First Watch Restaurant Group Inc (FWRG) is expecting 5.07% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

First Watch Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ: FWRG) on Tuesday, plunged -1.05% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $20.09. Within the past 52 weeks, FWRG’s price has moved between $12.90 and $25.98.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Cyclical Sector giant was 22.31%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 16.14%. With a float of $39.60 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $60.70 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 15000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 18.53%, operating margin of 4.08%, and the pretax margin is 2.76%.

First Watch Restaurant Group Inc (FWRG) Insider Activity

Observing investor behavior towards Restaurants industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of First Watch Restaurant Group Inc is 35.05%, while institutional ownership is 80.93%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 12 ’25, was worth 134,699. In this transaction CFO and Treasurer of this company sold 8,013 shares at a rate of $16.81, taking the stock ownership to the 74,302 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 12 ’25, when Company’s Chief Legal Officer, GC & Secy sold 5,743 for $16.81, making the entire transaction worth $96,540. This insider now owns 37,768 shares in total.

First Watch Restaurant Group Inc (FWRG) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.15 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 16.14% per share during the next fiscal year.

First Watch Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ: FWRG) Trading Performance Indicators

First Watch Restaurant Group Inc (FWRG) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.36 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.19.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.30, a number that is poised to hit 0.04 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.50 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of First Watch Restaurant Group Inc (FWRG)

Looking closely at First Watch Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ: FWRG), its last 5-days average volume was 0.96 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.65 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 94.67%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.13.

During the past 100 days, First Watch Restaurant Group Inc’s (FWRG) raw stochastic average was set at 63.15%, which indicates a significant decrease from 89.81% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 79.47% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 52.75% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $18.53, while its 200-day Moving Average is $17.61. However, in the short run, First Watch Restaurant Group Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $20.33. Second resistance stands at $20.78. The third major resistance level sits at $21.14. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $19.53, it is likely to go to the next support level at $19.17. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $18.72.

First Watch Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ: FWRG) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 1.21 billion based on 60,969K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 1,016 M and income totals 18,930 K. The company made 263,290 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 700 K in sales during its previous quarter.