UTZ
Utz Brands, Inc.
Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods · NYQ
$7.45
Close 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

UNKNOWN MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 86%
Full financial profile available
Market Cap
$659.6M
Trailing P/E
Forward P/E
8.86
Rev Growth
+2.6%
Profit Margin
-0.6%
ROE
-1.2%
Analyst Target
$13.00
Recommendation
BUY
About Utz Brands, Inc.

Utz Brands, Inc. manufactures branded salty snacks in the United States. The company provides a range of salty snack food products, such as potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pub and party mixes, pork skins, and ready-to-eat popcorn, as well as other snacks which include salsa and dips; and non-branded and non-salty snacks comprising partner brands, private label, and co-manufacturing products. It offers its products under the Utz, On The Border, Zapp's, Boulder Canyon, Golden Flake, Miguelito's, Hawaiian, Bachman, Tim's Cascade, Dirty Potato Chips, TGI Fridays, and Vitner's brand names. The company distributes its products through direct-to-warehouse, direct-store-delivery, third-party distributors, and direct-to-consumer. Utz Brands, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

Ethical Screen
Business ActivityPASS
Debt RatioN/A
Cash RatioN/A
Receivables RatioN/A
Revenue Ratio (0.00%)PASS
OverallPASS
Score Ethical: 64.7
Score Valuation: 78.5
Score Quality: 25.0
Score Combined: 46.5

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Opportunity Scores
Valuation85.0
Quality9.5
Cash Flow100.0
Moat40.0
Balance Sheet0.0
Debt Purity50.0
Liquid Purity50.0
Rev Purity100.0
Compliance100.0
Tier: BRONZE · Score: 48.6 · Rank: #2211
Insider Transactions
No insider transaction data.
Top Institutional Holders
No institutional holder data.
Additional Fundamentals
Enterprise Value
$2.3B
Price/Book
0.92
Beta
0.877
Analysts
11
Total Revenue (TTM)
$1.4B
Total Debt
$1.0B
Dividend Yield
338.0%
Rec. Mean
1.82
Short Ratio
4.46
Short % Float
0.1%
Employees
3,100

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Trade Consideration
The Opportunity
Score 46.5 (P66 — top 34.3% of scored tickers). Unknown Moat. Ethical PASS. 10 analysts at Buy.
Price: $7.45 | Target: $11.95 (+60%)
Score
46
Moat
Unknown
Conviction
Standard
Upside
+60%
The Fundamentals
Revenue Growth+2.6%
Profit Margin-0.6%
ROE-1.2%
Forward P/E8.9
Market Cap$659.6M
Position Sizing Scenarios
Stop: $6.33 (-15%) | Entry: $7.45
SharesCostProfit to TargetR:R
To Consensus ($11.95, 10 analysts)
10$74.50+$45.00 (60%)4.0R
50$372.50+$225.00 (60%)4.0R
100$745.00+$450.00 (60%)4.0R
Risk Factors
  • Elevated short interest (4.46 days to cover)
The Verdict
Utz Brands, Inc. passes all ethical screens and holds a unknown competitive moat.
Quantitative Grade

A single score combining all analytical layers below. A is strongest, D is weakest.

D
Quant Score
33.6
Risk Grade
LOW_RISK
Layers
7
Risk Profile

How much could this ticker lose on a bad day? These metrics measure worst-case scenarios from historical data.

VaR 95%
-3.9%
worst expected daily loss, 19 in 20 days
CVaR 95%
-6.2%
avg loss on the worst 5% of days
Annual Volatility
Sortino Ratio
-1.28
above 1.0 is good
Max Drawdown
-61.4%
Worst Day
Forward Outlook

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30d Prob Up
90d Prob Up
Median Return 30d
Liquidity Score
65
Liquidity Grade
LIQUID
Trend & Momentum

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Kalman Trend
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Momentum Signal
HMM Regime
RSI Signal
Technical Signals

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MA Crossover
BELOW_200
Bollinger Position
LOWER_HALF
Beta
Relative Volume
1.8x
Short Interest
Financial Health

Is this company financially sound? The Z-Score measures bankruptcy risk. The F-Score measures fundamental strength.

Altman Z-Score
below 1.81 = distress zone
Piotroski F-Score
Earnings Beat Rate
Earnings Consistency
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Seasonality

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Tuesday
Worst Day
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Best Month
Aug
Worst Month
Jun
Fri-Mon Effect
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Momentum Rankings

How does this ticker's recent performance compare to the entire universe? Ranked across 1, 3, 6, and 12-month returns.

1M Return
-6.4%
3M Return
-19.3%
6M Return
-17.5%
12M Return
-41.1%
Momentum Rank
#4068
Momentum Signal
DOWN

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