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

Historic Return on Capital Employed for Forward Air (FWRD) over the last 16 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.03%.

  • Forward Air's Return on Capital Employed rose 4600.0% to 0.03% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.03%, marking a year-over-year increase of 4600.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.05% for FY2023, which is 2000.0% down from last year.
  • Per Forward Air's latest filing, its Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.03% for Q3 2025, which was up 4600.0% from 0.44% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Forward Air's Return on Capital Employed peaked at 0.24% during Q3 2022, and registered a low of 0.48% during Q1 2025.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Return on Capital Employed was 0.13% (2021), whereas its average is 0.02%.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Forward Air's Return on Capital Employed plummeted by -5600bps in 2024, and later soared by 4600bps in 2025.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Forward Air's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.16% in 2021, then soared by 52bps to 0.24% in 2022, then tumbled by -80bps to 0.05% in 2023, then plummeted by -1011bps to 0.43% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 106bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Capital Employed stands at 0.03% for Q3 2025, versus 0.44% for Q2 2025 and 0.48% for Q1 2025.