EWCZ vs. GOTU, SDA, VSTA, EM, NRDY, QSG, NAMI, HCMA, COE, and IH
Should you be buying European Wax Center stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of European Wax Center include Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), SunCar Technology Group (SDA), Vasta Platform (VSTA), Smart Share Global (EM), Nerdy (NRDY), QuantaSing Group (QSG), Jinxin Technology Holding Company American Depositary Shares (NAMI), HCM Acquisition (HCMA), 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), and iHuman (IH). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
European Wax Center vs.
European Wax Center (NASDAQ:EWCZ) and Gaotu Techedu (NYSE:GOTU) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
European Wax Center received 37 more outperform votes than Gaotu Techedu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.62% of users gave European Wax Center an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Gaotu Techedu an outperform vote.
European Wax Center has a net margin of 4.96% compared to Gaotu Techedu's net margin of -26.36%. European Wax Center's return on equity of 16.51% beat Gaotu Techedu's return on equity.
European Wax Center has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gaotu Techedu. Gaotu Techedu 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.
European Wax Center has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gaotu Techedu has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.
European Wax Center presently has a consensus target price of $6.94, indicating a potential upside of 110.23%. Gaotu Techedu has a consensus target price of $5.81, indicating a potential upside of 110.13%. Given European Wax Center's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe European Wax Center is more favorable than Gaotu Techedu.
In the previous week, European Wax Center had 1 more articles in the media than Gaotu Techedu. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for European Wax Center and 3 mentions for Gaotu Techedu. Gaotu Techedu's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat European Wax Center's score of 0.54 indicating that Gaotu Techedu is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
82.1% of European Wax Center shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of Gaotu Techedu shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of European Wax Center shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.9% of Gaotu Techedu shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
European Wax Center beats Gaotu Techedu on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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