Growth Metrics

Forward Air (FWRD) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Forward Air (FWRD) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 17 consecutive years, with $2.4 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Share-based Compensation rose 13.33% year-over-year to $2.4 million, compared with a TTM value of $13.4 million through Dec 2025, up 31.81%, and an annual FY2025 reading of $13.4 million, up 31.81% over the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation was $2.4 million for Q4 2025 at Forward Air, down from $3.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $4.7 million in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $1.6 million in Q1 2024.
  • Average Share-based Compensation over 5 years is $2.8 million, with a median of $2.8 million recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Share-based Compensation plummeted 46.08% in 2024, then soared 88.77% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Share-based Compensation stood at $2.3 million in 2021, then dropped by 17.36% to $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.
  • Business Quant data shows Share-based Compensation for FWRD at $2.4 million in Q4 2025, $3.4 million in Q3 2025, and $4.7 million in Q2 2025.