Utz Brands (UTZ) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) is expected to be issuing its Q3 2025 Prepared Remarks results before the market opens on Thursday, October 30th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.23 per share and revenue of $374.2530 million for the quarter. Utz Brands has set its FY 2025 guidance at 0.820-0.850 EPS.Parties are encouraged to explore the company’s upcoming Q3 2025 Prepared Remarks earningoverview page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM ET.

Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.19 by ($0.02). Utz Brands had a net margin of 1.27% and a return on equity of 7.81%. The company had revenue of $366.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $360.55 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.19 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect Utz Brands to post $1 EPS for the current fiscal year and $1 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Utz Brands Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of Utz Brands stock opened at $12.61 on Thursday. Utz Brands has a 1 year low of $11.53 and a 1 year high of $18.29. The firm has a market cap of $1.79 billion, a PE ratio of 60.07, a PEG ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 1.29 and a quick ratio of 0.87. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $12.74 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $13.04.

Utz Brands Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th were issued a $0.061 dividend. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 15th. Utz Brands’s payout ratio is presently 114.29%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

UTZ has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of Utz Brands from $15.00 to $13.50 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of Utz Brands from $17.00 to $16.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, June 27th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Utz Brands in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $17.07.

Insider Activity at Utz Brands

In related news, Director Christina Choi sold 5,703 shares of Utz Brands stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $13.63, for a total value of $77,731.89. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 33,710 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $459,467.30. The trade was a 14.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 16.32% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in UTZ. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. increased its stake in shares of Utz Brands by 42.3% in the second quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 2,946,512 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,979,000 after buying an additional 875,847 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in Utz Brands by 40.8% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,022,709 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,480,000 after purchasing an additional 585,952 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its position in Utz Brands by 7.3% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 6,085,250 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,370,000 after purchasing an additional 413,493 shares during the period. Hudson Bay Capital Management LP purchased a new position in Utz Brands during the 2nd quarter valued at $1,756,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in Utz Brands by 22.3% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 737,957 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,261,000 after purchasing an additional 134,748 shares during the period. 95.97% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Utz Brands Company Profile

Utz Brands, Inc engages in manufacture, marketing, and distribution of snack foods. It offers a range of salty snacks, including salty snacks, including potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pork skins, veggie snacks, pub/party mixes, tortilla chips, salsa and dips, ready-to-eat popcorn, and other snacks under the Utz, Zapp’s, ON THE BORDER, Golden Flake, Boulder Canyon, Hawaiian, TORTIYAHS!, etc.