European Wax Center (EWCZ) Competitors

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$7.35 +0.18 (+2.51%)
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EWCZ vs. AFYA, HTZ, DAO, UDMY, IRS, EVGO, GOTU, SDA, NRDY, and EM

Should you be buying European Wax Center stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of European Wax Center include Afya (AFYA), Hertz Global (HTZ), Youdao (DAO), Udemy (UDMY), IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (IRS), EVgo (EVGO), Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), SunCar Technology Group (SDA), Nerdy (NRDY), and Smart Share Global (EM). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

European Wax Center vs.

European Wax Center (NASDAQ:EWCZ) and Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Afya received 26 more outperform votes than European Wax Center when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.66% of users gave Afya an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave European Wax Center an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
European Wax CenterOutperform Votes
40
53.33%
Underperform Votes
35
46.67%
AfyaOutperform Votes
66
53.66%
Underperform Votes
57
46.34%

Afya has a net margin of 18.42% compared to European Wax Center's net margin of 4.96%. Afya's return on equity of 19.15% beat European Wax Center's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
European Wax Center4.96% 16.51% 2.56%
Afya 18.42%19.15%9.43%

Afya has higher revenue and earnings than European Wax Center. Afya 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
European Wax Center$223.50M1.87$8.93M$0.2331.96
Afya$576.09M2.88$77.38M$1.2414.26

European Wax Center has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Afya has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

European Wax Center presently has a consensus price target of $6.64, indicating a potential downside of 9.62%. Afya has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.81%. Given Afya's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Afya is more favorable than European Wax Center.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
European Wax Center
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Afya
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.60

In the previous week, Afya had 2 more articles in the media than European Wax Center. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Afya and 1 mentions for European Wax Center. European Wax Center's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Afya's score of 0.15 indicating that European Wax Center is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
European Wax Center
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Afya
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

82.1% of European Wax Center shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Afya shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of European Wax Center shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Afya shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Afya beats European Wax Center on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EWCZ vs. The Competition

MetricEuropean Wax CenterPersonal services IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$418.53M$1.26B$16.17B$9.21B
Dividend YieldN/A1.84%2.87%3.99%
P/E Ratio31.9612.1319.7319.44
Price / Sales1.8729.943.6576.06
Price / Cash12.0930.7316.8838.90
Price / Book3.833.146.925.05
Net Income$8.93M$75.61M$621.53M$222.81M
7 Day Performance6.37%1.59%1.39%1.29%
1 Month Performance15.57%3.67%1.07%1.52%
1 Year Performance-53.51%2.94%7.13%16.53%

European Wax Center Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EWCZ
European Wax Center
0.9547 of 5 stars
$7.35
+2.5%
$6.64
-9.6%
-53.5%$418.53M$223.50M31.96110
AFYA
Afya
1.6127 of 5 stars
$16.60
+0.1%
$18.00
+8.4%
-9.9%$1.56B$576.09M13.399,680Short Interest ↑
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$4.46
+3.7%
N/A-47.6%$1.37B$9.19B-0.5025,000
DAO
Youdao
0.4913 of 5 stars
$11.14
+42.3%
N/A+143.9%$1.35B$762.52M159.144,364Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
UDMY
Udemy
1.3538 of 5 stars
$7.87
+3.6%
$10.92
+38.8%
-9.5%$1.15B$728.94M-12.491,443Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
IRS
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima
2.4585 of 5 stars
$13.05
-0.3%
$13.00
-0.4%
+65.2%$976.68M$658.73M-2.931,401
EVGO
EVgo
2.9537 of 5 stars
$2.92
-5.5%
$6.22
+113.1%
+17.0%$885.20M$160.95M-6.95220Positive News
GOTU
Gaotu Techedu
2.7369 of 5 stars
$2.48
+3.6%
$7.23
+192.1%
-45.2%$642.44M$417.02M-4.347,767Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
SDA
SunCar Technology Group
3.4766 of 5 stars
$4.74
-0.4%
$12.00
+153.2%
-21.6%$491.25M$363.75M0.00N/A
NRDY
Nerdy
2.6677 of 5 stars
$1.90
+2.4%
$2.86
+51.0%
-39.6%$341.82M$193.40M-5.57700
EM
Smart Share Global
0.6253 of 5 stars
$1.15
-0.9%
$1.00
-13.0%
+130.5%$298.52M$416.72M38.353,198

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This page (NASDAQ:EWCZ) was last updated on 2/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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