First Watch Restaurant FWRG
NASDAQ FWRG
$10.02 -0.36 (-3.47%)
As of: Sep 30, 2026 · 1:50 PM EDT

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (FWRG) Operating Margin (2020 - 2026)

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First Watch Restaurant's Operating Margin was 2.29% in Q2 2026, down 0.08 percentage points from 2.38% a year earlier but up 1.99 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (FWRG) Operating Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

On a trailing twelve-month basis, First Watch Restaurant's Operating Margin was 2.14% through Jun 28, 2026, up 0.46 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 2.25%, down 1.58 percentage points from FY2024.

  • Operating Margin shows a five-year change of +16.04 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In earlier years, Operating Margin was 3.83% in FY2024 (-0.80 pp), 4.63% in FY2023 (+2.31 pp), 2.32% in FY2022 (-1.38 pp) and 3.70% in FY2021 (+17.49 pp).
  • Quarterly Operating Margin has moved between -0.66% (Q4 2021) and 7.25% (Q1 2023) over five years.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Operating Margin was higher in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.14 percentage points.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin over five years was Q3 2021 (a gain of 13.18 percentage points); the worst was Q2 2022 (a drop of 5.26 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, FWRG's Operating Margin in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 0.30% (Q1 2026), 2.86% (Q4 2025) and 3.18% (Q3 2025).
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DateValue
Jun 28, 2026 2.29%
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%
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