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

Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. 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 -.

Utz Brands Price Performance

NYSE:UTZ traded up $0.93 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $14.40. 559,742 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,120,761. The company has a current ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $14.49 and its 200-day moving average is $16.23. The firm has a market cap of $2.03 billion, a PE ratio of -75.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.85 and a beta of 1.01. Utz Brands has a twelve month low of $12.71 and a twelve month high of $20.04.

Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.03. Utz Brands had a negative net margin of 0.99% and a positive return on equity of 7.25%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.16 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Utz Brands will post 0.73 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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 paid a $0.061 dividend. This is an increase from Utz Brands’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.06. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 16th. Utz Brands’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -126.32%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

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.