Growth Metrics

Forward Air (FWRD) Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Forward Air's Invested Capital history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $200.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Invested Capital fell 40.04% year-over-year to $200.0 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $200.0 million, down 40.04%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $200.0 million, 40.04% down from the prior year.
  • Invested Capital reached $200.0 million in Q4 2025 per FWRD's latest filing, down from $1.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Invested Capital ranged from a high of $3.0 billion in Q1 2024 to a low of $200.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • Average Invested Capital over 5 years is $773.0 million, with a median of $759.5 million recorded in 2021.
  • The largest YoY upside for Invested Capital was 374.25% in 2025 against a maximum downside of 91.87% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Invested Capital shows it stood at $750.6 million in 2021, then increased by 8.62% to $815.3 million in 2022, then decreased by 1.43% to $803.6 million in 2023, then tumbled by 58.48% to $333.7 million in 2024, then crashed by 40.04% to $200.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FWRD's Invested Capital are $200.0 million (Q4 2025), $1.8 billion (Q3 2025), and $233.1 million (Q2 2025).