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First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (FWRG)

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First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (FWRG) reported revenue of $355 million for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 28 June 2026, up 15.2% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $2 million, up 11.1% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.04. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 4 August 2026.

Revenue$355 millionup 15.2%
Net income$2 millionup 11.1%
Diluted EPS$0.04
QuarterQ2 FY2026ended 28 June 2026

First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG) in brief

First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG) reported revenue of $1.2 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 28 December 2025, up 20.3% on the year before.
Read moreNet income was $19 million and diluted earnings per share $0.31. Revenue was $1.0 billion in fiscal 2024, $892 million in fiscal 2023, $730 million in fiscal 2022 and $601 million in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was $19 million, $25 million, $7 million and a loss of $2 million. Over the twelve months to 28 June 2026, First Watch Restaurant Group reported revenue of $1.3 billion and net income of $18 million. Revenue grew 29.0% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. First Watch Restaurant Group had 62 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 28 June 2026 it carried $293 million of debt and $20 million of cash. At the close of 29 October 2026 the market cap of First Watch Restaurant Group was $772 million, 43.1 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE2.8%
ROCE3.0%
Operating margin2.1%
Net margin1.4%
FCF margin-1.6%
Interest cover1.48
Debt to equity0.46
Cash conversion7.20
Share count, last 12 months1.1%
Sales CAGR, 3 years18.7%
Profit CAGR, 3 years41.2%
EPS, TTM$0.29

At the close of 29 October 2026

Price$12.51
Market cap$772 million
Stock P/E43.12
Price to book1.22
EV / EBITDA9.34
Dividend yieldn/a
Market cap / sales0.59
52-week high$18.56
52-week low$10.11
Price, 1 year-26.7%
Price CAGR, 3 years-9.8%
Price CAGR, 5 years-10.3%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on the borrowing lines of First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.'s balance sheet, added together, finance leases inside them only where the company puts them there; operating leases are a separate line. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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Daily prices to 29 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
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The public record on FWRG

Dividendsno dividend in its filings for fiscal 2019 onward
Filings21 in twelve months: 13 current reports (8-K), about 6 regulation FD disclosure; 6 results of operations; 4 officer or director change; 2 shareholder vote; 1 other events
Planned insider sales2 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $209,610; latest 22 January 2026
Options tapeput/call 0.15 by open interest at the 29 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 15.8% move to 20 November 2026
13F holders206 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest BlackRock, Inc.
Insider trading16 sales and 0 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress1 House trade disclosed in six months
Short interest6.4 million shares short, 3.63 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 6 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

Q3 FY2021Q4 FY2021 *Q1 FY2022Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue157163173184187186211216219245242259252263282308316316331355
Operating income7.2-1.17.85.12.61.515.311.37.76.912.316.46.33.91.17.310.19.01.08.1
Operating margin5%-1%4%3%1%1%7%5%4%3%5%6%3%1%0%2%3%3%0%2%
Interest expense6.11.41.01.11.41.71.92.01.82.32.63.43.43.23.34.04.64.84.84.9
Pre-tax income1.3-4.86.94.01.40.313.910.06.75.510.013.83.50.7-1.53.65.74.4-3.43.4
Tax rate41%n/a33%33%97%290%33%20%19%52%28%35%40%5%n/a41%47%-243%n/a31%
Net income0.8-4.74.62.70.0-0.59.48.05.42.67.28.92.10.7-0.82.13.015.2-2.72.3
Net margin0%-3%3%1%0%-0%4%4%2%1%3%3%1%0%-0%1%1%5%-1%1%
Diluted EPS$0.02-$0.09$0.08$0.05$0.00-$0.02$0.15$0.13$0.09$0.04$0.12$0.14$0.03$0.01-$0.01$0.03$0.05$0.24-$0.04$0.04
Operating cash flow13.818.78.023.814.816.321.134.417.522.325.031.935.922.920.139.447.918.534.527.4
Capital expenditure7.98.211.415.218.417.214.515.223.131.828.629.629.140.736.641.142.436.829.340.5
Free cash flow5.910.5-3.48.6-3.6-0.96.619.3-5.6-9.5-3.62.36.8-17.8-16.4-1.75.5-18.35.1-13.1
Shares outstanding45m45m59m59m59m59m59m59m60m60m60m60m61m61m61m61m61m61m62m62m
Filing10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 7 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue4363426017308921,0161,2231,318
Operating income-37.6-47.222.216.941.338.927.528.2
Operating margin-8.6%-13.8%3.7%2.3%4.6%3.8%2.3%2.1%
Interest expense20.122.820.15.28.112.616.719.0
Pre-tax income-57.9-69.60.412.636.128.012.110.0
Income tax-12.4-19.92.55.710.79.1-7.3-7.8
Effective tax raten/an/a669.5%45.1%29.6%32.5%-60.2%-77.6%
Net income-45.4-49.7-2.16.925.418.919.417.8
Net margin-10.4%-14.5%-0.4%0.9%2.8%1.9%1.6%1.4%
Diluted EPS-$1.01-$1.10-$0.04$0.11$0.41$0.30$0.31$0.29
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by product or service FY2023 to FY2025

FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
of the parts, latest year
In-restaurant dining sales71782998280.4%
Third-party delivery sales91.497.414211.6%
Take-out sales68.777.987.67.2%
Royalty and system fund contributions13.510.99.70.8%
Business combinations - revenues recognized0.60.40.4under 0.1%
Initial fees0.40.30.2under 0.1%
In-restaurant dining salesThird-party delivery salesTake-out salesRoyalty and system fund contributionsBusiness combinations - revenues recognizedInitial fees
892FY20231,016FY20241,223FY2025

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow21.5-18.463.062.995.3116126128
Capital expenditure59.226.735.362.283.3128157149
Free cash flow-37.7-45.127.70.712.0-12.3-31.0-20.8
Free cash flow margin-8.6%-13.2%4.6%0.1%1.3%-1.2%-2.5%-1.6%
Cash from investing-82.4-27.0-35.7-63.1-123-207-214-151
Cash from financing55.873.3-14.3-2.028.174.375.824.5
Depreciation and amortisation28.030.732.434.241.257.775.083.6
Share-based compensation1.20.88.610.47.68.510.812.8
Diluted shares, weighted45m45m48m60m61m62m63m62m
Shares outstanding at period endn/a45m45m59m60m61m61m62m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity330321504523561595626634
Debtn/a290105102125198282293
Operating lease liabilitiesn/a308330366441556651702
Finance lease liabilitiesn/a1.71.30.80.42.210.812.3
Other liabilitiesn/a87.2105112139163171180
Total liabilities and equityn/a1,0081,0471,1041,2671,5141,7421,821
Owned
Fixed assetsn/a161165n/an/an/an/an/a
Goodwilln/a345345345360399420420
Intangible assetsn/a144143143151168175171
Cash and equivalents11.138.851.949.749.633.321.220.5
Receivablesn/a3.94.56.25.57.26.96.8
Inventoryn/a2.94.05.05.46.17.27.8
Other assetsn/a3123345556959021,1121,195
Total assetsn/a1,0081,0471,1041,2671,5141,7421,821
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compoundedn/a29.0%18.7%19.3%
Profit growth, compoundedn/an/a41.2%335.6%
Return on equity, averagen/a2.3%3.6%3.1%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was First Watch Restaurant Group's revenue in fiscal 2025?

First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG) reported revenue of $1.2 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 28 December 2025, up 20.3% on the year before.

How much did First Watch Restaurant Group earn in fiscal 2025?

Net income was $19 million for fiscal 2025, and diluted earnings per share $0.31.

What is First Watch Restaurant Group's P/E ratio?

At the close of 29 October 2026, First Watch Restaurant Group traded at 43.1 times its earnings over the twelve months to 28 June 2026.

What is First Watch Restaurant Group's market cap?

The market cap of First Watch Restaurant Group was $772 million at the close of 29 October 2026.

How much debt does First Watch Restaurant Group have?

At 28 June 2026 First Watch Restaurant Group carried $293 million of debt and $20 million of cash.

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19 companies share its SEC industry code (Retail-Eating Places); the rest are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Restaurants, Hotels, Motels, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q28 June 20264 August 2026EDGAR
10-Q29 March 20265 May 2026EDGAR
10-K28 December 202524 February 2026EDGAR
10-Q28 September 20254 November 2025EDGAR
10-Q29 June 20255 August 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 March 20256 May 2025EDGAR
10-K29 December 202411 March 2025EDGAR
10-Q29 September 20247 November 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20246 August 2024EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20247 May 2024EDGAR