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Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ)

Consumer Defensive | Packaged Foods | Hanover, United States | NYSE
14.31 USD

Short-term:★★★★⯪Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 8:39 a.m. EDT

The investment thesis here has completely shifted from a standalone public company to a takeover target. The news of the $2.9 billion acquisition by Intersnack Group is the dominant driver, pushing the stock toward a premium exit. While the fundamentals are currently broken—showing negative earnings, a shrinking book value, and a multi-year price trajectory where the last two years were down—the market is pricing in a resolution to this uncertainty. The options data confirms this, with buyers betting on a sharp move higher to meet the deal terms. For a long-term holder, the business quality is poor, but the immediate catalyst offers a compelling risk-reward profile as the deal closes.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.007901
AutoARIMA0.007901
AutoTheta0.018116
MSTL0.040623

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 36%
H-stat 8.15
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.207
Excess Kurtosis -0.52
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-20
Last Dividend Date 2026-09-20
Debt to Equity Ratio 78.587
Revenue per Share 16.544
Market Cap 1,268,055,168
Forward P/E 17.15
Beta 0.73
Profit Margins -2.00%
Previous Name Utz Brands Holdings, LLC
Website https://www.utzsnacks.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 8:39 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for a massive gap-up via deep out-of-the-money calls, with heavy open interest at strikes significantly above the current price. Conversely, put writers are establishing a dense 'floor' at lower strikes, suggesting a belief that the stock will not crash despite the volatility. The skew indicates a speculative bet on a takeover premium rather than organic trading range expansion.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.44% 2.80% 2.07% 1.82%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-09-21 0.063 0.443038
2026-06-22 0.063 0.919708
2026-04-13 0.063 0.834437
2025-12-15 0.063 0.604027
2025-09-15 0.061 0.487220
2025-06-16 0.061 0.463878
2025-04-07 0.072 0.544629
2024-12-16 0.061 0.350172
2024-09-16 0.070 0.395480
2024-06-17 0.080 0.445434
2024-04-12 0.059 0.344023
2023-12-15 0.057 0.390144
2023-09-15 0.057 0.397767
2023-06-15 0.057 0.344203
2023-04-14 0.057 0.324232
2022-12-16 0.057 0.345455
2022-09-16 0.054 0.336239
2022-06-16 0.054 0.437601
2022-04-14 0.054 0.366350
2021-12-17 0.054 0.328267
2021-09-17 0.050 0.272926
2021-06-18 0.050 0.220459
2021-04-16 0.050 0.194932
2020-12-18 0.060 0.273224
2020-09-18 0.050 0.276855
Additional Data
dividendYield 1.76
exDividendDate 2026-09-21
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.372
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.025995808
lastDividendValue 0.063
lastDividendDate 2026-09-21
dividendDate 2026-10-01

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.16058397
Address1 900 High Street
All Time High 30.09
All Time Low 6.78
Ask 14.32
Ask Size 29,800
Audit Risk 4
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,024,840
Average Daily Volume3 Month 3,507,160
Average Volume 3,507,160
Average Volume10Days 2,024,840
Beta 0.728
Bid 14.31
Bid Size 11,000
Board Risk 7
Book Value 7.859
City Hanover
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 14.31
Current Ratio 1.063
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 14.36
Day Low 14.3
Debt To Equity 78.587
Display Name Utz Brands
Dividend Date 1,790,812,800
Dividend Yield 1.76
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,070,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,070,600
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,933,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,277,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,277,000
Ebitda 90,700,000
Ebitda Margins 0.06242
Enterprise To Ebitda 31.529
Enterprise To Revenue 1.968
Enterprise Value 2,859,655,168
Eps Current Year 0.7766
Eps Forward 0.83453
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.33
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,789,948,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 14.2168
Fifty Day Average Change 0.09320068
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0065556727
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 16.058397
Fifty Two Week High 14.36
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.049999237
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0034818412
Fifty Two Week Low 6.78
Fifty Two Week Low Change 7.53
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.1106194
Fifty Two Week Range 6.78 - 14.36
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,543,242,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.56
Float Shares 73,131,599
Forward Eps 0.83453
Forward P E 17.147377
Free Cashflow 103,200,000
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 3,100
Fullday Change 0.0
Fullday Change Percent 0.0
Fullday Price 14.31
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.25614
Gross Profits 372,200,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.18871
Held Percent Institutions 0.88136
Implied Shares Outstanding 88,613,213
Industry Packaged Foods
Industry Disp Packaged Foods
Industry Key packaged-foods
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,789,948,800
Last Dividend Value 0.063
Last Fiscal Year End 1,766,880,000
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name Utz Brands, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,268,055,168
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_537972493
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,604,800
Name Change Date 2,026-10-15
Net Income To Common -29,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,416,000
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,260,966,020
Number Of Analyst Opinions 8
Open 14.3
Operating Cashflow 115,600,000
Operating Margins 0.02152
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 24.6
Phone 717 637 6644
Prev Name Utz Brands Holdings, LLC
Previous Close 14.31
Price Eps Current Year 18.426476
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.8208424
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.8726551
Profit Margins -0.019960001
Quick Ratio 0.535
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0
Regular Market Change Percent 0.0
Regular Market Day High 14.36
Regular Market Day Low 14.3
Regular Market Day Range 14.3 - 14.36
Regular Market Open 14.3
Regular Market Previous Close 14.31
Regular Market Price 14.31
Regular Market Time 1,792,075,124
Regular Market Volume 454,419
Return On Assets 0.00065
Return On Equity -0.03113
Revenue Growth 0.014
Revenue Per Share 16.544
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16440773
Sector Consumer Defensive
Sector Disp Consumer Defensive
Sector Key consumer-defensive
Share Holder Rights Risk 8
Shares Outstanding 88,613,213
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0825
Shares Short 7,314,025
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 7,066,971
Short Name Utz Brands Inc
Short Percent Of Float 0.0947
Short Ratio 4.64
Source Interval 15
State PA
Symbol UTZ
Target High Price 15.0
Target Low Price 14.0
Target Mean Price 14.3125
Target Median Price 14.25
Total Cash 58,600,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.661
Total Debt 1,032,400,000
Total Revenue 1,453,100,032
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.372
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.025995808
Trailing Eps -0.33
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 10.1355
Two Hundred Day Average Change 4.1745005
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.41186923
Type Disp Equity
Volume 454,419
Website https://www.utzsnacks.com
Zip 17,331