Forward Air Corporation (FWRD)

31.63 -0.20  -0.63%  May 25, 11:00PM Go Pro
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Forward Air Corporation Beta: 1.078

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FWRD Beta Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 0.7258 Jul 2008
Maximum 1.405 May 2007
Average 0.9822

About Beta 60 Month

YCharts calculates the 60 month market beta by regressing stock returns less the risk free rate of returns on the market returns less the risk free rate of return (Market returns come from the S&P 500 Total Returns Index (SPXTR), and the risk free rate is the 4 Week Average T-Bill (Monthly). There must be a minimum of 36 months of stock returns for a company to have its beta calculated.

Beta is a measure of the risk of a stock when it is included in a well-diversified portfolio.

In financial theory, the Capital Asset Pricing Model breaks down expected stock returns into two components. The first is the return that would be expected based on covariance with the movements of the market (for most stocks, when the market as a whole goes up, the price of the stock will also go up). The second part is the increase in the price of a stock that is not explained by the market. The first part - covariance with the market - is what Beta captures.

When Beta is positive, the stock price tends to move in the same direction as the market, and the magnitude of Beta tells by how much. If a stock's Beta is greater than 1, that means that when the market index goes up 1%, we expect the stock will go up by more than 1%. On the contrary, if the market goes down by 1%, we expect the stock to go down by more than 1%. Negative Betas, while rare, signify a negative correlation. When the market goes up, we would expect the stock price to go down.

For readers with a background in regression analysis, Beta is the slope of the linear regression shown in the formula below, where Returns are the return on an individual stock or portfolio, Rf is the risk free rate, RMarket is the return on a market portfolio, and e is an error term.
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FWRD News

IPO Preview: LINC Logistics
May 10, 12:28AM
Baird Downgrades Forward Air (FWRD) to Neutral
Apr 23, 8:07AM Street Insider
Benzinga's Top Downgrades
Apr 23, 7:56AM Benzinga
$FWRD is -5.3% down since open on unusual high volume but still 0.8% up since close.
about 39 days ago by TradeBot
Listen to $FWRD Q1 2012 earnings call - live at 09:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3Qrg
about 39 days ago by earningscast
$FWRD forms bullish "Continuation Diamond" chart pattern. http://stks.co/3OAK
about 41 days ago by RecogniaEvents
$FWRD filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/3DIu
about 55 days ago by MarketBrief
$FWRD filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/3CAY
about 56 days ago by MarketBrief
$FWRD filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/3Arr
about 57 days ago by MarketBrief
$FWRD filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/39Jc
about 60 days ago by MarketBrief
$FWRD filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/3859
about 61 days ago by MarketBrief
$FWRD filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/36rs
about 62 days ago by MarketBrief
$FWRD filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/35hF
about 63 days ago by MarketBrief
$FWRD filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/3495
about 64 days ago by MarketBrief
$FWRD filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/33FL
about 67 days ago by MarketBrief
Stocks trading ex-dividend one week from today: http://stks.co/2ae7 / $HD $KRO $VHI $BOLT $CIX $FWRD $MDU $NCMI $NRIM $TAL ...
about 91 days ago by DynamicDividend
$FWRD Insider Sale: $1.3M of stock sold between February 10, 2012 - February 13, 2012 http://stks.co/2Qik
about 104 days ago by MarketBrief
Listen to $FWRD Forward Air at Stifel Nicolaus Transportation Conference - live at 11:20 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/2Ogg
about 105 days ago by earningscast
Listen to $FWRD Q4 2011 earnings call - live at 09:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/2Iov
about 111 days ago by earningscast
$FWRD Insider Sale: $1M of stock sold by Chris Ruble (Executive Vp, Operations) on November 11, 2011 http://stks.co/17PW
about 197 days ago by MarketBrief
$FWRD filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/rFZ
about 214 days ago by MarketBrief
Listen to Q3 $FWRD earnings call - http://stks.co/iGf
about 222 days ago by earningscast
$FWRD http://stks.co/Bd1 Upgraded to Buy 8/11, nice breakout confirmed w/volume, 11.5 short ratio
about 259 days ago by redman59
Ex-Dividend Stocks for Monday, August 22: http://stk.ly/qxcRmv / $ABBC $ANW $DCI $DK $FWRD $PHY $LABL $LARK $PRK $RRST $SB $STM $SYA
about 288 days ago by DynamicDividend
$FWRD Forward Air Guides Q3 EPS $0.38-0.42 vs. $0.39 Est; Revenues $128.8-133.8M vs. $138.33M Est
about 314 days ago by Benzinga
Today's Dividend-Paying Winners and Losers: http://goo.gl/Ngabr / $NEU $IIIN $UNH $EVOI $FWRD / $XRX $SYNT $CPSI $TEVA $HNI
about 404 days ago by DynamicDividend
Forward Air Reports EPS $0.27 vs. $0.23 Estimate; Revenues $120.2M vs. $119.78M Estimate $FWRD
about 405 days ago by Benzinga

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