“The decrease in gross profit was primarily due to increased investments to support capacity expansion and supply chain chain cost inflation; partially offset by productivity savings.”10-K · Feb 12, 2026 ↗
Utz Brands, Inc.
UTZ
Market read
Utz Brands, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 8 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 1 directly disclosed connection is confirming.
- UTZ's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if UTZ's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 8 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 1 directly disclosed connection is confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- UTZ's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 140.25x in the latest annual period.
- Operating margin changed -2.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed -1.1 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Diluted shares increased 2.7% in the latest annual period.
- P/E is 5995% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 55% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
14.27Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“This compares to net cash provided by financing activities of $67.5 million for the thirteen weeks ended March 30, 2025, which was primarily related to net borrowings of debt of $80.3 million, partially offset by the payment of dividends and distributions to…”10-Q · May 6, 2026 ↗
“The increase in gross profit was driven by productivity savings, which more than offset supply chain cost inflation.”10-Q · May 6, 2026 ↗
“The increase in gross profit was driven by productivity savings, which more than offset supply chain cost inflation.”10-Q · May 6, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 0.9× · EV/sales 1.4×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for UTZ. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for UTZ. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind UTZ
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
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“Interest expense also decreased by $15.7 million, primarily related to the $141.0 million payment on our Term Loan B and the $17.7 million payment on our loan agreement (the "Real Estate Term Loan") with City National Bank, which was secured by a majority of…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
UTZ is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Baby & Personal Care. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 1 filing-linked name are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for UTZ; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.