Growth Metrics

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

Forward Air's FCF Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 4.92% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Margin fell 10.0% year-over-year to 4.92%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.61%, up 490.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.61%, 490.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin reached 4.92% in Q4 2025 per FWRD's latest filing, down from 7.69% 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.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 5.74%, with a median of 6.95% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: plummeted -2565bps in 2024, then surged 1302bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 12.18% in 2021, then dropped by -20bps to 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FWRD's FCF Margin are 4.92% (Q4 2025), 7.69% (Q3 2025), and 2.9% (Q2 2025).