UTZ
SellHot AirUtz Brands, Inc. · Consumer Defensive · United States · $2.0B cap · $25.3M/day traded
$14.30 +0.0% · close 12 Oct · scored 14 Oct
StockRank down 1.4 since 13 Oct.
Hot Air: Rising on momentum alone: weak business, rich price.
Report expected 29 Oct: the next-year EPS estimate has been little changed over the last 13 weeks.
As of 14 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ) is 35/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 19, Value 27, Momentum 79, each scored against its sector).
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ABOUT UTZ BRANDS, INC.
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Utz Brands is a leading manufacturer of branded salty snacks, producing a diverse portfolio of potato chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, and pork rinds under brands like Utz, ON THE BORDER, and Zapp's. The company holds a strong regional market position in the Mid-Atlantic, which it is actively expanding nationally through strategic acquisitions and distributor network optimization. Its vertically integrated manufacturing and direct-store-delivery (DSD) network provide a robust competitive moat in retail execution.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 0.7% | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 2.4% |
| EPS | -0.00 | -0.31 | 0.19 | 0.01 | -94.7% | -0.33 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.9% |
| Shares | 80.9M | 81.2M | 83.5M | 87.5M | +8.2% | 88.6M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 992.5M | 985.3M | 940.8M | 1.0B | 1.2% | 1.0B | — | — | — |
| Equity | 703.1M | 669.5M | 696.9M | 713.7M | 0.5% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 48.2M | 76.6M | 106.2M | 112.2M | 32.5% | 115.6M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -76.1M | -48.5M | 75.0M | -86.9M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | 58.9M | -49.0M | -177.1M | 39.0M | — | — | — | — | — |
Above its 200-day average and at its 52-week high.
Swung more than 95% of stocks we rank over the past year (98% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Consumer Defensive, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of UTZ are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTZ | Utz Brands, Inc.(you) | $2.0B | 35 | Sell |
| POST | Post Holdings, Inc. | $3.4B | 33 | Sell |
| FRPT | Freshpet, Inc. | $2.8B | 42 | Hold |
| FLO | Flowers Foods, Inc. | $1.2B | 43 | Hold |
| SMPL | The Simply Good Foods Company | $848M | 43 | Hold |
| JJSF | J&J Snack Foods Corp. | $1.5B | 55 | Hold |
| CAG | Conagra Brands, Inc. | $7.1B | 38 | Hold |
| WEST | Westrock Coffee Company | $789M | 25 | Sell |
| PPC | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | $6.6B | 41 | Hold |
| MAMA | Mama's Creations, Inc. | $627M | 42 | Hold |
Peer medians: ROE 12.1% · P/E 21.5x · Gross margin 37.2%
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