Growth Metrics

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

Forward Air's Net Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 9.98% for Q1 2025.

  • For Q1 2025, Net Margin changed N/A year-over-year to 9.98%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 2.45%, down 219.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.26%, 934.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin reached 9.98% in Q1 2025 per FWRD's latest filing, down from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 34.41% in Q4 2023 to a low of 9.98% in Q1 2025.
  • Average Net Margin over 5 years is 2.14%, with a median of 0.69% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Net Margin: skyrocketed 3344bps in 2023, then plummeted -3447bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 6.21% in 2021, then plummeted by -84bps to 0.98% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 3427bps to 34.41% in 2023, then crashed by -100bps to 0.06% in 2024, then plummeted by -16783bps to 9.98% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FWRD's Net Margin are 9.98% (Q1 2025), 0.06% (Q4 2024), and 0.17% (Q3 2024).