First Watch: Patient Long-Term Buy After 2025 Expansion and a Reset in Sentiment
First Watch (FWRG) finished fiscal 2025 with heavy unit growth, positive same-restaurant sales and traffic, and a system of 633 restaurants. The stock trades at roughly $11.45 with a market cap near $700M, EV/EBITDA ~9.3 and a P/E north of 36. For investors willing to look out 6+ months, this combination of growth and reasonable enterprise multiple…