Forward Air Corporation
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | Q3 16 | Q4 16 | Q1 17 | Q2 17 | Q3 17 | Q4 17 | Q1 18 | Q2 18 | Q3 18 | Q4 18 | Q1 19 | Q2 19 | Q3 19 | Q4 19 | Q1 20 | Q2 20 | Q3 20 | Q4 20 | Q1 21 | Q2 21 | Q3 21 | Q4 21 | Q1 22 | Q2 22 | Q3 22 | Q4 22 | Q1 23 | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | Q4 24 | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34.7 | 51.8 | 50.1 | 27.5 | 26.8 | 19.5 | 17.2 | 18.1 | 20.9 | 17.2 | 20.0 | 18.5 | 19.7 | 22.9 | 18.4 | 23.9 | 30.3 | 84.6 | 92.0 | 45.5 | 37.0 | 31.1 | 19.3 | 15.3 | 12.7 | 14.5 | 15.3 | 18.2 | 16.3 | 9.6 | 11.8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 6.4 | – | |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | |
| 13.1 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 13.3 | 9.8 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 12.6 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 13.7 | 19.1 | 21.9 | 17.9 | 14.6 | 17.5 | 11.9 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 25.6 | 66.4 | – | – | – | – | 9.8 | 9.3 | 13.3 | 21.6 | – | |
| 18.3 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 17.8 | 20.0 | 26.2 | 23.9 | 25.8 | 25.9 | 14.4 | 16.4 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 15.2 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 15.1 | 27.5 | 45.4 | 48.3 | 36.8 | 40.5 | 21.0 | 16.4 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 11.7 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 23.5 | – | – | – | – | 115.0 | 51.2 | 50.7 | 13.5 | 9.1 | |
| 5.5% | 6.1% | 6.1% | 5.6% | 5.0% | 3.8% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 7.0% | 6.1% | 6.9% | 6.8% | 6.6% | 8.5% | 8.8% | 6.6% | 3.6% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 4.8% | 6.1% | 8.2% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 8.6% | 10.3% | 9.3% | 4.3% | -16.2% | -6.8% | -11.9% | -6.6% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 7.4% | 11.0% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21.9% | 21.9% | 22.0% | 21.7% | 21.6% | 21.5% | 21.0% | 20.7% | 20.3% | 20.1% | 20.3% | 20.5% | 20.6% | 20.4% | 19.8% | 18.8% | 18.4% | 18.0% | 18.5% | 19.5% | 20.5% | 22.0% | 23.3% | 25.3% | 26.7% | 27.7% | 28.7% | 27.6% | 26.2% | 25.3% | 18.6% | 15.2% | 14.4% | 13.7% | 13.9% | 15.6% | 11.9% | 12.1% | 10.0% | 10.6% | |
| 6.2% | 6.1% | 6.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% | 9.9% | 9.5% | 9.2% | 9.1% | 9.2% | 9.1% | 8.9% | 8.7% | 8.4% | 7.9% | 7.0% | 6.6% | 5.8% | 6.1% | 7.4% | 8.2% | 9.6% | 11.0% | 12.2% | 13.1% | 13.5% | 13.7% | 12.3% | 9.9% | 7.0% | -2.4% | -69.7% | -57.5% | -45.6% | -41.5% | 2.3% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 2.1% | -6.7% | |
| 3.9% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 5.7% | 6.1% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 7.0% | 6.9% | 6.7% | 6.5% | 6.2% | 5.5% | 4.4% | 4.0% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 6.4% | 7.8% | 8.7% | 9.8% | 9.8% | 10.0% | 9.0% | 7.2% | 14.4% | 5.2% | -36.0% | -34.5% | -33.0% | -31.7% | -6.9% | -4.6% | -4.3% | -3.7% | -11.4% | |
