First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer FWRG or RRR?

First Watch Restaurant Group presently has a consensus target price of $22.73, indicating a potential upside of 28.40%. Red Rock Resorts has a consensus target price of $54.33, indicating a potential upside of 29.17%. Given Red Rock Resorts' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Red Rock Resorts is more favorable than First Watch Restaurant Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Watch Restaurant Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Red Rock Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FWRG or RRR?

Red Rock Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than First Watch Restaurant Group. Red Rock Resorts 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	$1.02B	1.06	$25.39M	$0.30	59.00
Red Rock Resorts	$1.94B	2.30	$154.05M	$2.51	16.76

Is FWRG or RRR more profitable?

Red Rock Resorts has a net margin of 7.94% compared to First Watch Restaurant Group's net margin of 2.09%. Red Rock Resorts' return on equity of 71.00% beat First Watch Restaurant Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Watch Restaurant Group	2.09%	3.61%	1.53%
Red Rock Resorts	7.94%	71.00%	3.85%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FWRG or RRR?

96.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of Red Rock Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.3% of Red Rock Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to FWRG or RRR?

In the previous week, Red Rock Resorts had 2 more articles in the media than First Watch Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Red Rock Resorts and 13 mentions for First Watch Restaurant Group. Red Rock Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat First Watch Restaurant Group's score of 0.77 indicating that Red Rock Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Watch Restaurant Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Red Rock Resorts	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FWRG or RRR?

Red Rock Resorts received 356 more outperform votes than First Watch Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.35% of users gave Red Rock Resorts an outperform vote while only 59.09% of users gave First Watch Restaurant Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Watch Restaurant Group	Outperform Votes 52 59.09%	Underperform Votes 36 40.91%
Red Rock Resorts	Outperform Votes 408 64.35%	Underperform Votes 226 35.65%

Which has more risk and volatility, FWRG or RRR?

First Watch Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red Rock Resorts has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Red Rock Resorts beats First Watch Restaurant Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.