European Wax Center, Inc. (EWCZ)Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | Plano, United States | NasdaqGS
5.83 USD
+0.01
(0.172%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 5.83 Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:17 p.m. EDT
EWCZ is trading as a binary lottery ticket for a potential $5.80-$6.00 buyout (General Atlantic connected), with a massive downside cushion and a cap near current levels. The fundamental decline in revenue (-9.3%) and the 'Reduce' consensus are irrelevant compared to the 99.3% likelihood of the transaction closing. Investors are not playing the stock rally; they are betting on the discount at the 6.50s. Consensus is irrelevant; this is an asset sale scenario. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.305413 |
| AutoETS | 0.317188 |
| MSTL | 0.328442 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.344767 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 38% |
| H-stat | 1.90 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 1.67 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2022-04-20 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2022-04-20 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 364.537 |
| Revenue per Share | 4.763 |
| Market Cap | 319,465,632 |
| Trailing P/E | 29.15 |
| Forward P/E | 8.92 |
| Beta | 1.42 |
| Profit Margins | 4.20% |
| Website | https://waxcenter.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:17 p.m. EDT: Options flow shows extreme asymmetry. Call activity is heavily concentrated in September (over 15:1 volume/OP ratio at the $5 strike) and deferred, while put volume is almost entirely degenerative at the $6.00 strike (owned inventory) with <2% of total flow. Near-term (May/June) flow is negligible or negative. The market is pricing in very low implied volatility (0.06-0.90 range) for the bulk of strikes, pricing this effectively as a liquidity vehicle rather than a directional equity vehicle, implying a 50% probability of a binary outcome (buyout) with no significant speculative call/buy positioning for downside protection among active traders.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-21 | 3.3 | 12.327232 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.8391167 |
| Address1 | 5,830 Granite Parkway |
| Address2 | 3rd Floor |
| All Time High | 34.67 |
| All Time Low | 2.72 |
| Ask | 7.53 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 6 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 446,700 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 867,238 |
| Average Volume | 867,238 |
| Average Volume10Days | 446,700 |
| Beta | 1.423 |
| Bid | 4.21 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 1.812 |
| City | Plano |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 5.83 |
| Current Ratio | 2.701 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 5.85 |
| Day Low | 5.82 |
| Debt To Equity | 364.537 |
| Display Name | European Wax Center |
| Dividend Date | 1,651,795,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,762,952,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,762,952,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,772,631,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,675,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,675,400 |
| Ebitda | 66,731,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.32296002 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 8.819 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.848 |
| Enterprise Value | 588,471,744 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.57 |
| Eps Forward | 0.65333 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.2 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,650,499,200 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 5.6569 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.1731 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.030599797 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 83.91167 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 6.515 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.68499994 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.105141975 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.95 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.8799999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.97627115 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 2.95 - 6.515 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,628,170,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 24,439,658 |
| Forward Eps | 0.65333 |
| Forward P E | 8.923514 |
| Free Cashflow | 47,147,752 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 121 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.73946 |
| Gross Profits | 152,792,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.07597 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.86584 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 54,796,851 |
| Industry | Household & Personal Products |
| Industry Disp | Household & Personal Products |
| Industry Key | household-personal-products |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,021-08-05 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,650,499,200 |
| Last Dividend Value | 3.3 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,398,400 |
| Long Business Summary | European Wax Center, Inc. operates as the franchisor and operator of out-of-home waxing services in the United States. It offers body and facial waxing services; and pre- and post-service products, including ingrown hair serums, exfoliating gels, brow shapers, and skin treatments, as well as skincare retail products. It also provides full-sized and travel-sized SKUs in branded product portfolio. The company distributes retail products to its franchisees for sale in-center and sells direct-to-consumer through its website. European Wax Center, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas. |
| Long Name | European Wax Center, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 319,465,632 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_580093078 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,398,400 |
| Net Income To Common | 8,561,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,934,400 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 258,139,259 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 5 |
| Open | 5.85 |
| Operating Cashflow | 52,999,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.15365 |
| Overall Risk | 8 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 469 264 8123 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 5.83 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,456,604 |
| Previous Close | 5.82 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 10.22807 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.2174392 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.5461056 |
| Profit Margins | 0.04202 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.017 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.00999975 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.171817 |
| Regular Market Day High | 5.85 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 5.82 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 5.82 - 5.85 |
| Regular Market Open | 5.85 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 5.82 |
| Regular Market Price | 5.83 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 425,136 |
| Return On Assets | 0.040430002 |
| Return On Equity | 0.12082 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.093 |
| Revenue Per Share | 4.763 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 8 |
| Shares Outstanding | 44,277,746 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.026600001 |
| Shares Short | 1,172,973 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,459,982 |
| Short Name | European Wax Center, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0423 |
| Short Ratio | 1.83 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | EWCZ |
| Target High Price | 15.0 |
| Target Low Price | 5.8 |
| Target Mean Price | 7.64 |
| Target Median Price | 5.8 |
| Total Cash | 76,060,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.728 |
| Total Debt | 382,304,992 |
| Total Revenue | 206,626,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.2 |
| Trailing P E | 29.15 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 4.496125 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.3338747 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.29667205 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 425,136 |
| Website | https://waxcenter.com |
| Zip | 75,024 |