New Business Wins Help Offset Sluggish Underlying Freight Demand in Forward Air’s Fourth Quarter
In the fourth quarter, narrow-moat expedited-LTL trucker Forward Air posted 3% revenue growth, driven by decent expansion in the Truckload Premium Services and Pool Distribution units, partly offset by lower linehaul yields and soft tonnage in the core Expedited LTL division. Revenue came in ahead of our forecast, primarily because of new business wins. Profitability also came in modestly ahead of our expected run rate, in part, because of better-than-anticipated leverage over fixed costs in the...Forward Air is an asset-light freight and logistics company. The company has four segments: Expedited less-than-truckload (LTL), which provides expedited regional, inter-regional and national LTL and final mile services; Truckload Premium Services, which is an asset-light provider of transportation management services, including, but not limited to, expedited truckload brokerage, fleet services, as well as security and temperature-controlled logistics services; Intermodal, which provides first- and last-mile intermodal container drayage services; and Pool Distribution, which provides handling and distribution of time-sensitive product to various destinations in specific geographic regions.
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.
Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.
We have operations in 27 countries.
Unfortunately, this report is not available for the investor type or country you selected.
Browse all ResearchPool reportsReport is subscription only.
Thank you, your report is ready.
Thank you, your report is ready.