Utz Brands (UTZ) Competitors

Freshpet (NASDAQ:FRPT) and Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do analysts rate FRPT or UTZ?

Freshpet currently has a consensus price target of $144.47, suggesting a potential upside of 77.83%. Utz Brands has a consensus price target of $19.25, suggesting a potential upside of 40.20%. Given Freshpet's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Freshpet is more favorable than Utz Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Freshpet	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Utz Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FRPT or UTZ?

Freshpet received 446 more outperform votes than Utz Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.54% of users gave Utz Brands an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave Freshpet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Freshpet	Outperform Votes 507 63.22%	Underperform Votes 295 36.78%
Utz Brands	Outperform Votes 61 63.54%	Underperform Votes 35 36.46%

Which has more risk & volatility, FRPT or UTZ?

Freshpet has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Utz Brands has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FRPT or UTZ?

In the previous week, Freshpet had 10 more articles in the media than Utz Brands. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Freshpet and 9 mentions for Utz Brands. Utz Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Freshpet's score of 0.80 indicating that Utz Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Freshpet	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Utz Brands	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FRPT or UTZ more profitable?

Freshpet has a net margin of 4.81% compared to Utz Brands' net margin of 1.13%. Utz Brands' return on equity of 7.92% beat Freshpet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Freshpet	4.81%	3.92%	2.60%
Utz Brands	1.13%	7.92%	4.18%

Which has better valuation and earnings, FRPT or UTZ?

Utz Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Freshpet. Utz Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freshpet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Freshpet	$975.18M	4.06	-$33.61M	$0.94	86.43
Utz Brands	$1.41B	1.38	-$24.94M	$0.18	76.28

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FRPT or UTZ?

96.0% of Utz Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Freshpet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of Utz Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Freshpet and Utz Brands tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.