Growth Metrics

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

Forward Air (FWRD) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 16 consecutive years, with 0.02% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 319.0% year-over-year to 0.02%, compared with a TTM value of 0.02% through Dec 2025, up 319.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.03%, up 191.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.02% for Q4 2025 at Forward Air, down from 0.22% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.97% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 3.97% in Q1 2025.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.33%, with a median of 0.16% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Invested Capital hit 319bps in 2025, while the deepest fall reached -396bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.17% in 2021, then soared by 135bps to 0.4% in 2022, then tumbled by -79bps to 0.08% in 2023, then tumbled by -3976bps to 3.17% in 2024, then surged by 101bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for FWRD at 0.02% in Q4 2025, 0.22% in Q3 2025, and 0.97% in Q2 2025.