Growth Metrics

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

Forward Air (FWRD) has disclosed Operating Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 0.45% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 1244.0% year-over-year to 0.45%, compared with a TTM value of 1.46% through Dec 2025, up 4442.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 1.46%, up 4442.0% over the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 0.45% for Q4 2025 at Forward Air, down from 2.38% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 22.96% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 170.24% in Q2 2024.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 1.49%, with a median of 7.45% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin tumbled -17929bps in 2024, then surged 17339bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 8.63% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 166bps to 22.96% in 2022, then plummeted by -101bps to 0.26% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 4678bps to 11.99% in 2024, then tumbled by -104bps to 0.45% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for FWRD at 0.45% in Q4 2025, 2.38% in Q3 2025, and 3.15% in Q2 2025.