EWCZ vs. EVGO, IRS, DAO, UDMY, GOTU, QSG, VSTA, NRDY, EM, and SDA
Should you be buying European Wax Center stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of European Wax Center include EVgo (EVGO), IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones (IRS), Youdao (DAO), Udemy (UDMY), Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), QuantaSing Group (QSG), Vasta Platform (VSTA), Nerdy (NRDY), Smart Share Global (EM), and SunCar Technology Group (SDA). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
European Wax Center vs. Its Competitors
EVgo (NASDAQ:EVGO) and European Wax Center (NASDAQ:EWCZ) are both small-cap personal services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.
European Wax Center has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EVgo. EVgo 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.
In the previous week, European Wax Center had 1 more articles in the media than EVgo. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for European Wax Center and 1 mentions for EVgo. European Wax Center's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat EVgo's score of 0.00 indicating that European Wax Center is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
17.4% of EVgo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of European Wax Center shares are held by institutional investors. 58.8% of EVgo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of European Wax Center shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EVgo currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.49%. European Wax Center has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.48%. Given EVgo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe EVgo is more favorable than European Wax Center.
EVgo has a beta of 2.34, meaning that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, European Wax Center has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
European Wax Center has a net margin of 4.38% compared to EVgo's net margin of -16.56%. European Wax Center's return on equity of 23.65% beat EVgo's return on equity.
Summary
European Wax Center beats EVgo on 9 of the 17 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 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
