Growth Metrics

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

Forward Air's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.13 for Q4 2023.

  • For Q4 2023, FCF Payout Ratio fell 21.12% year-over-year to 0.13; the TTM value through Sep 2024 reached 0.23, down 243.61%, while the annual FY2023 figure was 0.15, 20.97% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.13 in Q4 2023 per FWRD's latest filing, 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 0.06 in Q3 2020.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.21, with a median of 0.14 recorded in 2019.
  • The largest YoY upside for FCF Payout Ratio was 1519.58% in 2020 against a maximum downside of 122.08% in 2020.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FWRD's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.13 (Q4 2023), 0.33 (Q3 2023), and 0.14 (Q2 2023).