Income statement
USD
Annual
| Metric | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 207M | 217M | 221M | 207M | 179M |
| Gross Profit | 153M | 160M | 158M | 148M | 132M |
| Operating Income | 43M | 48M | 44M | 40M | 25M |
| EBITDA | 64M | 63M | 65M | 61M | 45M |
| Net Income | 9M | 10M | 9M | 7M | 7M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$5.82
+0.00% today
Window Change
+2.46%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 → May 15, 2026
Coverage: 221 bars · Jun 26, 2025 → May 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
European Wax Center, Inc. (EWCZ) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $320.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $5.82 and up 2.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 → May 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -4.7%, EPS growth of -9.1%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -4.7%, EPS -9.1%, free cash flow -10.5% with operating margin 20.9% and ROIC 4.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 29.3 and price/sales 1.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines EWCZ price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
EWCZ
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
EWCZ Max Drawdown
-44.14%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for EWCZ and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$178.7M
-13.8% YoY
FY Net Income
$6.9M
-5.4% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$33.1M
-24.9% YoY
Revenue Growth
-4.7%
EPS Growth
-9.1%
Gross Margin
73.9%
Net Margin
4.2%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 207M | 217M | 221M | 207M | 179M |
| Gross Profit | 153M | 160M | 158M | 148M | 132M |
| Operating Income | 43M | 48M | 44M | 40M | 25M |
| EBITDA | 64M | 63M | 65M | 61M | 45M |
| Net Income | 9M | 10M | 9M | 7M | 7M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 76M | 50M | 53M | 44M | 43M |
| Total Assets | 725M | 707M | 734M | 716M | 613M |
| Total Liabilities | 620M | 615M | 619M | 586M | 272M |
| Shareholder Equity | 79M | 64M | 82M | 79M | 179M |
| Total Debt | 382M | 381M | 380M | 380M | 178M |
| Net Debt | 306M | 331M | 328M | 336M | 135M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
41M
-6.8% YoY
Capital Expenditures
8M
-3248.2% YoY
Free Cash Flow
33M
-24.9% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
73.9%
Operating Margin
20.9%
Net Margin
4.2%
ROE
11.4%
Debt / Equity
4.82x
Next Step
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