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Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ)

Consumer Defensive | Packaged Foods | Hanover, United States | NYSE
14.20 USD
After hours: 14.20

Short-term:★★★★⯪Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:33 a.m. EDT

The market has fundamentally shifted from trading Utz Brands as a standalone public company to pricing in a forced sale. The recent news of a $2.9 billion take-private deal by Intersnack Group explains the disconnect between the stock's recent price action and its underlying fundamentals. While the stock has rallied to $14.04, reflecting the premium buyers are willing to pay for the assets, the company's operational reality remains dire: it is posting negative earnings (-$0.33 EPS), negative operating margins, and negative return on equity. The balance sheet is fragile with debt-to-equity nearing 79%. Consequently, the long-term investment thesis is broken; the business cannot sustain itself as a public entity without the capital infusion of the acquisition. The short-term rating is elevated solely because the price is currently detached from the deteriorating fundamentals due to the takeover premium, creating a temporary momentum play. However, once the deal closes, the stock will likely cease to exist as a trading vehicle, rendering any long-term hold strategy moot. The dividend yield of 1.78% is nominal given the negative earnings and the impending delisting.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.456812
MSTL0.458862
AutoTheta0.479219
AutoARIMA0.501229

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 29%
H-stat 67.60
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.022
Excess Kurtosis -1.58
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-21
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-21
Debt to Equity Ratio 78.587
Revenue per Share 16.544
Market Cap 1,258,307,712
Forward P/E 17.01
Beta 0.77
Profit Margins -2.00%
Previous Name Utz Brands Holdings, LLC
Website https://www.utzsnacks.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:33 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for downside protection, evidenced by massive put volume and open interest at strikes significantly below the current price (e.g., 7.5 and 12.5), particularly in the March 2027 expiration where new flow suggests a hedge against a prolonged decline. Conversely, call activity is concentrated at-the-money or slightly out-of-the-money, indicating limited speculative appetite for a rally despite the recent price surge.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.92% 2.85% 2.06% 1.79%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
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
dividendRate 0.25
dividendYield 1.77
exDividendDate 2026-06-22
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.372
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.026197184
lastDividendValue 0.063
lastDividendDate 2026-06-22
dividendDate 2026-07-02

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.06446779
Address1 900 High Street
All Time High 30.09
All Time Low 6.78
Ask 14.22
Ask Size 17,700
Audit Risk 4
Average Analyst Rating 2.9 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,386,770
Average Daily Volume3 Month 3,601,837
Average Volume 3,601,837
Average Volume10Days 2,386,770
Beta 0.768
Bid 14.21
Bid Size 4,900
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 14.2
Current Ratio 1.063
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 14.23
Day Low 14.19
Debt To Equity 78.587
Display Name Utz Brands
Dividend Date 1,782,950,400
Dividend Rate 0.25
Dividend Yield 1.77
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 31.421
Enterprise To Revenue 1.961
Enterprise Value 2,849,907,712
Eps Current Year 0.7768
Eps Forward 0.83476
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.33
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,782,086,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 11.2446
Fifty Day Average Change 2.9553995
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.26282832
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 6.446779
Fifty Two Week High 14.27
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.07000065
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0049054413
Fifty Two Week Low 6.78
Fifty Two Week Low Change 7.4199996
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.0943952
Fifty Two Week Range 6.78 - 14.27
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,543,242,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.66
Float Shares 77,578,210
Forward Eps 0.83476
Forward P E 17.010878
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 14.2
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.25614
Gross Profits 372,200,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.183
Held Percent Institutions 0.87053
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 1,782,086,400
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 1,258,307,712
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_537972493
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,604,800
Name Change Date 2,026-08-29
Net Income To Common -29,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,416,000
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,258,307,624
Number Of Analyst Opinions 8
Open 14.2
Operating Cashflow 115,600,000
Operating Margins 0.02152
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 24.6
Phone 717 637 6644
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 14.2
Post Market Time 1,787,959,804
Prev Name Utz Brands Holdings, LLC
Previous Close 14.2
Price Eps Current Year 18.280125
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.8068455
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.86594707
Profit Margins -0.019960001
Quick Ratio 0.535
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.9
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0
Regular Market Change Percent 0.0
Regular Market Day High 14.23
Regular Market Day Low 14.19
Regular Market Day Range 14.19 - 14.23
Regular Market Open 14.2
Regular Market Previous Close 14.2
Regular Market Price 14.2
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 905,926
Return On Assets 0.00065
Return On Equity -0.03113
Revenue Growth 0.014
Revenue Per Share 16.544
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
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 0.080699995
Shares Short 7,154,126
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 8,932,422
Short Name Utz Brands Inc
Short Percent Of Float 0.092
Short Ratio 1.15
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 0.026197184
Trailing Eps -0.33
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 9.43
Two Hundred Day Average Change 4.7699995
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.5058324
Type Disp Equity
Volume 905,926
Website https://www.utzsnacks.com
Zip 17,331