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European Wax Center (European Wax Center) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is European Wax Center Financial Strength?

European Wax Center has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

European Wax Center Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

European Wax Center's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.93. European Wax Center's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.69. As of today, European Wax Center's Altman Z-Score is 0.94.


Competitive Comparison of European Wax Center's Financial Strength

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, European Wax Center's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


European Wax Center's Financial Strength Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, European Wax Center's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where European Wax Center's Financial Strength falls into.



European Wax Center Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

European Wax Center's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-6.6 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $12.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $375.2 Mil.

European Wax Center's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*12.751/-6.591
=1.93

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. European Wax Center Inc interest coverage is 1.68, which is low.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

European Wax Center's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(5.232 + 375.158) / 225.3
=1.69

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

European Wax Center has a Z-score of 0.94, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.94 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


European Wax Center  (NAS:EWCZ) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

European Wax Center has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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European Wax Center (European Wax Center) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
5830 Granite Parkway, 3rd Floor, Plano, TX, USA, 75024
European Wax Center Inc is a franchisor and operator of OOH waxing services. Its product sales consist of revenue earned from sales of proprietary wax.
Executives
Andrea Lyn Wasserman officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O EUROPEAN WAX CENTER, INC., 5830 GRANITE PARKWAY, 3RD FLOOR, PLANO TX 75024
Stacie Shirley officer: CFO TUESDAY MORNING CORPORATION, 6250 LBJ FREEWAY, DALLAS TX 75240
Julie Hauser-blanner officer: SVP Ops, Field Tr. & Ind. Eng. C/O EUROPEAN WAX CENTER, INC., 5830 GRANITE PARKWAY, 3RD FLOOR, PLANO TX 75024
Ewc Holdings, Inc. 10 percent owner 15511 FISHER ISLAND DRIVE, FISHER ISLAND FL 37495
General Atlantic Partners Aiv-1 A, L.p. director, 10 percent owner 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
Gapco Aiv Holdings, L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL ATLANTIC SERVICE CO., L.P., 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
Ga Aiv-1 B Interholdco (ew), L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL ATLANTIC SERVICE CO., L.P., 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
General Atlantic Genpar (ew), L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL ATLANTIC SERVICE CO., L.P., 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
General Atlantic Partners Aiv (ew), L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL ATLANTIC SERVICE CO., L.P., 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
Gapco Aiv Interholdco (ew), L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL ATLANTIC SERVICE CO., L.P., 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
General Atlantic Partners Aiv-1 B, L.p. director, 10 percent owner 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
Gap Coinvestments V, Llc director, 10 percent owner 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
General Atlantic (spv) Gp, Llc director, 10 percent owner 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
General Atlantic, L.p. director, 10 percent owner 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
Gap Coinvestments Iii, Llc director, 10 percent owner 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055