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 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9.9 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 38.1 | 35.5 | 38.1 | 19.9 | 23.2 | 28.4 | 26.4 | 18.6 | 20.8 | 16.6 | 72.9 | 25.8 | 20.0 | 19.6 | 24.8 | 25.7 | 24.2 | 52.7 | 19.9 | 17.4 | 22.8 | 89.6 | 31.2 | 14.6 | 9.8 | – | – | |
| 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 6.3 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 6.8 | |
| 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | 18.6 | 2,782.5 | 10.9 | – | – | 10.7 | 11.5 | 8.5 | 19.2 | 10.8 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 11.3 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 15.1 | 11.8 | 9.9 | 13.6 | 20.2 | 19.2 | 10.1 | 23.1 | – | 13.3 | |
| 10.4 | 28.2 | – | 48.1 | 48.2 | 24.7 | 16.5 | 20.1 | 37.3 | 40.7 | 24.6 | 60.8 | 21.8 | 24.7 | 21.3 | 17.0 | 21.9 | 24.4 | 30.1 | 29.7 | 16.5 | 26.6 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 33.3 | 40.7 | 12.9 | 10.9 | – | 50.7 | |
| 9.6% | 3.5% | -8.2% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 4.1% | 6.1% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 4.1% | 1.6% | 4.6% | 4.0% | 4.7% | 5.9% | 4.6% | 4.1% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 6.0% | 3.8% | 6.9% | 6.6% | 3.0% | 2.5% | 7.7% | 9.2% | -12.6% | 2.0% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40.2% | 43.0% | 39.5% | 40.8% | 42.0% | 40.0% | 40.1% | 42.1% | 43.6% | 45.0% | 45.0% | 43.5% | 61.9% | 65.3% | 63.8% | 49.9% | 23.6% | 22.6% | 22.9% | 19.9% | 21.9% | 21.5% | 20.1% | 20.9% | 18.0% | 22.6% | 29.3% | 24.1% | 13.7% | 20.5% | |
| 5.9% | 8.8% | 12.3% | 15.5% | 17.4% | 13.9% | 14.5% | 16.6% | 19.0% | 21.0% | 21.4% | 18.1% | 14.8% | 4.5% | 11.1% | 14.4% | 14.3% | 12.9% | 12.3% | 8.5% | 6.1% | 9.9% | 9.2% | 9.3% | 5.8% | 10.6% | 14.7% | 6.4% | -43.0% | 1.5% | |
| 2.5% | 4.5% | 7.8% | 9.4% | 10.9% | 8.7% | 9.6% | 10.7% | 12.2% | 14.0% | 13.9% | 11.4% | 9.0% | 2.4% | 6.6% | 8.8% | 9.0% | 8.3% | 7.8% | 5.8% | 2.8% | 7.9% | 7.0% | 7.2% | 1.9% | 7.6% | 11.5% | 12.2% | -33.0% | -4.3% | |
| 2.4% | 1.8% | -7.6% | 7.4% | 8.0% | 13.5% | 11.5% | 12.4% | 9.3% | 9.1% | 10.5% | 3.9% | 6.8% | 7.0% | 8.0% | 10.4% | 8.1% | 8.5% | 6.7% | 4.7% | 9.0% | 5.9% | 8.3% | 10.8% | 5.0% | 5.8% | 13.0% | 11.0% | -4.5% | 0.6% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9.6% | 17.0% | 53.2% | 29.2% | 28.1% | 18.7% | 18.3% | 17.5% | 19.0% | 25.1% | 26.4% | 26.2% | 19.7% | 4.4% | 12.5% | 16.5% | 15.0% | 12.5% | 13.2% | 10.9% | 5.5% | 16.4% | 16.6% | 15.1% | 4.3% | 17.8% | 27.3% | 21.9% | -405.0% | -95.1% | |
| 4.0% | 7.3% | 17.9% | 20.1% | 20.2% | 14.5% | 14.9% | 14.7% | 16.0% | 21.1% | 23.0% | 18.6% | 13.8% | 3.1% | 9.2% | 13.8% | 13.2% | 10.8% | 11.3% | 7.9% | 4.3% | 12.7% | 12.1% | 8.8% | 2.3% | 9.5% | 16.0% | 5.6% | -29.1% | -3.9% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 4.8 | 4.8 | -4.7 | -7.4 | -14 | -32 | -83 | 0.8 | 2.0 | -7.4 | 27 | 34 | 11 | -24 | -58 | -112 | -127 | -40 | 51 | 21 | 37 | 22 | 40 | 118 | 181 | 112 | 1,726 | 1,684 | 1,704 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | -0.3 | -225.2 | -1.7 | – | – | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -0.3 | -0.6 | -1.1 | -1.2 | -0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 11.8 | – | 9.2 | |
| 41.6% | 42.6% | 33.6% | 69.0% | 72.0% | 77.8% | 81.3% | 84.4% | 84.4% | 84.1% | 87.0% | 71.0% | 70.4% | 70.9% | 73.4% | 84.1% | 88.1% | 86.1% | 85.6% | 72.8% | 77.8% | 77.6% | 72.8% | 58.2% | 52.3% | 53.1% | 58.5% | 25.7% | 7.2% | 4.1% | |
| 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 8.9 | 16.0 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.15 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.51 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 0.65 | 0.79 | 1.05 | 1.39 | 1.55 | 1.50 | 1.47 | 0.34 | 1.10 | 1.60 | 1.78 | 1.77 | 1.96 | 1.78 | 0.90 | 2.89 | 3.15 | 3.08 | 0.86 | 3.88 | 7.17 | 6.44 | -29.66 | -3.48 | |
| 5.87 | 6.87 | 4.54 | 5.40 | 6.42 | 6.79 | 6.80 | 7.39 | 8.61 | 9.93 | 11.19 | 13.11 | 16.35 | 14.40 | 16.62 | 18.22 | 19.79 | 21.21 | 25.09 | 30.72 | 31.96 | 36.43 | 45.25 | 42.93 | 45.84 | 50.83 | 62.38 | 52.71 | 89.84 | 80.56 | |
| 1.54 | 1.82 | 0.66 | 1.74 | 2.49 | 3.18 | 3.56 | 4.52 | 5.52 | 5.53 | 5.88 | 5.73 | 7.46 | 7.75 | 8.80 | 9.75 | 11.91 | 14.17 | 14.89 | 16.34 | 16.23 | 17.66 | 18.95 | 20.39 | 19.76 | 21.75 | 26.27 | 29.39 | 7.32 | 3.66 | |
| 0.14 | 0.13 | -0.34 | 0.40 | 0.52 | 0.92 | 0.78 | 0.91 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 1.17 | 0.51 | 1.12 | 1.01 | 1.33 | 1.89 | 1.60 | 1.80 | 1.68 | 1.45 | 2.87 | 2.15 | 3.78 | 4.62 | 2.31 | 2.97 | 8.11 | 5.79 | -4.08 | 0.49 | |
Data as of: September 22, 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.