Growth Metrics

Forward Air (FWRD) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Forward Air's Free Cash Flow history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at -$31.1 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow fell 1.92% year-over-year to -$31.1 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $15.3 million, up 114.39%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $15.3 million, 114.39% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow reached -$31.1 million in Q4 2025 per FWRD's latest filing, down from $48.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $77.3 million in Q3 2022 to a low of -$59.6 million in Q2 2024.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $19.5 million, with a median of $31.1 million recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: soared 269.8% in 2022, then crashed 230.12% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $22.5 million in 2021, then surged by 75.56% to $39.5 million in 2022, then rose by 22.67% to $48.4 million in 2023, then tumbled by 162.95% to -$30.5 million in 2024, then decreased by 1.92% to -$31.1 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FWRD's Free Cash Flow are -$31.1 million (Q4 2025), $48.6 million (Q3 2025), and -$18.0 million (Q2 2025).