First Watch Restaurant Group

FWRG

Market cap $1.02B

BRADENTON, Fla., Jan. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FWRG) (“First Watch” or the “Company”), the leading Daytime Dining concept serving breakfast, brunch and lunch, today reported certain preliminary operational metrics for the thirteen weeks ended December 28, 2025 (“fourth quarter”) and fiscal year ended December 28, 2025 (“2025”).

BRADENTON, Fla., Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: FWRG) (“First Watch” or the “Company”), the leading Daytime Dining concept serving breakfast, brunch and lunch, today announced that Chris Tomasso, Chief Executive Officer and President, and Mel Hope, Chief Financial Officer, will host a fireside chat at the 28th Annual ICR Conference on Monday, January 12, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

First Watch (FWRG) is a modern, upscale brunch-focused diner outpacing legacy competitors with strong comps, rising margins, and affluent customer appeal. FWRG reported 25.6% revenue growth, 7.1% comps, and 80 bps margin expansion, driven by both traffic and efficiency gains. The company is rapidly expanding by repurposing failed restaurant sites, maintaining disciplined pricing, and capturing market share from struggling peers.

Boston-based Advent International sold 9,400,000 shares, worth an estimated $152.89 million. The change represents 3.3% of Advent International's reported 13F assets under management.

BRADENTON, Fla., Nov. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., (Nasdaq: FWRG) (“First Watch” or the “Company”), the leading Daytime Dining concept serving breakfast, brunch and lunch, today announced it will participate in two investor conferences in December:

BRADENTON, Fla., Nov. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., (Nasdaq: FWRG) (“First Watch” or the “Company”), the leading Daytime Dining concept serving breakfast, brunch and lunch, today announced that it will attend the Stephens Annual Investment Conference to meet with institutional investors and host a fireside chat on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 in Nashville, Tenn.

BRADENTON, Fla., Nov. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (“FWRG” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FWRG), the leading Daytime Dining concept serving breakfast, brunch and lunch, today announced the launch of an underwritten secondary offering (the “Offering”) by certain funds managed by Advent International, L.P. (the “Selling Stockholders”) of 5,289,784 shares of the Company's common stock (“Common Stock”).

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. ( FWRG ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call November 4, 2025 8:00 AM EST Company Participants Steven Marotta - Vice President of Investor Relations Christopher Tomasso - CEO, President & Director Mel Hope - CFO & Treasurer Matt Eisenacher - Chief Brand Officer Conference Call Participants James Salera - Stephens Inc., Research Division Anisha Datt - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Andrew Barish - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Todd Brooks - The Benchmark Company, LLC, Research Division Brian Vaccaro - CGS International Jon Tower - Citigroup Inc. Exchange Research Arian Razai - Guggenheim Securities, LLC, Research Division Andrew Charles - TD Cowen, Research Division Presentation Operator Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call occurring today, November 4, 2025, at 8:00 AM Eastern Time. [Operator Instructions] This call will be archived and available for replay at investors.firstwatch.com under the News & Events section.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended September 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (FWRG) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.05 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.08 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.03 per share a year ago.