Growth Metrics

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

Forward Air (FWRD) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 4.92% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Margin fell 10.0% year-over-year to 4.92%, compared with a TTM value of 0.61% through Dec 2025, up 490.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.61%, up 490.0% over the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 4.92% for Q4 2025 at Forward Air, down from 7.69% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 21.07% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 10.46% in Q1 2024.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 5.7%, with a median of 5.87% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Margin surged 1618bps in 2022, then plummeted -2565bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 4.89% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 331bps to 21.07% in 2022, then crashed by -32bps to 14.32% in 2023, then crashed by -134bps to 4.82% in 2024, then fell by -2bps to 4.92% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for FWRD at 4.92% in Q4 2025, 7.69% in Q3 2025, and 2.9% in Q2 2025.