Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.140-0.160 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.210. The company issued revenue guidance of $351.7 million-$352.4 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $361.0 million. Utz Brands also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 0.850-0.890 EPS.

Utz Brands Trading Up 1.0 %

UTZ opened at $13.71 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.94 billion, a PE ratio of 76.17, a P/E/G ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 0.85. Utz Brands has a 12-month low of $12.15 and a 12-month high of $20.04. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $13.65 and its 200 day moving average price is $15.14.

Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.03. Utz Brands had a return on equity of 7.92% and a net margin of 1.13%. The business had revenue of $341.05 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $349.93 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.16 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts expect that Utz Brands will post 0.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Utz Brands Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 24th. Investors of record on Monday, April 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.011 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 7th. Utz Brands’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 133.33%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently commented on UTZ. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on shares of Utz Brands from $24.00 to $20.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Mizuho lowered their target price on Utz Brands from $21.00 to $19.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, February 10th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on Utz Brands from $23.00 to $20.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, February 24th. DA Davidson reduced their price objective on Utz Brands from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 24th. Finally, TD Cowen dropped their target price on Utz Brands from $21.00 to $17.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Utz Brands currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $19.25.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Utz Brands news, insider Cc Collier Holdings, Llc sold 496,038 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $13.40, for a total value of $6,646,909.20. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Howard A. Friedman purchased 3,525 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 24th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $14.16 per share, for a total transaction of $49,914.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 265,729 shares in the company, valued at $3,762,722.64. This trade represents a 1.34 % increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Corporate insiders own 16.32% of the company’s stock.

About Utz Brands

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.