FWRG vs. TNL, MLCO, BH.A, PK, SG, ARCO, CNNE, XHR, HDL, and SHCO
Should you be buying First Watch Restaurant Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Watch Restaurant Group include Travel + Leisure (TNL), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Biglari (BH.A), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), Sweetgreen (SG), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Cannae (CNNE), Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR), Super Hi International (HDL), and Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
First Watch Restaurant Group vs. Its Competitors
Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL) and First Watch Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FWRG) are both restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
Travel + Leisure has a net margin of 10.14% compared to First Watch Restaurant Group's net margin of 0.37%. First Watch Restaurant Group's return on equity of 0.69% beat Travel + Leisure's return on equity.
Travel + Leisure currently has a consensus target price of $62.30, indicating a potential upside of 4.72%. First Watch Restaurant Group has a consensus target price of $21.09, indicating a potential upside of 12.01%. Given First Watch Restaurant Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Watch Restaurant Group is more favorable than Travel + Leisure.
In the previous week, First Watch Restaurant Group had 14 more articles in the media than Travel + Leisure. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for First Watch Restaurant Group and 12 mentions for Travel + Leisure. Travel + Leisure's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat First Watch Restaurant Group's score of 0.47 indicating that Travel + Leisure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
87.5% of Travel + Leisure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Travel + Leisure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by company 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.
Travel + Leisure has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Watch Restaurant Group has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Travel + Leisure has higher revenue and earnings than First Watch Restaurant Group. Travel + Leisure 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.
Summary
First Watch Restaurant Group beats Travel + Leisure on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:FWRG) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
