Forward Industries (NASDAQ:FWDI) Shares Break Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Forward Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:FWDI)’s share price crossed below its two hundred day moving average during trading on Tuesday. The stock has a two hundred day moving average of $5.26 and traded as low as $5.01. Forward Industries shares last traded at $5.24, with a volume of 1,764,710 shares.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently weighed in on FWDI. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Forward Industries in a research note on Tuesday, October 27th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Forward Industries from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, September 12th. Cantor Fitzgerald upped their price objective on shares of Forward Industries from $8.00 to $16.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 10th. Finally, B. Riley Financial increased their price objective on shares of Forward Industries from $9.00 to $11.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 22nd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $13.50.

Forward Industries Stock Down 5.2%

The stock has a market cap of $386.97 million, a PE ratio of 43.67 and a beta of 0.92. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $6.99 and a 200 day moving average of $5.26.

Forward Industries (NASDAQ:FWDI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 12th. The company reported ($0.80) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.04 by ($0.84). The company had revenue of $10.78 million for the quarter. Forward Industries had a negative return on equity of 18.05% and a negative net margin of 2,073.82%. Research analysts forecast that Forward Industries, Inc. will post -0.38 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of FWDI. Voya Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Forward Industries by 901.7% in the third quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 118,778 shares of the company’s stock valued at $926,000 after purchasing an additional 106,920 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new position in Forward Industries during the second quarter worth about $739,000. ParaFi Capital LP purchased a new position in Forward Industries during the second quarter worth about $684,000. J. Derek Lewis & Associates Inc. purchased a new position in Forward Industries during the third quarter worth about $289,000. Finally, StoneX Group Inc. acquired a new position in Forward Industries in the 3rd quarter valued at about $134,000.

About Forward Industries

Forward Industries is a Solana (SOL) focused digital asset treasury company with the strategy to buy, hold, stake, trade, invest in, and grow SOL and SOL-related digital assets, protocols and businesses. The company’s mission is to expand and strengthen the Solana ecosystem by acquiring and staking SOL. Additionally, Forward Industries engages with, provides tools to, and invests in the Solana protocol, Solana developers, and Solana-related projects to further develop the SOL ecosystem. In September 2025, Forward Industries announced a $1.65 billion private investment in public equity offering led by Galaxy Digital, Jump Crypto, and Multicoin Capital with participation with C/M Capital Partners, LP, one of Forward Industries’ largest existing Shareholders, to initiate a Solana-focused digital asset treasury strategy and further align the company with the fast-growing Solana ecosystem.