First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG) Competitors

First Watch Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FWRG) and BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FWRG or BJRI?

96.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FWRG or BJRI?

First Watch Restaurant Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BJ's Restaurants. BJ's Restaurants is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Watch Restaurant Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Watch Restaurant Group	$891.55M	1.33	$25.39M	$0.38	51.79
BJ's Restaurants	$1.33B	0.62	$19.66M	$1.00	35.04

Does the media prefer FWRG or BJRI?

In the previous week, BJ's Restaurants had 7 more articles in the media than First Watch Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BJ's Restaurants and 2 mentions for First Watch Restaurant Group. First Watch Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat BJ's Restaurants' score of 0.89 indicating that First Watch Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Watch Restaurant Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BJ's Restaurants	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, FWRG or BJRI?

First Watch Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FWRG or BJRI?

BJ's Restaurants received 475 more outperform votes than First Watch Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.70% of users gave BJ's Restaurants an outperform vote while only 52.54% of users gave First Watch Restaurant Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Watch Restaurant Group	Outperform Votes 31 52.54%	Underperform Votes 28 47.46%
BJ's Restaurants	Outperform Votes 506 54.70%	Underperform Votes 419 45.30%

Is FWRG or BJRI more profitable?

First Watch Restaurant Group has a net margin of 2.52% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.80%. BJ's Restaurants' return on equity of 6.51% beat First Watch Restaurant Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Watch Restaurant Group	2.52%	4.15%	1.89%
BJ's Restaurants	1.80%	6.51%	2.29%

Do analysts prefer FWRG or BJRI?

First Watch Restaurant Group presently has a consensus price target of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.57%. BJ's Restaurants has a consensus price target of $38.30, suggesting a potential upside of 9.30%. Given First Watch Restaurant Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe First Watch Restaurant Group is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Watch Restaurant Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
BJ's Restaurants	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

BJ's Restaurants beats First Watch Restaurant Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.