# Utz Brands Inc Class A Common Stock (UTZ) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Consumer Defensive / Food & Staples Retailing. Price $14.21, market value $2.0 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): n/a** (negative earnings). Utz Brands Inc Class A Common Stock reported negative earnings over the last twelve months, so the P/E is not meaningful; use price-to-sales, EV/EBITDA and free-cash-flow yield instead.
- **Price / sales: 1.4×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 1.4×.
- **Price / book: 1.8×**. The shares trade at 1.8× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 28.5×**. Enterprise value is 28.5× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed; above 20× is demanding.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 2.5%** (5-yr avg 0.3%). Free cash flow equals 2.5% of the market value, above its five-year average of 0.3%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 23.2%**. Utz Brands Inc Class A Common Stock keeps 23.2% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells, a thin margin typical of retail, distribution and commodity businesses.
- **Operating margin: 0.7%**. 0.7% of revenue is left after running the business, which leaves little cushion in a downturn.
- **Net margin: 0.1%**. 0.1% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 0.1%**. 0.1% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: 0.5%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 0.5%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: -1.0%**. Each dollar of assets produces -1.0% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 2.1%** (3-yr 0.7%/yr). Revenue grew 2.1% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -94.7%**. Earnings per share fell 94.7%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 1.19**. Debt is 1.19 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 7.5×**. It would take 7.5 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, above the 3× level most lenders treat as comfortable.
- **Altman Z-score: 1.74**. A Z-score of 1.74 is in the distress zone, a signal to examine the balance sheet closely.
- **Piotroski F-score: 3/9**. 3 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 1.77%** ($0.37 per share, trailing). Utz Brands Inc Class A Common Stock yields 1.77%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 18.5%/yr** (1-yr -4.8%). The dividend has compounded at 18.5% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 4 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 7.1%** (YTD 39.3%, 3-mo 102.8%). The shares are up 7.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -0.4%** (109.6% above the low). Trading within 5% of its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 78**. An RSI of 78 is in overbought territory; short-term pullbacks are common from here.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.77** (volatility 98%). Beta of 0.77 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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