First Watch Restaurant (FWRG) EBITDA Margin (2020 - 2026)

First Watch Restaurant's (FWRG) quarterly EBITDA Margin came in at 0.3% in Q1 2026, down 9.0% year-on-year from 0.33% in Q1 2025, and down 89.43% quarter-over-quarter from 2.86% in Q4 2025.

First Watch Restaurant (FWRG) EBITDA Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

First Watch Restaurant's EBITDA Margin history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.3% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBITDA Margin fell 9.0% year-over-year to 0.3% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 2.16%, a 47.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 2.25%, down 158.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin fell to 0.3% in Q1 2026 per FWRG's latest filing, from 2.86% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 7.25% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.3% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 2.8% (2023), against an average of 3.1%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBITDA Margin slumped 526 bps in 2022 and jumped 277 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, EBITDA Margin stood at 0.8% in 2022, then jumped by 252 bps to 2.8% in 2023, then tumbled by 48 bps to 1.47% in 2024, then jumped by 95 bps to 2.86% in 2025, then plunged by 89 bps to 0.3% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest FWRG EBITDA Margin figures stand at 0.3% (Q1 2026), 2.86% (Q4 2025), and 3.18% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 117.61 Bn 115.91 Bn 6.32 Bn 8.69%
2 Chipotle Mexican Grill 41.20 Bn 40.33 Bn 2.61 Bn 12.86%
3 Yum Brands 40.68 Bn 39.99 Bn 1.38 Bn 31.28%
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.13 Bn 25.66 Bn 2.14 Bn 26.77%
5 Darden Restaurants 22.23 Bn 21.99 Bn 3.68 Bn 13.90%
6 Yum China Holdings 15.22 Bn 14.47 Bn 2.31 Bn 13.67%
7 Texas Roadhouse 12.56 Bn 12.37 Bn 1.40 Bn 8.96%
8 Dominos Pizza 10.74 Bn 10.60 Bn 478.23 Mn 19.43%
9 Dutch Bros 8.14 Bn 8.10 Bn 107.48 Mn 7.39%
10 First Watch Restaurant 737.04 Mn 713.47 Mn 279.06 Mn 0.30%

Historic Data

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Mar 29, 2026 0.30%
Dec 28, 2025 2.86%
Sep 28, 2025 3.18%
Jun 29, 2025 2.38%
Mar 30, 2025 0.39%
Dec 29, 2024 1.47%
Sep 29, 2024 2.51%
Jun 30, 2024 6.36%
Mar 31, 2024 5.07%
Dec 31, 2023 2.80%
Sep 24, 2023 3.53%
Jun 25, 2023 5.24%
Mar 26, 2023 7.25%
Dec 25, 2022 0.80%
Sep 25, 2022 1.40%
Jun 26, 2022 2.74%
Mar 27, 2022 4.48%
Dec 26, 2021 -0.66%
Sep 26, 2021 4.54%
Jun 27, 2021 8.00%