Utz Brands (UTZ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Utz Brands, Inc. engages in manufacture, marketing, and distribution of snack foods. It offers a range of salty snacks, including salty snacks, including potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pork skins, veggie snacks, pub/party mixes, tortilla chips, salsa and dips, ready-to-eat popcorn, and other snacks under the Utz, Zapp's, ON THE BORDER, Golden Flake, Boulder Canyon, Hawaiian, TORTIYAHS!, etc. The company sells its products to wholesale and other distributors, grocery stores, convenience and drug stores, discount stores, mass merchandisers, membership club stores, hard discounters, and specialty and e-commerce retailers. Utz Brands, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $13.98 to $14.28
• 50-Day Range: $13.16 to $14.26
• 52-Week Range: $12.71 to $20.04
• Volume: 441,592 shs
• Average Volume: 1.17 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.98 billion
• P/E Ratio: 78.00
• Dividend Yield: 1.71%
• Price Target: $19.25
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Utz Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Utz Brands scored higher than 94% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 9th out of 154 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Utz Brands has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.88, and is based on 7 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Utz Brands has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.24%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Utz Brands are expected to grow by 8.24% in the coming year, from $0.85 to $0.92 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Utz Brands is 78.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.55.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Utz Brands is 78.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 16.22.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Utz Brands has a PEG Ratio of 0.86. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Utz Brands has a P/B Ratio of 1.42. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.26% of the float of Utz Brands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Utz Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Utz Brands has recently decreased by 18.57%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Utz Brands pays a meaningful dividend of 1.80%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Utz Brands does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Utz Brands is 133.33%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Utz Brands will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.09% next year. This indicates that Utz Brands will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.26% of the float of Utz Brands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Utz Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Utz Brands has recently decreased by 18.57%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.04

News Sentiment

Utz Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.04. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.83 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Utz Brands this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 3 people have searched for UTZ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -75% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 5 people have added Utz Brands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -29% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Utz Brands insiders have sold 9,412.43% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $69,876.00 in company stock and sold $6,646,909.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

17.00% of the stock of Utz Brands is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

95.97% of the stock of Utz Brands is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

UTZ Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have UTZ shares performed this year?

Utz Brands' stock was trading at $15.66 at the beginning of the year. Since then, UTZ shares have decreased by 10.5% and is now trading at $14.0220.
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How were Utz Brands' earnings last quarter?

Utz Brands, Inc. (NYSE:UTZ) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $341.05 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $349.93 million. Utz Brands had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.92% and a net margin of 1.13%.

Who are Utz Brands' major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Utz Brands include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (5.62%), Vanguard Group Inc. (4.92%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (4.32%) and Champlain Investment Partners LLC (3.70%). Insiders that own company stock include Chinh Chu, Roger K Deromedi, Cary Devore, Howard A Friedman, Series R Of Um Partners, Llc, Dylan Lissette, Mark Schreiber, Theresa Robbins Shea, Bruce John Lindeman, Christina Choi, Pamela J Stewart, Chad Whyte, Series U Of Um Partners, Llc and Cc Collier Holdings, Llc.
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How do I buy shares of Utz Brands?

Shares of UTZ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Utz Brands own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Utz Brands investors own include American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC), AUO (AUOTY) and Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 1/2 Dividend: 12/16/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 1/2 Dividend: 12/16/2024
• Dividend Payable: 1/02/2025
• Last Earnings: 2/20/2025
• Today: 3/28/2025
• Record date for 4/24 Dividend: 4/07/2025
• Dividend Payable: 4/24/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/01/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Miscellaneous food preparations & kindred products
• Sub-Industry: Food Products
• Current Symbol: NYSE:UTZ
• CIK: 1739566
• Web: www.colliercreekholdings.com
• Phone: (717) 637-6644
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,740
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $19.25
• High Stock Price Target: $23.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $16.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +36.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.88
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.18
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 78.47
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.62
• P/E Growth: 0.86
• Net Income: $-24,940,000.00
• Net Margins: 1.13%
• Pretax Margin: 2.46%
• Return on Equity: 7.92%
• Return on Assets: 4.18%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.56
• Current Ratio: 1.21
• Quick Ratio: 0.85

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.42
• Cash Flow: $1.18 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.99
• Book Value: $9.85 per share
• Price / Book: 1.43

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 141,410,000
• Free Float: 116,936,000
• Market Cap: $2.00 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.05