Growth Metrics

Forward Air (FWRD) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Forward Air filings provide 18 years of FCF Margin readings, the most recent being 6.66% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin rose 410.0% to 6.66% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 1.56%, a 288.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.61%, up 490.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin hit 6.66% in Q1 2026 for Forward Air, up from 4.92% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 17.84% in Q3 2022 to a low of 10.46% in Q1 2024.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 6.66% (2026), compared with a mean of 5.27%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: tumbled -2565bps in 2024 and later soared 1302bps in 2025.
  • Forward Air's FCF Margin stood at 9.8% in 2022, then surged by 46bps to 14.32% in 2023, then crashed by -134bps to 4.82% in 2024, then fell by -2bps to 4.92% in 2025, then surged by 235bps to 6.66% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 6.66% (Q1 2026), 4.92% (Q4 2025), and 7.69% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.