Growth Metrics

Forward Air (FWRD) Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)

Forward Air filings provide 18 years of Invested Capital readings, the most recent being $1.8 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Invested Capital rose 624.58% to $1.8 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $1.8 billion, a 624.58% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $1.8 billion, up 439.66% from a year prior.
  • Invested Capital hit $1.8 billion in Q1 2026 for Forward Air, 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 $233.1 million in Q2 2025.
  • Median Invested Capital over the past 5 years was $796.0 million (2023), compared with a mean of $969.5 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Invested Capital: tumbled 91.87% in 2025 and later surged 624.58% in 2026.
  • Forward Air's Invested Capital stood at $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 surged by 439.66% to $1.8 billion in 2025, then dropped by 1.63% to $1.8 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Invested Capital were $1.8 billion (Q1 2026), $1.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.9 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.