Growth Metrics

Forward Air (FWRD) EBITDA (2016 - 2025)

Forward Air's EBITDA history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at -$62.8 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, EBITDA fell 122.7% year-over-year to -$62.8 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached -$152.7 million, up 82.2%, while the annual FY2025 figure was -$137.4 million, 83.24% up from the prior year.
  • EBITDA reached -$62.8 million in Q4 2025 per FWRD's latest filing, down from -$23.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBITDA ranged from a high of $276.6 million in Q4 2024 to a low of -$972.2 million in Q2 2024.
  • Average EBITDA over 5 years is -$26.8 million, with a median of $21.7 million recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBITDA: soared 416.74% in 2021, then tumbled 4972.92% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA shows it stood at $49.2 million in 2021, then dropped by 12.73% to $42.9 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 136.93% to $101.7 million in 2023, then soared by 171.86% to $276.6 million in 2024, then crashed by 122.7% to -$62.8 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FWRD's EBITDA are -$62.8 million (Q4 2025), -$23.7 million (Q3 2025), and -$15.8 million (Q2 2025).