Growth Metrics

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

Forward Air's Gross Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 99.34% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin fell 3427.0% year-over-year to 99.34%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 99.19%, down 876.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 99.19%, 6.0% up from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 99.34% in Q4 2025 per FWRD's latest filing, roughly flat from 99.2% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 133.61% in Q4 2024 to a low of 48.27% in Q4 2023.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 93.43%, with a median of 98.71% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: crashed -3678bps in 2022, then skyrocketed 8534bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 93.2% in 2021, then crashed by -39bps to 56.42% in 2022, then decreased by -14bps to 48.27% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 177bps to 133.61% in 2024, then fell by -26bps to 99.34% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FWRD's Gross Margin are 99.34% (Q4 2025), 99.2% (Q3 2025), and 99.15% (Q2 2025).