Growth Metrics

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

Forward Air's EBT Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 7.15% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, EBT Margin fell 1214.0% year-over-year to 7.15%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 5.9%, up 4461.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 5.9%, 4461.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin reached 7.15% in Q4 2025 per FWRD's latest filing, down from 3.7% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 21.02% in Q4 2021 to a low of 177.33% in Q2 2024.
  • Average EBT Margin over 5 years is 5.04%, with a median of 5.47% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBT Margin: tumbled -18445bps in 2024, then soared 17133bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 21.02% in 2021, then crashed by -51bps to 10.28% in 2022, then plummeted by -160bps to 6.2% in 2023, then soared by 181bps to 5.0% in 2024, then tumbled by -243bps to 7.15% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FWRD's EBT Margin are 7.15% (Q4 2025), 3.7% (Q3 2025), and 6.0% (Q2 2025).