First Watch Restaurant Group Inc [NASDAQ: FWRG] surged by $0.1 during the normal trading session on Thursday and reaching a high of $17.6736 during the day while it closed the day at $17.66.
First Watch Restaurant Group Inc stock has also gained 7.29% of its value over the past 7 days. However, FWRG stock has declined by -4.13% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has lost -4.70% and gained 4.19% year-on date.
The market cap for FWRG stock reached $1.08 billion, with 60.97 million shares outstanding and 44.27 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 1.02M shares, FWRG reached a trading volume of 370243 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about First Watch Restaurant Group Inc [FWRG]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for FWRG shares is $20.91 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on FWRG stock is a recommendation set at 1.27. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
TD Cowen have made an estimate for First Watch Restaurant Group Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on April 01, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Stephens raised their target price to Overweight. The new note on the price target was released on October 17, 2024, representing the official price target for First Watch Restaurant Group Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $23, while The Benchmark Company analysts kept a Buy rating on FWRG stock. On January 04, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for FWRG shares from 22 to 20.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.81, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.31.
FWRG stock trade performance evaluation
First Watch Restaurant Group Inc [FWRG] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 7.29. With this latest performance, FWRG shares gained by 15.05% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -4.70% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -5.10% in the past year of trading.
First Watch Restaurant Group Inc [FWRG]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and First Watch Restaurant Group Inc [FWRG] shares currently have an operating margin of 3.27% and a Gross Margin at 13.90%. First Watch Restaurant Group Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 1.03%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 0.77%, with Return on Assets sitting at 0.77%.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for First Watch Restaurant Group Inc [FWRG] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for FWRG. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for First Watch Restaurant Group Inc go to 12.54%.
First Watch Restaurant Group Inc [FWRG]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $112.15%, or 114.78% of FWRG stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of FWRG stocks are: ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORP/MA with ownership of 27.19 million shares, which is approximately 45.0276%. GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC, holding 3.07 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$53.87 million in FWRG stocks shares; and GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC, currently with $$37.35 million in FWRG stock with ownership which is approximately 3.5222%.
