---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-070896"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EWCZ"
cik: "0001856236"
company_name: "European Wax Center, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T10:26:36.772576+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EWCZ Q1 revenue $51.4M (-0.9% YoY), adj. EBITDA $18.8M (+7.2%); reiterates FY outlook

## Summary
- System-wide sales $225.9M (+2.1%); same-store sales +0.7%; total centers 1,062 (+1% YoY).
- GAAP net income $2.6M (-29.7%); Adjusted Net Income $9.5M (+10.3%) under revised definition.
- Adjusted EBITDA $18.8M (+7.2%), margin 36.5% vs 33.7%; reiterates FY25 adj. EBITDA $69-71M.
- Repurchased ~0.2M shares for $1.1M; cumulative buybacks $41.2M of $50M authorization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-070896
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EWCZ
- cik: 0001856236
- company_name: European Wax Center, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856236/000095017025070896/0000950170-25-070896-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856236/000095017025070896/ewcz-20250514.htm

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