Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ – Get Free Report) is one of 328 public companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Utz Brands to related companies based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Utz Brands and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Utz Brands | $1.44 billion | $800,000.00 | -43.18 |
| Utz Brands Competitors | $6.82 billion | $702.59 million | -2,414.37 |
Utz Brands’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Utz Brands. Utz Brands is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Dividends
Utz Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Utz Brands pays out -75.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Food Products” companies pay a dividend yield of 12.4% and pay out 29.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Utz Brands has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
96.0% of Utz Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.7% of Utz Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Utz Brands and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Utz Brands | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Utz Brands Competitors | 2435 | 8279 | 8358 | 401 | 2.35 |
Utz Brands currently has a consensus target price of $13.39, indicating a potential downside of 6.06%. As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 18.85%. Given Utz Brands’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Utz Brands has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Risk and Volatility
Utz Brands has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Utz Brands’ peers have a beta of -3.83, suggesting that their average share price is 483% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Utz Brands and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Utz Brands | -2.00% | 8.97% | 4.32% |
| Utz Brands Competitors | -13.54% | -450.68% | -2.55% |
Summary
Utz Brands peers beat Utz Brands on 8 of the 15 factors compared.
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. The company sells its products to wholesale and other distributors, grocery stores, convenience and drug stores, discount stores, mass merchandisers, membership club stores, hard discounters, and specialty and e-commerce retailers. Utz Brands, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
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