Growth Metrics

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

First Watch Restaurant (FWRG) has 5 years of Return on Capital Employed data on record, last reported at 0.02% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.02%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.02%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.02%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.02% in Q4 2025 per FWRG's latest filing, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.04% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.02%, with a median of 0.02% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: grew 2bps in 2023, then fell -2bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.02% in 2021, then dropped by -28bps to 0.02% in 2022, then soared by 117bps to 0.04% in 2023, then fell by -22bps to 0.03% in 2024, then plummeted by -38bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Capital Employed were 0.02% in Q4 2025, 0.01% in Q3 2025, and 0.01% in Q2 2025.