FWRD · XBRL financial data
Forward Air financial statements, every fiscal year
The same tables from 7 filings, lined up. Matched by XBRL tag: renamed lines keep their history.
How these numbers work
- Every number comes from the company's XBRL financial data filed with the SEC, and each one links to its filing.
- Lines are matched by XBRL tag, so a line renamed between filings keeps its history.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: the 10-K year minus the first three quarters, or a year-to-date total minus the earlier one. Fourth-quarter earnings per share is fourth-quarter net income over the fourth-quarter weighted shares.
- 0 means a filing states zero; a dash (—) means no filing states that number.
- “year only” means the 10-K gives the full year but not the quarters needed to work out the fourth. A worked-out quarter of revenue, cost of revenue or operating cash flow more than twice the company's largest quarter of the two years before is shown this way too.
- Gross profit is shown as the company reports it; a worked-out quarter must equal revenue less cost of revenue for that quarter, or it is a dash.
- Operating income can be above gross profit when the company books other operating income between the two, shown on its own line.
- Shares outstanding come from each filing's cover page, as of the date printed there.
- Quarters are fiscal: Q2 FY27 is the second quarter of the company's fiscal 2027.
Income statement
CSVFiscal years (FWRD's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1,270 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Revenue from contracts with customers | 1,270 | 1,662 | 1,973 | 1,371 | 2,474 | 2,495 |
| Cost of goods and services sold | 651 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income (loss) | 74 | 159 | 266 | 88 | (1,063) | 36 |
| Interest expense | 5 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 189 | 181 |
| Other income (expense) | (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 17 | 39 | 68 | 14 | (125) | (5) |
| Net income (loss) | 24 | 106 | 193 | 167 | (817) | (108) |
| Earnings per share, basic USD per share | 0.84 | 3.87 | 7.17 | 6.42 | (30.63) | (3.51) |
| Earnings per share, diluted USD per share | 0.84 | 3.85 | 7.14 | 6.40 | (30.63) | (3.51) |
| Weighted average shares, basic millions of shares | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 31 |
| Weighted average shares, diluted millions of shares | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 31 |
Balance sheet
CSVFiscal years (FWRD's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 40 | 37 | 46 | 122 | 105 | 106 |
| Accounts receivable | 156 | 208 | 221 | 153 | 322 | 344 |
| Prepaid and other current assets | 21 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 28 |
| Total current assets | 246 | 283 | 304 | 347 | 473 | 521 |
| Property and equipment, net | 190 | 219 | 249 | — | — | — |
| Right-of-use asset | 123 | 148 | 142 | 112 | 410 | 413 |
| Goodwill | 245 | 267 | 306 | 279 | 523 | 523 |
| Total assets | 1,047 | 1,118 | 1,208 | 2,980 | 2,803 | 2,719 |
| Accounts payable | 38 | 45 | 55 | 45 | 106 | 122 |
| Accrued liabilities | 51 | 62 | 54 | 63 | 120 | 114 |
| Current portion of long-term debt | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Total current liabilities | 172 | 165 | 169 | 237 | 384 | 428 |
| Long-term debt | 112 | 155 | 107 | 0 | 1,676 | 1,687 |
| Lease liability, non-current | 80 | 101 | 99 | 72 | 326 | 327 |
| Total liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | 2,557 |
| Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) | 304 | 335 | 436 | 480 | (338) | (447) |
| Total stockholders' equity | 547 | 594 | 707 | 764 | 202 | 113 |
| Total liabilities and equity | 1,047 | 1,118 | 1,208 | 2,980 | 2,803 | 2,719 |
| Common shares outstanding (cover page) millions of shares | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 32 |
Cash flows
CSVFiscal years (FWRD's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income (loss) | 24 | 106 | 193 | 167 | (817) | (108) |
| Stock-based compensation | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 37 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 144 | 153 |
| Purchases of property and equipment | 20 | 39 | 41 | 31 | 37 | 29 |
| Proceeds from issuing common stock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Share repurchases | 45 | 49 | 63 | 94 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividends paid | 21 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Net change in cash | (24) | (3) | 9 | 1,906 | (1,847) | 1 |
Compare with peers
SIC 4731 and related industry codes, similar size; rows marked “added: same SIC” fill a short list. Each row is the latest quarter reported.
How peers are chosen
- SIC 4731 and related industry codes with public float (or, where float is missing, quarterly revenue) between 0.2x and 5x the company's.
- Each row is the latest quarter the company has reported, named in the Quarter column; when that filing is a 10-K, it is the fourth quarter, never the full year.
- Fewer than three companies fall in that range, so the list adds same-SIC (4731) companies nearest in public float, each marked “added: same SIC”.
- Runway shows only for companies burning cash with under $10B of public float.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: for a 10-K, the year less the first three quarters; for a 10-Q, the year-to-date total less the earlier one.
- A cell reading “not reported” means the filings give no figure for that quarter alone.
| Company | Cash ($M) | Revenue, quarter ($M) | Operating cash flow, quarter ($M) | Shares outstanding | Runway | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward Air | 139 | 673 | (4.9)* | 33.8M | 28.6 quarters | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Hub Group | 120 | 934 | 28* | not reported | — | 10-QSep 30, 2025 |
| Radiant Logistics | 26 | 261* | (12)* | 46.9M | 2.1 quarters | 10-KJun 30, 2026 |
| Brinksadded: same SIC | 1,563 | 1,375 | 90* | 41.2M | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| C. H. Robinson Worldwideadded: same SIC | 193 | 5,358 | 124* | 115.9M | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Quanome Technologiesadded: same SIC | 0.7 | 0.7* | not reported | 34.4M | — | 10-KJun 30, 2026 |
| Expeditors International of Washingtonadded: same SIC | 1,031 | 3,502 | 179 | 130.0M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Singularity Future Technologyadded: same SIC | 2.2 | 0.8* | (0.5)* | 5.4M | 4.5 quarters | 10-KJun 30, 2026 |
| CGL Logistics Holdingsadded: same SIC | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported | — | — |
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