First Watch Restaurant Group Ownership | Who Owns First Watch Restaurant Group?


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First Watch Restaurant Group Ownership Summary


First Watch Restaurant Group is owned by 116.98% institutional investors, 1.99% insiders. Advent corp/ma is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.67% of FWRG shares. JHancock Small Cap Core NAV is the top mutual fund, with 3.16% of its assets in First Watch Restaurant Group shares.

FWRG Ownership Benchmark


TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockFirst Watch Restaurant Group116.98%1.99%-18.97%
SectorConsumer Cyclical Stocks 42.53%14.10%43.38%
IndustryRestaurants Stocks 49.56%11.47%38.97%

Institutional Shareholders


Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Advent corp/ma5.29M8.67%$82.73M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de3.12M5.11%$48.80M
Vanguard group2.89M4.73%$45.17M
Fmr2.54M4.17%$39.79M
Dimensional fund advisors lp2.44M4.00%$38.21M
Lazard asset management2.28M3.74%$36.59M
Blackrock2.13M3.52%$37.35M
Gilder gagnon howe2.15M3.52%$33.56M
Jpmorgan chase1.98M3.24%$30.92M
Champlain investment partners1.92M3.15%$30.07M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
Deepwater asset management724.71K4.51%$11.33M
Avory & company354.70K3.34%$5.55M
12 west capital management lp1.49M2.42%$23.31M
Advent corp/ma5.29M1.67%$82.73M
Manatuck hill partners295.00K1.53%$4.61M
Penn capital management company1.01M1.40%$16.18M
Mesirow institutional investment management833.19K1.19%$15.51M
Granahan investment management1.67M1.07%$26.08M
Diametric capital, lp109.08K0.63%$1.71M
Paralel advisors900.00K0.55%$14.08M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Bank of new york mellon1.87M0.01%1.53M
Woodline partners lp1.30M0.10%1.30M
Goldman sachs group1.40M0.00%1.15M
Mesirow institutional investment management833.19K1.19%833.19K
Silvercrest asset management group1.28M0.13%614.25K

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Advent corp/ma5.29M1.67%-9.40M
Foxhaven asset management, lp---1.85M
Capital research global investors---776.54K
Lord, abbett---724.37K
Driehaus capital management---596.60K

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Woodline partners lp1.30M0.10%1.30M$20.32M
Mesirow institutional investment management833.19K1.19%833.19K$15.51M
Jain global370.27K0.03%370.27K$5.79M
Fred alger management365.11K0.02%365.11K$5.71M
Hudson bay capital management lp315.60K0.02%315.60K$4.94M

Sold Out

HolderChange
Lindbrook capital-3.00
National bank of canada /fi/-3.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group-4.00
Skopos labs-4.00
Massmutual trust co fsb/adv-11.00

Institutional Ownership Trends


DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Sep 30, 202518210.98%71,364,3553.29%1160.91%1084.85%442.33%
Jun 30, 20251686.33%69,701,733-1.19%1140.85%10410.64%469.52%
Mar 31, 20259-94.19%25,483,988-62.60%410.33%5-95.50%3-88.89%
Dec 31, 202492-31.34%24,336,787-62.82%400.34%64-29.67%19-32.14%
Sep 30, 2024133-3.62%65,462,7790.34%1080.93%9115.19%27-30.77%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders


HolderShares% HoldingChange
JHancock Small Cap Core NAV1.93M3.16%-19.48K
UBS: US Equity Small Cap Growth1.53M2.53%-
Champlain Small Company Fund, LLC1.29M2.12%-3.90K
JPMorgan Small Cap Growth A1.24M2.03%-13.36K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv1.23M2.02%-27.28K
Neuberger Berman Long Short Instl1.13M1.86%-320.29K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF982.55K1.61%-
Federated Hermes Kaufmann Small Cap A957.00K1.57%-
Federated Hermes Kaufmann Small Cap Grow957.00K1.57%-
SRH Total Return Fund900.00K1.47%-

Recent Insider Transactions


DateNameRoleActivityValue
Dec 09, 2025Kussell William A-Sell$104.81K
Sep 08, 2025ADVENT INTERNATIONAL, L.P.-Sell$77.75M
Aug 13, 2025Tomasso Christopher Anthony President and CEOSell$1.80M
Aug 08, 2025ADVENT INTERNATIONAL, L.P.-Sell$88.50M
Jun 03, 2025ADVENT INTERNATIONAL, L.P.-Sell$66.15M

Insider Transactions Trends


DateBuySell
2025 Q4-1
2025 Q3-3
2025 Q213
2025 Q1-7
2024 Q4-3

FWRG Ownership FAQ


Who Owns First Watch Restaurant Group?

First Watch Restaurant Group shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 116.98%, followed by 1.99% insiders and -18.97% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in First Watch Restaurant Group's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 49.56%, which First Watch Restaurant Group exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of First Watch Restaurant Group?

First Watch Restaurant Group’s largest shareholders are Advent corp/ma (5.29M shares, 8.67%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (3.12M shares, 5.11%), and Vanguard group (2.89M shares, 4.73%). Together, they hold 18.52% of First Watch Restaurant Group’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own First Watch Restaurant Group?

Yes, BlackRock owns 3.52% of First Watch Restaurant Group, totaling 2.13M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 37.35M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 345.7K shares, a 19.41% change.

Who is First Watch Restaurant Group’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Deepwater asset management is First Watch Restaurant Group’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 4.51% of its assets in 724.71K First Watch Restaurant Group shares, valued at 11.33M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of First Watch Restaurant Group shares?

JHancock Small Cap Core NAV is the top mutual fund holder of First Watch Restaurant Group shares, with 3.16% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.93M First Watch Restaurant Group shares.

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