First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. cash flow to debt ratio of 12.48% indicates that the company cannot generate enough cash to cover its debt over time. This level indicates weak financial health.

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.'s free cash flow has decreased 152.48% from $-12.28M last year to $-30.99M, signaling decreasing performance

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.'s debt to equity ratio is 1.69, which means that the company's assets are unhealthy financed, signaling financial risk.

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.'s debt has increased relative to shareholder equity from 1.36 last year to 1.69 today, signaling weakened financials

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. has a net debt to EBITDA ratio of 9.51x, which exceeds the 3.00x threshold, indicating high leverage and potential financial risk

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.'s interest coverage ratio of 6.06 indicates that earnings with good margin can cover interest payments on company debt

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.'s profit margin has decreased (27.47%) in the last year from 1.86% to 1.35%, signaling decreasing performance

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.'s short-term liabilities of $167.50M exceed its short-term assets of $49.08M, signaling financial risk

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.'s return on assets of 0.98% is lower than the 5.00% threshold, indicating inefficient asset utilization

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.'s return on equity of 2.85%, is lower than 15.00%, indicating bad performance

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.'s operating cash flow exceeds its net income, indicating high-quality earnings backed by actual cash generation

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. has insufficient public price history to evaluate earnings stability.

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. has negative free cash flow, indicating the company is burning cash rather than generating it

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. has negative free cash flow, indicating cash burn

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.'s yearly earnings has increased 2.68% since last year from $18.93M to $19.43M, signaling increasing performance

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.'s yearly revenue has increased 20.34% since last year from $1.02B to $1.22B, signaling increasing performance

ROIC 3.23% (Source: FMP key-metrics). Below the 5% partial-credit threshold. Score: 0 of 2. The 5% and 10% cutoffs anchor to typical US weighted-average cost of capital. Below 5% indicates the company is not generating returns above its likely cost of capital under this definition of invested capital. Invested capital here includes equity, non-current liabilities (pension obligations, deferred taxes, lease obligations), and short-term debt. Cash is not subtracted. Companies with substantial float, lease portfolios, or cash holdings will score lower under this definition than under narrower operating-capital definitions. See methodology.

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.'s 3-year revenue CAGR of 18.74% is positive, indicating growing revenue over the past 3 years

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. had revenue growth in 5 out of 5 years, indicating consistent revenue performance

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. has insufficient public price history to evaluate ROE consistency.

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. has an earnings yield of 2.40%, which is below the 4.00% threshold, indicating the stock may be expensive relative to its earnings

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 0.71 based on EBITDA multiple model

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. has an EV/EBITDA ratio of 16.66x, which is below the 20.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its operating earnings

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. had non-positive diluted EPS five years ago; the PEG ratio is not meaningful and the check fails.

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. has a price-to-book ratio of 1.17x, which is below the 5.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its book value

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. has a price-to-sales ratio of 0.56x, which is below the 8.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its revenue