First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG) Competitors

First Watch Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FWRG) and Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE:HGV) are both restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

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

96.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FWRG or HGV more profitable?

First Watch Restaurant Group has a net margin of 1.03% compared to Hilton Grand Vacations' net margin of 0.68%. Hilton Grand Vacations' return on equity of 9.93% beat First Watch Restaurant Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Watch Restaurant Group	1.03%	1.84%	0.73%
Hilton Grand Vacations	0.68%	9.93%	1.67%

Do analysts prefer FWRG or HGV?

First Watch Restaurant Group currently has a consensus target price of $21.55, suggesting a potential upside of 27.04%. Hilton Grand Vacations has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.39%. Given First Watch Restaurant Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Watch Restaurant Group is more favorable than Hilton Grand Vacations.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Watch Restaurant Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11
Hilton Grand Vacations	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FWRG or HGV?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Watch Restaurant Group	$1.06B	0.98	$18.92M	$0.17	99.76
Hilton Grand Vacations	$4.98B	0.85	$47M	$0.32	144.32

Does the media favor FWRG or HGV?

In the previous week, First Watch Restaurant Group and First Watch Restaurant Group both had 9 articles in the media. Hilton Grand Vacations' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat First Watch Restaurant Group's score of 0.85 indicating that Hilton Grand Vacations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Watch Restaurant Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hilton Grand Vacations	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, FWRG or HGV?

First Watch Restaurant Group has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Grand Vacations has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hilton Grand Vacations beats First Watch Restaurant Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.