272,123$6.80M0.01%+46,495+20.6%Added
Royce & Associates LP281,553$7.04M0.07%+106,364+60.7%Added
Deutsche Bank AG281,800$7.04M0.00%+249,791+780.4%Added
Walleye Capital LLC287,094$7.18M0.04%+97,933+51.8%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC309,598$7.74M0.01%+236,115+321.3%Added
Morgan Stanley344,071$8.60M0.00%−62,087−15.3%Reduced
Bank of America Corp384,708$9.62M0.00%−130,163−25.3%Reduced
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA404,706$10.1M0.01%+208,096+105.8%Added
Jane Street Group, LLC419,266$10.5M0.01%+139,373+49.8%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc481,944$12.0M0.00%−27,899−5.5%Reduced
UBS Group AG491,835$12.3M0.00%−49,333−9.1%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC531,614$13.3M0.00%+11,849+2.3%Added
CIBC World Markets Inc.784,731$19.6M0.04%+28,693+3.8%Added
Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd849,876$21.2M2.13%+467,482+122.3%Added
Private Management Group Inc928,807$23.2M0.68%−7,680−0.8%Reduced
State Street Corp949,784$23.7M0.00%+19,854+2.1%Added
FMR LLC961,868$24.0M0.00%+231,147+31.6%Added
Paralel Advisors LLC975,000$24.4M0.95%00.0%Unchanged
Irenic Capital Management LP1,229,819$30.7M4.03%00.0%Unchanged
Vanguard Group Inc2,342,425$58.6M0.00%−11,183−0.5%Reduced
Littlejohn & Co LLC2,426,359$60.7M31.61%−326,100−11.8%Reduced