Growth Metrics

Forward Air (FWRD) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Forward Air (FWRD) has disclosed Return on Equity for 15 consecutive years, with 0.53% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Equity fell 50.0% year-over-year to 0.53%, compared with a TTM value of 0.53% through Dec 2025, down 50.0%, and an annual FY2024 reading of 0.01%, down 18.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Equity was 0.53% for Q4 2025 at Forward Air, down from 0.4% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.32% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 0.53% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.05%, with a median of 0.01% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Equity increased 28bps in 2024, then crashed -71bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity stood at 0.02% in 2021, then soared by 94bps to 0.0% in 2022, then surged by 15911bps to 0.17% in 2023, then tumbled by -114bps to 0.02% in 2024, then plummeted by -2123bps to 0.53% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for FWRD at 0.53% in Q4 2025, 0.4% in Q3 2025, and 0.37% in Q2 2025.