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FWRD Financials Forward Air Corp

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 14.5% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Operating margin has contracted, at 1.5% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has declined 27.4% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($1.7B) exceeds cash ($106M); net debt is $1.6B.
  • Total debt has grown faster than revenue (71.9% vs 14.5% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense 0.2× in the latest year.
  • Total debt is 8.9× EBITDA.
Revenue & net income
-$820M $838M $2B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-43% 4% 52% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Return on equity & assets (ROE / ROA)
-406% -190% 27% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
ROEROA
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$106M $52M $211M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $844M $2B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$2B $91M $2B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MROEROAFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $2.5B -$104M 0.0% 1.5% -91.8% -3.8% $15M $1.7B $106M
2024 $2.5B -$820M 0.0% -43.0% -406.5% -29.3% -$106M $1.7B $105M
2023 $1.4B $167M 0.0% 6.4% 21.9% 5.6% $168M $0 $122M
2022 $1.7B $193M 0.0% 14.7% 27.3% 16.0% $211M $108M $46M
2021 $1.4B $106M 0.0% 10.6% 17.9% 9.5% $82M $157M $37M
2020 $1.3B $24M 48.7% 5.8% 4.3% 2.3% $76M $112M $40M
2019 $1.2B $87M 51.8% 9.3% 15.1% 8.8% $124M $73M $65M
2018 $92M 16.6% 12.1% $103M $47M $26M
2017 $87M 16.4% 12.6% $40M $4M
2016 $28M 5.5% 4.3% $28M $9M
2015 $56M 10.9% 7.9% $83M $33M
2014 $61M 13.2% 11.3% $0 $41M
2013 $54M 12.5% 10.8% $127M
2012 $53M 15.0% 13.2% $112M
2011 $47M 16.5% 13.8% $0 $59M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced FWRD against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 10.4 20.8 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 1.2 2.4 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 2.2 4.4 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is FWRD growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Forward Air Corp's revenue has grown 14.5% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does FWRD have?

As of FY2025, Forward Air Corp reported $1.7B of total debt against $106M of cash; operating income covered interest expense 0.2×.

What is FWRD's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin 1.5%, and net margin -4.2%.

What is FWRD's P/E ratio?

As of Sep '26, Forward Air Corp traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 7.4× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.