Growth Metrics

Forward Air (FWRD) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Forward Air filings provide 18 years of Debt Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.63 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio rose 3.65% to 0.63 in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.63, a 3.65% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.62, up 2.74% from a year prior.
  • Debt Ratio hit 0.63 in Q1 2026 for Forward Air, up from 0.62 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.63 in Q1 2026 to a low of 0.0 in Q4 2023.
  • Median Debt Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.43 (2024), compared with a mean of 0.36.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Debt Ratio: plummeted 95.58% in 2023 and later skyrocketed 14132.56% in 2024.
  • Forward Air's Debt Ratio stood at 0.1 in 2022, then crashed by 95.58% to 0.0 in 2023, then skyrocketed by 14132.56% to 0.6 in 2024, then rose by 2.74% to 0.62 in 2025, then grew by 1.04% to 0.63 in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Debt Ratio were 0.63 (Q1 2026), 0.62 (Q4 2025), and 0.61 (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.