European Wax Center (EWCZ) vs. Its Peers Head to Head Survey

European Wax Center (NASDAQ:EWCZ – Get Rating) is one of 63 publicly-traded companies in the “Personal services” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare European Wax Center to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for European Wax Center and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
European Wax Center	0	2	6	0	2.75
European Wax Center Competitors	271	1023	1550	85	2.49

European Wax Center presently has a consensus target price of $31.29, suggesting a potential upside of 19.46%. As a group, “Personal services” companies have a potential upside of 37.30%. Given European Wax Center’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe European Wax Center has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

69.4% of European Wax Center shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of shares of all “Personal services” companies are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of shares of all “Personal services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares European Wax Center and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
European Wax Center	3.31%	9.60%	5.30%
European Wax Center Competitors	-24.25%	340.79%	-3.81%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares European Wax Center and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
European Wax Center	$178.68 million	-$3.41 million	216.67
European Wax Center Competitors	$686.58 million	$58.98 million	24.80

European Wax Center’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than European Wax Center. European Wax Center is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

About European Wax Center (Get Rating)

European Wax Center, Inc. operates as a holding company for EWC Ventures, LLC that franchises and operates out-of-home waxing services in the United States. The company sells facial and body waxing products to franchisees. It offers Brazilian, body, brow, facial hair, and fast waxing services, as well as services related to men; and laser hair removal, sugaring, and threading services, as well as in-home solutions, such as shaving, chemical-based creams, epilators, at-home laser hair removal, and at-home waxing. The company also provides pre- and post-service products, including ingrown hair serums, exfoliating gels, brow shapers, and skin treatments, as well as distributes retail products to its franchisees for sale in-centers and sells direct-to-consumer through website. As of December 25, 2021, it had a portfolio of centers operating in 853 locations, including 848 are franchised centers and five corporate-owned centers. European Wax Center, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.