Growth Metrics

Forward Air (FWRD) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026)

Forward Air filings provide 18 years of Share-based Compensation readings, the most recent being $3.5 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 19.71% to $3.5 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $14.0 million, a 21.01% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $13.4 million, up 31.81% from a year prior.
  • Share-based Compensation hit $3.5 million in Q1 2026 for Forward Air, up from $2.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $4.7 million in Q2 2025 to a low of $321000.0 in Q3 2022.
  • Median Share-based Compensation over the past 5 years was $2.9 million (2023), compared with a mean of $2.6 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: surged 764.17% in 2023 and later tumbled 46.08% in 2024.
  • Forward Air's Share-based Compensation stood at $1.9 million in 2022, then surged by 52.5% to $2.9 million in 2023, then dropped by 28.21% to $2.1 million in 2024, then increased by 13.33% to $2.4 million in 2025, then soared by 48.78% to $3.5 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Share-based Compensation were $3.5 million (Q1 2026), $2.4 million (Q4 2025), and $3.4 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.