---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-003755"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EWCZ"
cik: "0001856236"
company_name: "European Wax Center, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T22:57:22.216327+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# European Wax Center Q4 revenue $45.1M (+53.8% YoY); plans $440M securitization for special dividend

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $45.1M (+53.8% vs 2020, +35% vs 2019); GAAP net income $4.4M vs loss of $4.5M in 2020.
- FY 2021 revenue $178.7M (+72.8% vs 2020); adjusted EBITDA $64.1M (+220.6% vs 2020).
- Announced $440M securitization to refinance debt & fund one-time special dividend; expected close Q2 2022.
- FY 2022 guidance: revenue $198-208M, adj. EBITDA $69-72M, net new centers 70-72, SSS high single digits.
- Opened 57 net new centers in FY 2021, ending with 853 centers (+7.2% vs 2020).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-003755
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EWCZ
- cik: 0001856236
- company_name: European Wax Center, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856236/000095017022003755/0000950170-22-003755-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856236/000095017022003755/ewcz-20220311.htm

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