UTZ vs. FRPT, BRFS, NOMD, VITL, KLG, OTLY, AFRI, MAMA, BYND, and BRLS
Should you be buying Utz Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Utz Brands include Freshpet (FRPT), BRF (BRFS), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Vital Farms (VITL), WK Kellogg (KLG), Oatly Group (OTLY), Forafric Global (AFRI), Mama's Creations (MAMA), Beyond Meat (BYND), and Borealis Foods (BRLS). These companies are all part of the "food products" industry.
Utz Brands vs.
Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) and Freshpet (NASDAQ:FRPT) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
96.0% of Utz Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 17.0% of Utz Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Freshpet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Utz Brands had 10 more articles in the media than Freshpet. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Utz Brands and 5 mentions for Freshpet. Freshpet's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Utz Brands' score of -0.35 indicating that Freshpet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Freshpet received 436 more outperform votes than Utz Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.44% of users gave Utz Brands an outperform vote while only 62.90% of users gave Freshpet an outperform vote.
Freshpet has a net margin of 4.75% compared to Utz Brands' net margin of -0.99%. Utz Brands' return on equity of 7.25% beat Freshpet's return on equity.
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.
Utz Brands has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freshpet has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Utz Brands currently has a consensus target price of $20.20, indicating a potential upside of 41.62%. Freshpet has a consensus target price of $163.36, indicating a potential upside of 4.08%. Given Utz Brands' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Utz Brands is more favorable than Freshpet.
Summary
Utz Brands and Freshpet tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UTZ) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
