Consumer Defensive
Utz Brands, Inc.(UTZ)
Live Price
Offline$7.05
+0.43% today
1Y Change
-44.05%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
- Market Cap
- $690.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +2.1%
- EPS Growth
- -95.2%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.2%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $690.00M and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $7.05 and down 44.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.1%, EPS growth of -95.2%, a dividend yield of 3.2%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.1%, EPS -95.2%, free cash flow +24.9% with operating margin -4.5% and ROIC -2.6%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.2%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 847.8 and price/sales 0.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines UTZ price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+2.1% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-4.5% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
847.8 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 7, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +2.1% and EPS is at -95.2%, with operating margin around -4.5%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 3.2%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 7, 2026 | โ | -2.8% | -8.2% | -8.4% |
2026 Feb 12, 2026 | +0.0% | +3.9% | +7.8% | -16.0% |
2025 Oct 30, 2025 | +0.0% | +0.9% | -1.9% | -7.2% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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Relative to SPY
UTZ Max Drawdown
-53.07%
Trailing 1Y
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Company Overview
Utz Brands, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Utz Brands, Inc. operates as a snack food manufacturing company. It offers a range of salty snacks, including potato chips, kettle chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, veggie snacks, pork skins, pub/party mixes, salsa and queso, ready-to-eat popcorn, and other snacks under the Utz, Zapp's, ON THE BORDER, Golden Flake, Good Health, Boulder Canyon, Hawaiian, TGIF, TORTIYAHS!, and other brand names. The company distributes its products to grocery, mass, club, convenience, drug, and other retailers though direct shipments, distributors, and direct store delivery routes. Utz Brands, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
- Leadership
- Howard A. Friedman
- IPO Date
- Nov 26, 2018
- Employees
- 3.0k
- Street Address
- 900 High Street
- Mailing
- Hanover, PA, 17331
- Region
- Hanover, PA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 717 637 6644
- Last Updated
- May 5, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 847.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 43.3
- Price/Sales
- 0.5
- Price/Book
- 1.0
Growth
- Revenue
- +2.1%
- EPS
- -95.2%
- Free Cash Flow
- +24.9%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 24.3%
- Operating Margin
- -4.5%
- Net Margin
- 0.1%
- ROE
- 0.1%
- ROIC
- -2.6%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.64
- Current Ratio
- 1.19
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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