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Utz Brands Inc (NYSE: UTZ) closed the day trading at $10.53 up 0.86% from the previous closing price of $10.44. In other words, the price has increased by $0.86 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.46 million shares were traded. UTZ stock price reached its highest trading level at $10.605 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $10.23.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of UTZ, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.80 and its Current Ratio is at 1.22. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.43 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.35.
On April 23, 2025, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $15.
TD Cowen Downgraded its Buy to Hold on April 22, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $15.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 04 ’25 when Choi Christina sold 5,703 shares for $13.63 per share. The transaction valued at 77,732 led to the insider holds 33,710 shares of the business.
Choi Christina bought 5,703 shares of UTZ for $77,732 on Sep 04 ’25. On Aug 06 ’25, another insider, Mark Schreiber , who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 15,722 shares for $12.90 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, UTZ now has a Market Capitalization of 921477888 and an Enterprise Value of 2536578048. As of this moment, Utz’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 166.88, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.68. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 19.31. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.05 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.27. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.764 whereas that against EBITDA is 24.936.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for UTZ is 1.02, which has changed by -0.39273357 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19736934 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, UTZ has reached a high of $18.28, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $10.19. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -16.17%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -20.06%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, UTZ traded about 926.02K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, UTZ traded about 1374280 shares per day. A total of 87.51M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 70.77M. Insiders hold about 19.13% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.70% stake in the company. Shares short for UTZ as of 1760486400 were 6467308 with a Short Ratio of 6.98, compared to 1757894400 on 7953620. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6467308 and a Short% of Float of 13.3.
Dividends & Splits
UTZ’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.24, up from 0.122 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.011685824. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.34.
Earnings Estimates
The stock of Utz Brands Inc (UTZ) is currently drawing attention from 9.0 analysts actively involved in the ongoing evaluation and rating process.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.18, with high estimates of $0.2 and low estimates of $0.15.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.83 and $0.79 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.81. EPS for the following year is $0.9, with 9.0 analysts recommending between $0.96 and $0.87.
Revenue Estimates
8 analysts predict $350.97M in revenue for . The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $352.42M to a low estimate of $349.6M. As of . The current estimate, Utz Brands Inc’s year-ago sales were $341.05MFor the next quarter, 8 analysts are estimating revenue of $360.63M. There is a high estimate of $364.42M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $350M.
A total of 8 analysts have provided revenue estimates for UTZ’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.45B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.45B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.45B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.41BBased on 9 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.49B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.5B and the low estimate is $1.47B.
