First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG) Competitors

First Watch Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FWRG) and Sweetgreen (NYSE:SG) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, FWRG or SG?

First Watch Restaurant Group has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sweetgreen has a beta of 2.32, suggesting that its stock price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FWRG or SG?

In the previous week, Sweetgreen had 16 more articles in the media than First Watch Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Sweetgreen and 4 mentions for First Watch Restaurant Group. First Watch Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Sweetgreen's score of 0.55 indicating that First Watch Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Watch Restaurant Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Sweetgreen	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FWRG or SG?

First Watch Restaurant Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Watch Restaurant Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Watch Restaurant Group	$997.25M	1.19	$25.39M	$0.33	59.52
Sweetgreen	$584.04M	7.17	-$113.38M	-$0.78	-46.41

Is FWRG or SG more profitable?

First Watch Restaurant Group has a net margin of 2.09% compared to Sweetgreen's net margin of -13.27%. First Watch Restaurant Group's return on equity of 3.61% beat Sweetgreen's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Watch Restaurant Group	2.09%	3.61%	1.53%
Sweetgreen	-13.27%	-18.82%	-10.39%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FWRG or SG?

96.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate FWRG or SG?

First Watch Restaurant Group presently has a consensus price target of $23.30, indicating a potential upside of 18.64%. Sweetgreen has a consensus price target of $39.80, indicating a potential upside of 9.94%. Given First Watch Restaurant Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Watch Restaurant Group is more favorable than Sweetgreen.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Watch Restaurant Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Sweetgreen	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FWRG or SG?

First Watch Restaurant Group received 11 more outperform votes than Sweetgreen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.26% of users gave First Watch Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 50.82% of users gave Sweetgreen an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Watch Restaurant Group	Outperform Votes 42 55.26%	Underperform Votes 34 44.74%
Sweetgreen	Outperform Votes 31 50.82%	Underperform Votes 30 49.18%

Summary

First Watch Restaurant Group beats Sweetgreen on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.