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Forward Air Corporation (FWRD) vs Hub Group, Inc. (HUBG)

Forward Air Corporation and Hub Group, Inc. are both Integrated Freight & Logistics companies. Hub Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.8B against $498.3M — 3.7× the size. Forward Air Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Hub Group, Inc. trades at 17.3×. Forward Air Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.11% against −5.79%. Hub Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.82% vs −11.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.78% vs −7.28%). Across the 20 metrics below, Hub Group, Inc. leads on 11 and Forward Air Corporation on 9.

Valuation

Metric FWRD HUBG Integrated Freight & Logistics median
P/E n/m 17.34 21.28
P/S 0.19 0.49 0.71
P/B n/m 1.04 1.67
Price to free cash flow 9.27 14.85 15.27
EV/EBITDA 8.95 5.84 8.95
EV/Sales 0.82 0.52 1.06
Earnings yield (60.59%) 5.77% (1.34%)
Free cash flow yield 10.79% 6.74% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric FWRD HUBG Integrated Freight & Logistics median
Gross margin 49.27% 27.04% 26.33%
Operating margin (6.70%) 3.83% 0.92%
Net margin (11.37%) 2.82% (0.14%)
Free cash flow margin 2.04% 3.29% 0.00%
Return on equity (611.69%) 6.21% 0.00%
Return on assets (11.07%) 3.66% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (7.28%) 4.78% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FWRD HUBG Integrated Freight & Logistics median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.11%) (5.79%) 6.03%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 88.17% (35.11%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.47% 1.47% 2.88%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (0.60%) 0.00%

Health

Metric FWRD HUBG Integrated Freight & Logistics median
Debt to equity (13.94) 0.15 0.12
Current ratio 1.32 1.47 1.57
Net debt to EBITDA 8.48 0.41 0.86

Dividend

Metric FWRD HUBG Integrated Freight & Logistics median
Dividend yield 2.25% — 2.25%
Payout ratio 0.17 0.00 0.13

Size

Metric FWRD HUBG Integrated Freight & Logistics median
Market cap 498.27m 1.84b 56.42m

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