| 7.4% | 9.0% | 8.8% | 8.8% | 8.2% | 5.9% | 5.6% | 5.5% | 6.3% | 8.3% | 8.4% | 8.6% | 8.8% | 9.3% | 8.6% | 9.2% | 8.1% | 5.8% | 4.1% | 3.5% | 3.9% | 4.9% | 7.2% | 8.1% | 10.2% | 11.1% | 12.1% | 14.0% | 12.1% | 13.0% | 2.6% | -5.0% | -3.4% | -4.5% | -1.6% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.6% | 1.9% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7.7% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 11.3% | 12.8% | 16.4% | 17.3% | 17.6% | 18.2% | 16.6% | 16.8% | 16.5% | 16.1% | 15.1% | 13.6% | 10.2% | 9.5% | 4.3% | 4.9% | 9.8% | 11.0% | 17.8% | 22.5% | 24.4% | 27.9% | 27.3% | 27.3% | 22.5% | 16.3% | 21.9% | 7.5% | -210.1% | -300.2% | -405.0% | -521.2% | -114.0% | -82.9% | -95.1% | -112.9% | – | |
| 6.0% | 4.3% | 4.5% | 8.9% | 9.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% | 13.4% | 13.4% | 12.1% | 10.5% | 9.7% | 9.2% | 8.8% | 7.2% | 5.4% | 5.0% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 5.0% | 5.7% | 9.5% | 11.8% | 13.5% | 16.1% | 16.0% | 15.2% | 12.8% | 9.1% | 5.6% | 1.7% | -19.4% | -22.2% | -29.1% | -28.7% | -6.3% | -4.1% | -3.9% | -3.4% | -11.9% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | 21 | -0.5 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 49 | 92 | 85 | 40 | 119 | 99 | 115 | 118 | 140 | 159 | 157 | 181 | 148 | 157 | 117 | 112 | 182 | 168 | 167 | 1,738 | 1,614 | 1,679 | 1,643 | 1,684 | 1,677 | 1,704 | 1,662 | 1,704 | 1,677 | 1,676 | |
| 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 13.3 | 44.1 | – | – | – | – | 6.8 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 16.5 | – | |
| 77.3% | 77.8% | 78.7% | 78.7% | 75.6% | 77.6% | 76.3% | 76.2% | 73.8% | 72.8% | 62.5% | 58.7% | 57.2% | 58.2% | 53.1% | 52.8% | 52.7% | 52.3% | 53.6% | 50.9% | 51.9% | 53.1% | 52.4% | 55.5% | 57.6% | 58.5% | 55.9% | 56.9% | 55.9% | 25.7% | 23.4% | 9.3% | 7.4% | 7.2% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.0% | 4.1% | 3.0% | -4.8% | |
| 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 16.0 | 22.4 | – | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.25 | 0.91 | 0.95 | 1.94 | 2.14 | 2.94 | 3.08 | 3.26 | 3.43 | 3.19 | 3.24 | 3.20 | 3.23 | 3.06 | 2.76 | 2.09 | 1.90 | 0.91 | 0.97 | 1.97 | 2.25 | 3.90 | 5.07 | 6.01 | 7.09 | 7.24 | 7.06 | 5.82 | 4.21 | 6.52 | 2.64 | -22.24 | -24.29 | -27.82 | -26.69 | -5.69 | -3.74 | -3.48 | -2.95 | -8.81 | |
| 31.84 | 32.48 | 33.00 | 34.17 | 35.01 | 37.03 | 39.23 | 41.65 | 43.67 | 45.82 | 46.77 | 47.76 | 49.34 | 49.60 | 49.90 | 47.98 | 47.12 | 48.58 | 48.23 | 53.45 | 57.21 | 61.21 | 65.21 | 68.98 | 72.56 | 73.91 | 70.40 | 64.63 | 58.73 | 45.20 | 51.20 | 61.73 | 70.49 | 84.25 | 84.32 | 82.85 | 80.61 | 80.56 | 79.55 | 77.52 | |
| 16.21 | 16.50 | 16.52 | 17.24 | 16.71 | 17.95 | 17.86 | 18.51 | 18.85 | 19.19 | 19.32 | 19.39 | 19.98 | 20.30 | 20.25 | 20.42 | 20.00 | 20.94 | 19.81 | 20.07 | 20.47 | 21.86 | 22.57 | 24.62 | 25.38 | 26.49 | 25.89 | 25.87 | 25.83 | 29.77 | 35.26 | 10.59 | 8.09 | 6.87 | 5.12 | 4.99 | 4.51 | 3.66 | 2.62 | -3.55 | |
| 2.36 | 2.91 | 2.90 | 3.00 | 2.85 | 2.19 | 2.21 | 2.29 | 2.77 | 3.82 | 3.95 | 4.09 | 4.32 | 4.60 | 4.29 | 4.40 | 3.79 | 2.79 | 1.96 | 1.86 | 2.26 | 2.99 | 4.66 | 5.60 | 7.42 | 8.18 | 8.50 | 9.07 | 7.10 | 5.87 | 1.32 | -3.08 | -2.40 | -3.83 | -1.33 | 0.21 | 0.50 | 0.49 | 1.24 | 1.48 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: September 24, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.