Growth Metrics

First Watch Restaurant (FWRG) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2025)

First Watch Restaurant has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years, most recently at 0.02% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.02% for Q4 2025, down 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.02% (down 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.02%, down 1.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.02% at First Watch Restaurant, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for FWRG hit a ceiling of 0.04% in Q4 2023 and a floor of 0.01% in Q2 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.02% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.02%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: rose 2bps in 2023 and later decreased -2bps in 2025.
  • First Watch Restaurant's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.02% in 2021, then decreased by -28bps to 0.02% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 117bps to 0.04% in 2023, then dropped by -22bps to 0.03% in 2024, then tumbled by -38bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.02% (Q4 2025), 0.01% (Q3 2025), and 0.01% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.