First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FWRG or ATAT?

96.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Atour Lifestyle shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to FWRG or ATAT?

In the previous week, Atour Lifestyle had 12 more articles in the media than First Watch Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Atour Lifestyle and 2 mentions for First Watch Restaurant Group. First Watch Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Atour Lifestyle's score of 1.19 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Atour Lifestyle	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FWRG or ATAT?

Atour Lifestyle has higher revenue and earnings than First Watch Restaurant Group. Atour Lifestyle 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	$1.06B	0.90	$25.39M	$0.17	91.47
Atour Lifestyle	$7.25B	0.58	$103.82M	$1.28	23.58

Do analysts prefer FWRG or ATAT?

First Watch Restaurant Group presently has a consensus price target of $21.36, indicating a potential upside of 37.39%. Atour Lifestyle has a consensus price target of $36.17, indicating a potential upside of 19.84%. Given First Watch Restaurant Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe First Watch Restaurant Group is more favorable than Atour Lifestyle.

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
Atour Lifestyle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, FWRG or ATAT?

First Watch Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atour Lifestyle has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FWRG or ATAT?

First Watch Restaurant Group received 51 more outperform votes than Atour Lifestyle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.89% of users gave Atour Lifestyle an outperform vote while only 61.46% of users gave First Watch Restaurant Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Watch Restaurant Group	Outperform Votes 59 61.46%	Underperform Votes 37 38.54%
Atour Lifestyle	Outperform Votes 8 88.89%	Underperform Votes 1 11.11%

Is FWRG or ATAT more profitable?

Atour Lifestyle has a net margin of 17.43% compared to First Watch Restaurant Group's net margin of 2.09%. Atour Lifestyle's return on equity of 48.26% 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%
Atour Lifestyle	17.43%	48.26%	16.71%

Summary

First Watch Restaurant Group beats Atour Lifestyle on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.