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First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.

Ticker FWRGBRADENTON, FLFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $10.28Diluted shares 62.6M

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: FWRG) operates a daytime dining restaurant business focused on made-to-order breakfast, brunch and lunch. Its menu features seasonal dishes, classic breakfast and lunch items, fresh juices and coffee, with ingredients prepared in its restaurants; customers can dine in or… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 27, 2026, First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. reported revenue of $1.35B, up 15.6% from a year earlier, and net income of $19.61M. Its operating margin was 2.2%, and operations generated $128.91M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $1.22B, up 20.3% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $19.43M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-28Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-27
Sales & profitability
$1.22BFY2025
+20.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.35B
2.25%FY2025
−1.6 percentage points
Last 12 mo 2.16%
$19.43MFY2025
+2.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $19.61M
3.22%FY2025
No change, year over year
Last 12 mo 4.00%
Cash & financing
$125.91MFY2025
+8.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $128.91M
$-30.99MFY2025
−152.5% year over year
Last 12 mo $-21.16M
0.45FY2025
Was 0.33× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.45
62.8MFY2025
+0.8% year over year
Last 12 mo 62.6M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: FWRG) operates a daytime dining restaurant business focused on made-to-order breakfast, brunch and lunch. Its menu features seasonal dishes, classic breakfast and lunch items, fresh juices and coffee, with ingredients prepared in its restaurants; customers can dine in or order takeout and delivery. The company operates one reportable segment and sells through company-owned and franchise-owned restaurants. At December 28, 2025, it had 633 restaurants in 32 states, including 560 company-owned and 73 franchise-owned locations, and more than 17,500 restaurant employees. First Watch changes its menu four to five times a year and operates restaurants during the daytime, generally from 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The business began in 1983 and has grown through new restaurant openings as well as purchases of franchise-operated locations; in 2025, it acquired 19 operating restaurants in two transactions. Its website is www.firstwatch.com.

Company details
Sector
Consumer Discretionary
Industry (SIC)
Restaurants
Headquarters
BRADENTON, FL
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1789940
SIC
5812

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2021–2025 · USD
$-137.50M$268.68M$674.87M$1.08B$1.49B20212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

189
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$331.84M
held by funds, at market
41.8%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.’s weight in each

Small Cap Core Fund
JCCIX · John Hancock Investment Trust
—of fund net assets
Neuberger Long Short Fund
NLSAX · NEUBERGER BERMAN ALTERNATIVE FUNDS
—of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.02%of fund net assets
BNY Mellon Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund
SDSCX · BNY Mellon Investment Funds I
2.02%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Could not be determined for this company: bond issues.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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