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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-007412"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EWCZ"
cik: "0001856236"
company_name: "European Wax Center, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T00:56:21.280925+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# European Wax Center Q1 revenue $45.4M (+23.9%); raises FY2022 outlook; $3.30 special dividend

## Summary
- Q1 revenue $45.4M (+23.9%), same-store sales +29.0%; net income $4.0M vs $1.1M prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA $15.2M (+20.9%); opened 21 net new centers, total 874 centers.
- Completed debt refinancing: $400M Class A-2 Notes at 5.5% fixed, funded $3.30/share special dividend payable May 6.
- Raised FY2022 guidance: revenue $199-$209M (was $198-$208M), adj. EBITDA $69.5-$72.5M, adj. net income $24-$28.5M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-007412
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EWCZ
- cik: 0001856236
- company_name: European Wax Center, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856236/000095017022007412/0000950170-22-007412-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856236/000095017022007412/ewcz-20220504.htm

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