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Utz Brands, Inc.

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$1.44B$1.41B$1.41B$1.18B$325.6M$638.7M
Operating income$19.5M$58.9M$5.3M$10.6M−$958,000$32.8M
Net income$800,000$16.0M−$392,000$20.6M−$99.9M$3.4M
Total assets$2.79B$2.73B$2.75B$2.72B$2.58B
Total liabilities$1.45B$1.34B$1.36B$1.28B$1.20B
Equity$713.7M$702.5M$669.5M$679.7M$552.9M$1.29B
EPS (diluted)$0.01$0.19$0.00$0.25$-1.64
Shares out.87.8M85.4M80.1M81.1M61.1M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
1.4%
Net margin
0.1%
Return on equity
0.1%
Return on assets
0.0%
Return on capital (ROCE)
0.8%
Liabilities / assets
51.9%
Debt / equity
2.03×
Book value / share
$8.13
Revenue growth (YoY)
2.1%
Net income growth (YoY)
−95.0%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
0.33distress
Accruals / assets
4.0%clean
Piotroski F-Score
4/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
72
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 50Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 75

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

1 severe4 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
12 acquisitions0 disposalsnet +318,695 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Werzyn William Jr.DirectorApr 23, 2026Grant16,927$0.00
Deromedi Roger KDirectorApr 23, 2026Grant16,927$0.00
Stewart Pamela JDirectorApr 23, 2026Grant16,927$0.00
Lindeman Bruce JohnDirectorApr 23, 2026Grant16,927$0.00
Brown TimothyDirectorApr 23, 2026Grant16,927$0.00
Steeneck Craig D.DirectorApr 23, 2026Grant16,927$0.00
Choi ChristinaDirectorApr 23, 2026Grant16,927$0.00
Giordano Jason KDirectorApr 23, 2026Grant16,927$0.00
Altmeyer John WDirectorApr 23, 2026Grant16,927$0.00
Fernandez Antonio F.DirectorApr 23, 2026Grant16,927$0.00
Lissette DylanDirectorApr 23, 2026Grant16,927$0.00
Friedman Howard AOfficer — CEOMar 9, 2026Grant132,498$0.00

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20269.0M3.8+17.1%
Apr 30, 20267.7M4.7+14.5%
Apr 15, 20266.7M3.7-9.1%
Mar 31, 20267.4M3.7+10.3%
Mar 13, 20266.7M3.5+9.0%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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