European Wax Center (EWCZ) Competitors

IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:IRS) and European Wax Center (NASDAQ:EWCZ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, IRS or EWCZ?

European Wax Center has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than European Wax Center, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima	$319.75B	0.00	-$58.25M	$1.58	9.78
European Wax Center	$216.47M	1.32	$8.93M	$0.20	25.75

Is IRS or EWCZ more profitable?

European Wax Center has a net margin of 4.96% compared to IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's net margin of -79.08%. European Wax Center's return on equity of 16.51% beat IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima	-79.08%	10.23%	5.24%
European Wax Center	4.96%	16.51%	2.56%

Which has more risk & volatility, IRS or EWCZ?

IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, European Wax Center has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IRS or EWCZ?

IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima received 132 more outperform votes than European Wax Center when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.62% of users gave IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 50.59% of users gave European Wax Center an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima	Outperform Votes 175 51.62%	Underperform Votes 164 48.38%
European Wax Center	Outperform Votes 43 50.59%	Underperform Votes 42 49.41%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IRS or EWCZ?

45.5% of IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of European Wax Center shares are held by institutional investors. 25.1% of IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of European Wax Center shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer IRS or EWCZ?

IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.91%. European Wax Center has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.92%. Given European Wax Center's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe European Wax Center is more favorable than IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
European Wax Center	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Does the media prefer IRS or EWCZ?

In the previous week, European Wax Center had 3 more articles in the media than IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for European Wax Center and 3 mentions for IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat European Wax Center's score of 0.86 indicating that IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
European Wax Center	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima and European Wax Center tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.