Forward Air FWRD
NASDAQ FWRD
$18.11 +0.32 (+1.80%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Forward Air (FWRD) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026)

Forward Air's (FWRD) quarterly Tax Provisions came in at $1.8 million in Q1 2026, down 90.85% YoY from $19.6 million in Q1 2025, and up 120.62% on a QoQ basis from -$8.7 million in Q4 2025.

Forward Air (FWRD) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Forward Air (FWRD) has 18 years of Tax Provisions data on file, last reported at $1.8 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Provisions fell 90.85% year-over-year to $1.8 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$23.3 million (up 73.27% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$5.5 million, up 95.62% from the prior year.
  • Tax Provisions advanced to $1.8 million in Q1 2026, from -$8.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Provisions ranged from a high of $67.0 million in Q4 2024 to a low of -$174.9 million in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$3.0 million and a median of $2.5 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Tax Provisions.
  • The widest YoY moves for Tax Provisions: up 1171.13% in 2024, down 2745.43% in 2024.
  • Tracing FWRD's Tax Provisions over 5 years: stood at $12.2 million in 2022, then plunged by 151.07% to -$6.3 million in 2023, then surged by 1171.13% to $67.0 million in 2024, then slumped by 112.98% to -$8.7 million in 2025, then surged by 120.62% to $1.8 million in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Provisions figures came in at $1.8 million (Q1 2026), -$8.7 million (Q4 2025), and $385000.0 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Taxes (Qtr)
1 United Parcel Service 86.89 Bn 82.23 Bn 19.65 Bn 157.00 Mn
2 Fedex 77.23 Bn 63.91 Bn 18.84 Bn 510.00 Mn
3 Hunt J B Transport Services 25.91 Bn 25.90 Bn - 61.65 Mn
4 Expeditors International Of Washington 24.62 Bn 23.58 Bn 1.09 Bn 91.20 Mn
5 ZTO Express (Cayman) 17.03 Bn 12.62 Bn 469.01 Mn -80.05 Mn
6 C. H. Robinson Worldwide 16.77 Bn 16.62 Bn 1.11 Bn 51.08 Mn
7 Landstar System 6.33 Bn 5.98 Bn 308.86 Mn 16.47 Mn
8 GXO Logistics 5.25 Bn 4.48 Bn 508.00 Mn 21.00 Mn
9 Pitney Bowes 2.24 Bn 1.96 Bn 296.14 Mn 15.58 Mn
10 Forward Air 588.72 Mn 449.27 Mn 617.46 Mn -174,000.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -174,000.00
Mar 31, 2026 1.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -8.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 385,000.00
Jun 30, 2025 -16.75 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 19.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 67.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -174.94 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -18.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -6.26 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 2.54 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 6.61 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 10.94 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 12.25 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 17.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 18.92 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 13.88 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 9.84 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 11.00 Mn