EWCZ vs. UDMY, DAO, GOTU, VSTA, NRDY, QSG, SDA, EM, EJH, and YSXT
Should you be buying European Wax Center stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of European Wax Center include Udemy (UDMY), Youdao (DAO), Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), Vasta Platform (VSTA), Nerdy (NRDY), QuantaSing Group (QSG), SunCar Technology Group (SDA), Smart Share Global (EM), E-Home Household Service (EJH), and YSX Tech (YSXT). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
European Wax Center vs. Its Competitors
European Wax Center (NASDAQ:EWCZ) and Udemy (NASDAQ:UDMY) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Udemy received 15 more outperform votes than European Wax Center when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.66% of users gave Udemy an outperform vote while only 51.16% of users gave European Wax Center an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Udemy had 8 more articles in the media than European Wax Center. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Udemy and 4 mentions for European Wax Center. European Wax Center's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Udemy's score of 0.75 indicating that European Wax Center is being referred to more favorably in the media.
European Wax Center has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Udemy has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.1% of European Wax Center shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Udemy shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of European Wax Center shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Udemy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
European Wax Center has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Udemy. Udemy 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.
European Wax Center presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.95%. Udemy has a consensus price target of $10.05, suggesting a potential upside of 45.59%. Given Udemy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Udemy is more favorable than European Wax Center.
European Wax Center has a net margin of 4.96% compared to Udemy's net margin of -10.84%. European Wax Center's return on equity of 16.51% beat Udemy's return on equity.
Summary
European Wax Center beats Udemy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:EWCZ) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
