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Utz Brands

NYQ:UTZ · US9180901012
Food ProductsMedium

360

6
EV / EBIT35
Price / Owner Earnings1
Owner Earnings Yield21
Dividend Yield75
Price/Sales87
EV / Gross Profit39
Price/Book80
Return on Capital8
Cash Return on Capital22
Return on Equity10
EBIT Margin7
Gross Profitability10
Accruals81
Owner Earnings Margin21
Sales growth65
Profit Growth33
Long-Term EPS Growth75
Reinvestment4
Price momentum17
Debt load49
Refinancing33
Debt Payback3
Liquidity15
Analyst ratings70
Opinion Changes16
Price Target Upside88
Market mood39
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Utz Brands clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryFood Products
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Employees1,035
Websiteutzsnacks.com
ISINUS9180901012
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
Sound Pay Practices (USA)S&P US Food & Beverage
Themes
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods

Description

Utz Brands, Inc. manufactures branded salty snacks in the United States. The company produces a broad offering of salty snacks, including potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pork skins, pub/party mixes and other snacks. The compan…

Analysis

Weak and unloved

Utz Brands, Inc. is weak and unloved: below-average business metrics and a price that reflects that disappointment.

The price is expensive. You pay 35483908522872132.0× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically expensive zone.

The trajectory is moderate and the balance sheet is fragile. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

Nothing is flagged here: no red or amber gates, no divergence between profits and cash. That is itself information: the numbers are straightforward. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
24
2023202420252026

All-time high

42

Mar 2026

All-time low

19

Jan 2023

Average rank

29

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
87
45
38
41
Price/Earnings
88
48
23
21
Price/Book
80
39
53
50
Dividend Yield
75
40
51
46
Value (overall)
96
38
32
33

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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