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In the latest session, First Watch Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ: FWRG) closed at $16.49 up 0.43% from its previous closing price of $16.42. In other words, the price has increased by $0.43 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.79 million shares were traded. FWRG stock price reached its highest trading level at $16.85 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $16.01.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of First Watch Restaurant Group Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.36 and its Current Ratio is at 0.40. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.36 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.25.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Stephens on October 17, 2024, initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $20.
On August 27, 2024, The Benchmark Company started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $23.
Stifel Downgraded its Buy to Hold on January 04, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $22 to $20.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 12 ’25 when HOPE H MELVILLE III sold 8,013 shares for $16.81 per share. The transaction valued at 134,699 led to the insider holds 74,302 shares of the business.
Wolszczak Jay Anthony sold 5,743 shares of FWRG for $96,540 on Mar 12 ’25. The Chief Legal Officer, GC & Secy now owns 37,768 shares after completing the transaction at $16.81 per share. On Mar 12 ’25, another insider, Hartman Eric Richard, who serves as the Chief Development Officer of the company, sold 3,916 shares for $16.81 each. As a result, the insider received 65,828 and left with 69,475 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, FWRG now has a Market Capitalization of 1000944640 and an Enterprise Value of 1777183488. As of this moment, First’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 54.37, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 32.63. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.72. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.99 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.68. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.749 whereas that against EBITDA is 17.439.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for FWRG is 1.04, which has changed by -0.3021583 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09506309 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, FWRG has reached a high of $25.98, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $12.90. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -16.56%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -6.95%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, FWRG has traded an average of 560.26K shares per day and 838070 over the past ten days. A total of 60.70M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 40.41M. Insiders hold about 33.43% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 81.06% stake in the company. Shares short for FWRG as of 1740700800 were 5339265 with a Short Ratio of 9.53, compared to 1738281600 on 4653555. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5339265 and a Short% of Float of 16.64.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
