European Wax Center (EWCZ) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend AFYA or EWCZ?

Afya presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.75%. European Wax Center has a consensus target price of $6.64, suggesting a potential upside of 1.11%. Given Afya's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Afya is more favorable than European Wax Center.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AFYA or EWCZ?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Afya	Outperform Votes 66 53.66%	Underperform Votes 57 46.34%
European Wax Center	Outperform Votes 40 53.33%	Underperform Votes 35 46.67%

Which has more risk and volatility, AFYA or EWCZ?

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

Does the media refer more to AFYA or EWCZ?

In the previous week, Afya and Afya both had 1 articles in the media. Afya's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat European Wax Center's score of 0.67 indicating that Afya is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Is AFYA or EWCZ more profitable?

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
Afya	18.42%	19.15%	9.43%
European Wax Center	4.96%	16.51%	2.56%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AFYA or EWCZ?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Afya	$3.19B	0.51	$77.38M	$1.24	13.99
European Wax Center	$223.50M	1.67	$8.93M	$0.23	28.57

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AFYA or EWCZ?

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

Summary

Afya beats European Wax Center on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.