Growth Metrics

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

First Watch Restaurant has reported FCF Margin over the past 7 years, most recently at 1.54% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 736.0% year-over-year to 1.54%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.75%, up 163.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 2.54%, 133.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 was 1.54% at First Watch Restaurant, up from 5.8% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 9.67% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 6.73% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.41% and a median of 0.55% in 2025 define the central range for FCF Margin.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: skyrocketed 1161bps in 2023 and later plummeted -1115bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 0.51% in 2022, then plummeted by -567bps to 3.38% in 2023, then crashed by -99bps to 6.73% in 2024, then increased by 14bps to 5.8% in 2025, then surged by 127bps to 1.54% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for FWRG at 1.54% in Q1 2026, 5.8% in Q4 2025, and 1.73% in Q3 2025.