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Forward Air (FWRD) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Forward Air filings provide 17 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 2.3% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 4426.0% to 2.3% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 2.3%, a 4426.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 1.56%, up 4396.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 2.3% in Q1 2026 for Forward Air, up from 1.56% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 24.14% in Q3 2022 to a low of 43.47% in Q3 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 4.97% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.25%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: plummeted -5633bps in 2024 and later soared 4844bps in 2025.
  • Forward Air's Return on Capital Employed stood at 24.09% in 2022, then plummeted by -80bps to 4.77% in 2023, then crashed by -975bps to 41.76% in 2024, then soared by 104bps to 1.56% in 2025, then soared by 47bps to 2.3% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 2.3% (Q1 2026), 1.56% (Q4 2025), and 4.97% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.