Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.850-0.890 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.830. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Piper Sandler lowered their price target on shares of Utz Brands from $24.00 to $20.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Barclays lowered their price target on shares of Utz Brands from $19.00 to $17.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 17th. TD Cowen lowered their price target on shares of Utz Brands from $21.00 to $17.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, Mizuho lowered their price target on shares of Utz Brands from $21.00 to $19.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, February 10th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $20.00.

Utz Brands Stock Performance

Shares of Utz Brands stock opened at $13.47 on Thursday. Utz Brands has a fifty-two week low of $12.71 and a fifty-two week high of $20.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 0.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.90 billion, a P/E ratio of -70.87, a P/E/G ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 1.01. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $14.49 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $16.23.

Utz Brands Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th were issued a dividend of $0.061 per share. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 16th. This is a positive change from Utz Brands’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.06. Utz Brands’s payout ratio is -126.32%.

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.