secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     European Wax Center, Inc. (EWCZ)
CIK:        0001856236
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-03-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-22-003755
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856236/000095017022003755/0000950170-22-003755-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856236/000095017022003755/ewcz-20220311.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-003755

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