Growth Metrics

Forward Air (FWRD) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2025)

Forward Air's EBITDA Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 9.95% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, EBITDA Margin fell 5365.0% year-over-year to 9.95%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 6.12%, up 2855.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 5.51%, 2762.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin reached 9.95% in Q4 2025 per FWRD's latest filing, down from 3.76% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBITDA Margin ranged from a high of 43.71% in Q4 2024 to a low of 151.04% in Q2 2024.
  • Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 1.1%, with a median of 5.79% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBITDA Margin: tumbled -15702bps in 2024, then surged 14849bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 26.64% in 2021, then plummeted by -60bps to 10.65% in 2022, then soared by 182bps to 30.06% in 2023, then soared by 45bps to 43.71% in 2024, then plummeted by -123bps to 9.95% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FWRD's EBITDA Margin are 9.95% (Q4 2025), 3.76% (Q3 2025), and 2.55% (Q2 2025).