** First Watch Restaurant Group's FWRG.O shares down 2.3% in extended trading at $17.52 as private equity firm Advent International divests remaining 8.7% stake
** Florida-based daytime dining chain launches secondary offering of ~5.3 mln shares
** Citigroup sole underwriter
** FWRG has ~61 mln shares outstanding, the filing shows
** Advent last offloaded 4.4 mln shares in Sept in an unregistered block priced at $17.80, which was handled by BofA
** FWRG shares on Weds finished up 1.9% at $17.94 following 11% gain on Tues after co's Q3 rev and adj EBITDA surpassed analysts' expectations
** Through Weds, shares down 3.6% YTD
** Avg rating among 11 analysts is "buy" and median PT is $22, per LSEG data
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
((lance.tupper@thomsonreuters.com))
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