FWRG vs. HGV, TNL, BH.A, PK, PLYA, SG, ARCO, HDL, SHCO, and CNNE
Should you be buying First Watch Restaurant Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Watch Restaurant Group include Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Biglari (BH.A), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Sweetgreen (SG), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Super Hi International (HDL), Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO), and Cannae (CNNE). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
First Watch Restaurant Group vs.
Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE:HGV) and First Watch Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FWRG) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.
Hilton Grand Vacations presently has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.45%. First Watch Restaurant Group has a consensus target price of $21.36, indicating a potential upside of 33.98%. Given First Watch Restaurant Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Watch Restaurant Group is more favorable than Hilton Grand Vacations.
Hilton Grand Vacations has higher revenue and earnings than First Watch Restaurant Group. First Watch Restaurant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Grand Vacations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, First Watch Restaurant Group had 1 more articles in the media than Hilton Grand Vacations. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for First Watch Restaurant Group and 5 mentions for Hilton Grand Vacations. Hilton Grand Vacations' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat First Watch Restaurant Group's score of 0.72 indicating that Hilton Grand Vacations is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Watch Restaurant Group has a net margin of 2.09% compared to Hilton Grand Vacations' net margin of 2.01%. Hilton Grand Vacations' return on equity of 16.44% beat First Watch Restaurant Group's return on equity.
Hilton Grand Vacations received 298 more outperform votes than First Watch Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.22% of users gave First Watch Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 61.20% of users gave Hilton Grand Vacations an outperform vote.
Hilton Grand Vacations has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Watch Restaurant Group has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
97.2% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
First Watch Restaurant Group beats Hilton Grand Vacations on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FWRG) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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