Forward Air (Forward Air) Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) : $122.95 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)

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Forward Air Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Forward Air's Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based)

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Forward Air's Price-to-DCF (FCF Based), along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) 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.

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Forward Air's Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Forward Air's Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Forward Air's Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) falls into.

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Forward Air Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) Calculation

This is the intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Cash Flow model with default parameters. In a discounted cash flow model, the future cash flow is estimated based on a cash flow growth rate and a discount rate. The cash flow of the future is discounted to its current value at the discount rate. All of the discounted future cash flow is added together to get the current intrinsic value of the company.

Usually a two-stage model is used when calculating a stock's intrinsic value using a discounted cash flow model. The first stage is called the growth stage; the second is called the terminal stage. In the growth stage the company grows at a faster rate. Because it cannot grow at that rate forever, a lower rate is used for the terminal stage.

GuruFocus DCF calculator is a two-stage model. The default values are defined as:

1. Discount Rate: d = 11%
A reasonable discount rate assumption should be at least the long term average return of the stock market, which can be estimated from risk free rate plus risk premium of stock market. GuruFocus uses 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate as the risk-free rate and rounded up to the nearest integer. It is updated daily. The current risk-free rate is 4.61%. Please go to Economic Indicators page for more information. Please note that we use the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate of the United States as default. Then we added a risk premium of 6% to get the estimated discount rate. Some investors use their expected rate of return, which is also reasonable. A typical discount rate can be anywhere between 6% - 20%.

2. Growth Rate in the growth stage: g1 = 14.30%
The Growth Rate in the growth stage is initially set as the default 10-Year FCF Growth Rate (Per Share). In cases where the 10-year growth rate is unavailable, it defaults to using the 5-Year FCF Growth Rate (Per Share). If both the 10-year and 5-year growth rates are unavailable, the system defaults to the 3-Year FCF Growth Rate (Per Share).
However, it's important to note that there is a growth rate range. If the calculated growth rate exceeds 20%, it will be capped at 20%. Conversely, if the calculated growth rate falls below 5%, it will be adjusted to 5% to maintain a reasonable range.
=> Forward Air's average Free Cash Flow Growth Rate in the past 10 years was 14.30%, which is between 5% and 20%. => GuruFocus defaults => Growth Rate: 14.30%

3. Years of Growth Stage: y1 = 10

4. Terminal Growth Rate: g2 = 4%

5. Years of Terminal Growth: y2 = 10

6. Free Cash Flow per Share: fcf = $5.766.
However, GuruFocus DCF calculator is actually a Discounted Earnings calculator, the EPS without NRI is used as the default. The reason we are doing this is we found that historically stock prices are more correlated with earnings than free cash flow.

All of the default settings can be changed and the results are calculated automatically.

Forward Air's Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) for today is calculated as

set x = (1+g1)/(1+d) = (1+0.143)/(1+0.11) = 1.0297297297297
and y = (1+g2)/(1+d) = (1+0.04)/(1+0.11) = 0.93693693693694

* 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.

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Forward Air  (NAS:FWRD) Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) Explanation

Unlike valuation methods such as Net Current Asset Value, Tangible Book per Share, Graham Number, Median PS Value etc, discounted Cash Flow model evaluates the companies based on their future earnings power instead of their assets.

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Be Aware

What you need to know about the DCF model:

1. The DCF model evaluates a company based on its future earnings power
2. Growth is taken into account; therefore a faster growth company is worth more if everything else is the same.
3. Since we are projecting future growth, it is assumed that the company will grow at the same rate as it did during the past 10 years. Therefore this model works better for the companies that have relatively consistent performance.
4. The DCF model works poorly for inconsistent performers such as cyclicals.
5. What discount rate should you use? Your expected return from the investment is a good discount rate assumption.
6. A larger margin of safety should be required for companies with less predictable businesses.

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Forward Air (Forward Air) Business Description

Executives

Chris C Ruble	officer: Sr. Vice President, Operations	PO BOX 1058, GREENVILLIE TN 37744
Kyle R Mitchin	officer: Senior VP, Human Resources	1915 SNAPPS FERRY ROAD, BUILDING N, GREENEVILLE TN 37745
Nancee L Ronning	officer: Chief Commercial Officer	1915 SNAPPS FERRY ROAD, BUILDING N, GREENEVILLE TN 37745
Javier Polit	director	1915 SNAPPS FERRY ROAD, BUILDING N, GREENEVILLE TN 37745
Mayes George S Jr	director	5995 MAYFAIR ROAD, NORTH CANTON OH 44720
Craig Carlock	director	C/O THE FRESH MARKET, INC., 628 GREEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 500, GREENSBORO NC 27408
George M Lynch	director	2566 KENT RIDGE COURT, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48025
C Robert Campbell	director	800 DOUGLAS ROAD, 12TH FLOOR, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Michael L Hance	officer: Senior VP, CLO and Secretary	430 AIRPORT ROAD, GREENEVILLE TN 37745
Chitra Nayak	director	1400 16TH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Thomas Schmitt	officer: President & CEO	1915 SNAPPS FERRY ROAD, BUILDING N, GREENEVILLE TN 37745
Ronald W Allen	director	P O BOX 1734, ATLANTA GA 30301
Laurie Anne Tucker	director	65 MARYS CREEK COVE NORTH, EADS TN 38028
Scott M Niswonger	director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO & Chairman	165 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS TN 38103
Rebecca J Garbrick	officer: CAO, VP and Controller	1915 SNAPPS FERRY ROAD, BUILDING N, GREENEVILLE TN 37745