UTZ Consumer Defensive

Utz Brands, Inc.

$14.29+0.00%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Sep 30, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Packaged Foods
Country: United States
Market cap: 2.1B USD
Enterprise value: 2.8B USD
Full-time employees: 3,100

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 0.77 vs a peer median of 0.41), though less than the overall market, less short-term liquidity (current ratio 1.06 vs a peer median of 1.52) and more debt relative to equity (1.21× vs a peer median of 0.42×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 0.77 vs peers 0.41), less liquidity (current ratio 1.06 vs peers 1.52) and more debt vs equity (1.21× vs peers 0.42×)

Ranks #732 of 761 consumer defensive companies (bottom 4%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Returning more cash than it generates. Paid out $63M vs $38M of free cash flow over the 3 fiscal years to 2025.
Utz Brands returned $63M to shareholders over three years, 165% of the free cash flow it produced. That gap has to be covered by cash reserves or new debt, which can't last indefinitely.
Earnings slid into a loss. Loss per share this year after a profit last year.
Utz Brands made a loss per share in its latest year after a profit the year before.
Profit recovered from an unusually weak 2022. Since 2022 (an unusually weak year for operating profit): revenue +2.2%, operating profit +265%.Since 2022: revenue +2.2%, operating profit +265%.
Since 2022, Utz Brands's revenue grew 2.2% while operating profit grew 265%: each extra dollar of sales is adding more profit.
Not profitable yet. Reported a loss in the 12 months to June 2026.
Utz Brands reported a net loss over the last twelve months, so earnings-based measures can't show it as cheap.

StockQuotient Score

16/ 100

Oct 5 16 → Nov 4 16

Valuation

Is the price right?

15/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Earnings yield
▼ EBITDA yield
▼ FCF yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield-1.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.51Sector median: 0.0453 · MAD: 0.0301

EBITDA yield3.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value50% base weight · Z-score -1.20Sector median: 0.0865 · MAD: 0.0435

Free cash flow yield2.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score -0.85Sector median: 0.0622 · MAD: 0.0441

Other data (not scored)

Book yield33.8%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5381 · MAD: 0.2865

Growth

Is it growing?

22/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ EPS growth
▼ 3-yr revenue

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

Earnings per share turned from a profit to a loss33% base weight · Z-score -2.08Sector median: 0.0154 · MAD: 0.2529

3-year revenue growth0.5%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.68Sector median: 0.0366 · MAD: 0.0470

Revenue growth2.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.14Sector median: 0.0278 · MAD: 0.0585

Profitability

Does it earn well?

15/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ ROA
▼ Operating margin
▼ ROIC

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin0.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.36Sector median: 0.0759 · MAD: 0.0508

Return on assets-1.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.91Sector median: 0.0396 · MAD: 0.0262

Return on invested capital0.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.06Sector median: 0.0766 · MAD: 0.0673

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin25.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3182 · MAD: 0.1263

Return on equity-4.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0831 · MAD: 0.0675

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Beta
▼ Debt / equity
▼ Current ratio

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta0.77

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.13Sector median: 0.4070 · MAD: 0.1690

Current ratio1.06×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.72Sector median: 1.5250 · MAD: 0.6460

Debt / equity1.21×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.18Sector median: 0.4234 · MAD: 0.3581

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Utz Brands

Is Utz Brands getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 5, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 16/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Utz Brands valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 15/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Earnings yield -1.4% vs a peer median of 4.5% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -1.4% vs peers 4.5% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Utz Brands growing?: More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 22/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. 3-year revenue growth 0.5% vs a peer median of 3.7% (weaker than 68% of peers).3-year revenue growth 0.5% vs peers 3.7% (weaker than 68% of peers).
How profitable is Utz Brands?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 15/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Return on assets -1.0% vs a peer median of 4.0% (weaker than 87% of peers).Return on assets -1.0% vs peers 4.0% (weaker than 87% of peers).
How risky is Utz Brands?: Higher risk relative to 823 consumer defensive peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 0.77 vs a peer median of 0.41 (weaker than 84% of peers).Beta 0.77 vs peers 0.41 (weaker than 84% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 28, 2026 · filed Aug 5, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 29, 2026

No major changes

Worth watching: Utz Brands is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	1.4B USD	1.5B USD	+0.4%
Net income (12 months)	−8.4M USD	−29.0M USD	+245.2%
Operating margin	1.5%	0.7%	−0.8 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	42.4M USD	51.1M USD	+20.5%
Debt	842.3M USD	838.8M USD	−0.4%
Cash	73.7M USD	58.6M USD	−20.5%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Industry: Packaged Foods · 21 companies

Valuations in Packaged Foods are near the bottom of their range since 2016.

3% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
0% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Median price-to-sales is −68% vs the whole market, against a usual −37%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Gross margin	32.5%	31.9%	24.4%	26.2%	24.9%	▼ 1.3 pts
Operating margin	0.9%	0.4%	1.1%	4.2%	1.4%	▼ 2.8 pts
Net margin	1.7%	-0.0%	-1.7%	1.1%	0.1%	▼ 1.1 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	0.8%	-0.0%	-0.9%	0.6%	0.0%	▼ 0.6 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	3.0%	-0.1%	-3.7%	2.3%	0.1%	▼ 2.2 pts
Free cash flow margin	1.4%	-2.8%	1.5%	0.5%	0.7%	▲ 0.1 pts
Current ratio	1.48×	1.57×	1.42×	1.11×	1.19×	▲ 6.9%
Quick ratio	1.06×	1.07×	0.97×	0.76×	0.82×	▲ 8.4%
Debt to equity	1.24×	1.30×	1.34×	1.10×	1.19×	▲ 7.9%
Interest coverage	0.30×	0.12×	0.26×	1.31×	0.45×	▼ 66%

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 0.77 vs a peer median of 0.41), though less than the overall market, less short-term liquidity (current ratio 1.06 vs a peer median of 1.52) and more debt relative to equity (1.21× vs a peer median of 0.42×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 0.77 vs peers 0.41), less liquidity (current ratio 1.06 vs peers 1.52) and more debt vs equity (1.21× vs peers 0.42×)

Ranks #732 of 761 consumer defensive companies (bottom 4%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Returning more cash than it generates. Paid out $63M vs $38M of free cash flow over the 3 fiscal years to 2025.

Utz Brands returned $63M to shareholders over three years, 165% of the free cash flow it produced. That gap has to be covered by cash reserves or new debt, which can't last indefinitely.

Earnings slid into a loss. Loss per share this year after a profit last year.

Utz Brands made a loss per share in its latest year after a profit the year before.

Profit recovered from an unusually weak 2022. Since 2022 (an unusually weak year for operating profit): revenue +2.2%, operating profit +265%.Since 2022: revenue +2.2%, operating profit +265%.

Since 2022, Utz Brands's revenue grew 2.2% while operating profit grew 265%: each extra dollar of sales is adding more profit.

Not profitable yet. Reported a loss in the 12 months to June 2026.

Utz Brands reported a net loss over the last twelve months, so earnings-based measures can't show it as cheap.

Questions investors ask about Utz Brands

Is Utz Brands getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 5, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 16/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Utz Brands valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 15/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Earnings yield -1.4% vs a peer median of 4.5% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -1.4% vs peers 4.5% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is Utz Brands growing?

More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 22/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. 3-year revenue growth 0.5% vs a peer median of 3.7% (weaker than 68% of peers).3-year revenue growth 0.5% vs peers 3.7% (weaker than 68% of peers).

How profitable is Utz Brands?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 15/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Return on assets -1.0% vs a peer median of 4.0% (weaker than 87% of peers).Return on assets -1.0% vs peers 4.0% (weaker than 87% of peers).

How risky is Utz Brands?

Higher risk relative to 823 consumer defensive peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 0.77 vs a peer median of 0.41 (weaker than 84% of peers).Beta 0.77 vs peers 0.41 (weaker than 84% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

1.4B USD

1.5B USD

+0.4%

Net income (12 months)

−8.4M USD

−29.0M USD

+245.2%

Operating margin

1.5%

0.7%

−0.8 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

42.4M USD

51.1M USD

+20.5%

Debt

842.3M USD

838.8M USD

−0.4%

Cash

73.7M USD

58.6M USD

−20.5%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Gross margin

32.5%

31.9%

24.4%

26.2%

24.9%

▼ 1.3 pts

Operating margin

0.9%

0.4%

1.1%

4.2%

1.4%

▼ 2.8 pts

Net margin

1.7%

-0.0%

-1.7%

1.1%

0.1%

▼ 1.1 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

0.8%

-0.0%

-0.9%

0.6%

0.0%

▼ 0.6 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

3.0%

-0.1%

-3.7%

2.3%

0.1%

▼ 2.2 pts

Free cash flow margin

1.4%

-2.8%

1.5%

0.5%

0.7%

▲ 0.1 pts

Current ratio

1.48×

1.57×

1.42×

1.11×

1.19×

▲ 6.9%

Quick ratio

1.06×

1.07×

0.97×

0.76×

0.82×

▲ 8.4%

Debt to equity

1.24×

1.30×

1.34×

1.10×

1.19×

▲ 7.9%

Interest coverage

0.30×

0.12×

0.26×

1.31×

0.45×

▼ 66%