First Watch Restaurant (FWRG) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)

First Watch Restaurant's Return on Capital Employed history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.73% for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 27.0% year-over-year to 1.73% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 1.73%, a 27.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 1.88%, down 122.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed retreated to 1.73% in Q1 2026 per FWRG's latest filing, from 1.76% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 3.68% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 1.28% in Q2 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 2.4% (2023), against an average of 2.43%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 198 bps in 2023 and slumped 222 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.7% in 2022, then surged by 117 bps to 3.68% in 2023, then declined by 22 bps to 2.86% in 2024, then sank by 38 bps to 1.76% in 2025, then declined by 1 bps to 1.73% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest FWRG Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 1.73% (Q1 2026), 1.76% (Q4 2025), and 1.47% (Q3 2025).