Forward Air's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $29.77.
During the past 12 months, Forward Air's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.40% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.10% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.80% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Forward Air was 69.60% per year. The lowest was -21.40% per year. And the median was 10.90% per year.
Forward Air's current price is $22.27. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $29.77. Hence, today's PB Ratio of Forward Air is 0.75.
During the past 13 years, the highest P/B Ratio of Forward Air was 5.66. The lowest was 0.73. And the median was 3.15.
Good Sign:
Forward Air Corp stock PB Ratio (=0.77) is close to 10-year low of 0.77
Forward Air Book Value per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Forward Air's Book Value per Share can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Forward Air's Book Value per Share
For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Forward Air's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Forward Air's PB Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry
For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Forward Air's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Forward Air's PB Ratio falls into.
Forward Air Book Value per Share Calculation
Forward Air's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.
Forward Air (NAS:FWRD) Book Value per Share Explanation
Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.
For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.
Forward Air Book Value per Share Related Terms
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Forward Air Corp is an asset-light freight and logistics company. The company's operating segment includes Expedited Freight and Intermodal. It generates maximum revenue from the Expedited Freight segment. Expedited Freight segment operates a comprehensive national network to provide expedited regional, inter-regional and national LTL (less-than-truckload) services. It also offers customers local pick-up and delivery and other services including final mile, truckload, shipment consolidation and deconsolidation, warehousing, customs brokerage, and other handling.
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