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European Wax Center (European Wax Center) Interest Coverage : 1.77 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is European Wax Center Interest Coverage?

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 by its Interest Expense. European Wax Center's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $11.2 Mil. European Wax Center's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-6.3 Mil. European Wax Center's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.77. 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 1.94, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for European Wax Center's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

EWCZ' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.75   Med: 1.46   Max: 1.94
Current: 1.94


EWCZ's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
83.01% of 1383 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.52 vs EWCZ: 1.94

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


European Wax Center Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for European Wax Center's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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European Wax Center Interest Coverage Chart

European Wax Center Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
0.75 - 1.23 1.71 1.68

European Wax Center Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of European Wax Center's Interest Coverage

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, European Wax Center's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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 Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where European Wax Center's Interest Coverage falls into.



European Wax Center Interest Coverage Calculation

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:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


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

European Wax Center's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, European Wax Center's Interest Expense was $-26.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $44.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $375.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*44.863/-26.686
=1.68

European Wax Center's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, European Wax Center's Interest Expense was $-6.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was $11.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $375.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*11.196/-6.336
=1.77

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


European Wax Center  (NAS:EWCZ) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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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