Mister Car Wash Inc. Common Stock (MCW)

FairStock Score: 48/100 — MIXED

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I am wary of paying up for a simple car wash business. Mister Car Wash provides conveyorized car wash services in the United States, with express exterior and interior cleaning, and 6,836 employees. At the close on 2026-05-21, the stock was $7.10, giving a $2.3 billion market cap. FairStock's P/E is 21.52 and P/B is 1.98. The Graham Number is $5.16, so the price carries a negative margin of safety of -37.60%. That fails my first test. FairStock's ROE is 9.98%, but its ROCE is only 4.39%, and debt-to-equity is 1.49. FairStock's Altman Z-Score of 0.92 is weak. Free cash flow is $30.8 million trailing twelve months, and FairStock's FCF yield is 1.3%, which is thin for a $2.3 billion company. On the positive side, the Piotroski F-Score is 8/9, and the provided growth data show profit growth of 118.90% and revenue growth of 4.01%. In fiscal Q1 2026, the latest quarter shown, revenue was $277.9 million and net income was $34.2 million, a 12.30% margin. FairStock Score is 48/100. FairStock's PEG is 0.18, but that may reflect a profit rebound rather than durable growth. The Lynch category is none because only 0 years of filed results exist and 3 are needed. I do not see evidence of a wide moat; ROCE 4.39% suggests limited pricing power or capital efficiency. I see a decent operator with improving profits, but low capital returns, high leverage, weak cash yield, and no Graham margin of safety. The price looks full, not cheap.

In plain English: Mister Car Wash runs car wash locations where cars go through a conveyor and get cleaned, including inside cleaning. The company is profitable and its latest quarter showed a double-digit profit margin, but it carries a lot of debt and creates only a small amount of spare cash compared with its stock market value. At the 2026-05-21 closing price of $7.10, the shares look expensive rather than cheap based on its profits and assets.

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Data as of 2026-05-21 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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