Growth Metrics

Forward Air (FWRD) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Forward Air (FWRD) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.02% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed changed N/A year-over-year to 0.02%, compared with a TTM value of 0.02% through Dec 2025, changed N/A, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.02%, up 44.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.02% for Q4 2025 at Forward Air, down from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.21% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.37% in Q2 2024.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.06%, with a median of 0.09% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed hit 10bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 9bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.16% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 34bps to 0.21% in 2022, then crashed by -77bps to 0.05% in 2023, then crashed by -879bps to 0.37% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 104bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for FWRD at 0.02% in Q4 2025, 0.05% in Q3 2025, and 0.37% in Q2 2024.