Growth Metrics

Forward Air (FWRD) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2023)

Forward Air filings provide 15 years of FCF Payout Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.13 for Q4 2023.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 21.12% to 0.13 in Q4 2023 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2024 was 0.23, a 243.61% decrease, with the full-year FY2023 number at 0.15, up 20.97% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.13 in Q4 2023 for Forward Air, down from 0.33 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.02 in Q4 2020 to a low of 0.01 in Q2 2019.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.15 (2019), compared with a mean of 0.22.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: crashed 97.26% in 2019 and later soared 1224.94% in 2020.
  • Forward Air's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.13 in 2019, then surged by 679.79% to 1.02 in 2020, then plummeted by 75.04% to 0.25 in 2021, then plummeted by 36.07% to 0.16 in 2022, then decreased by 21.12% to 0.13 in 2023.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.13 (Q4 2023), 0.33 (Q3 2023), and 0.14 (Q2 2023) per Business Quant data.