Utz Brands, Inc.

NYSE:UTZ Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.0b

Utz Brands Valuation

Is UTZ undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of UTZ when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$15.93
Fair Value
11.5% undervalued intrinsic discount
10
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: UTZ ($14.1) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($15.93)

Significantly Below Fair Value: UTZ is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for UTZ?

Key metric: As UTZ is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for UTZ. This is calculated by dividing UTZ's market cap by their current earnings.
What is UTZ's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio73.7x
EarningsUS$15.97m
Market CapUS$1.97b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does UTZ's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for UTZ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average33.9x
KLG WK Kellogg Co
23.9x27.1%US$1.7b
TR Tootsie Roll Industries
24.6xn/aUS$2.2b
THS TreeHouse Foods
57.1x36.4%US$1.5b
JJSF J&J Snack Foods
29.9x13.5%US$2.5b
UTZ Utz Brands
73.7x42.1%US$2.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: UTZ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (73.7x) compared to the peer average (33.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does UTZ's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Food Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GCEH Global Clean Energy Holdings
0.3xn/aUS$41.60m
IDBH.F Industrias Bachoco. de
0.02xn/aUS$9.65m
OGAA Organic Agricultural
0.003xn/aUS$92.00
No more companies available in this PE range
UTZ 73.7xIndustry Avg. 19.7xNo. of Companies8PE01224364860+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: UTZ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (73.7x) compared to the US Food industry average (19.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is UTZ's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

UTZ PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio73.7x
Fair PE Ratio32.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: UTZ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (73.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.1x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst UTZ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$14.10
US$18.60
+31.9%
9.4%US$23.00US$17.00n/a10
Feb ’26US$13.36
US$19.20
+43.7%
9.8%US$23.00US$17.00n/a10
Jan ’26US$15.66
US$20.60
+31.5%
9.5%US$24.00US$18.00n/a10
Dec ’25US$17.41
US$20.60
+18.3%
9.5%US$24.00US$18.00n/a10
Nov ’25US$17.35
US$20.90
+20.5%
10.6%US$24.00US$18.00n/a10
Oct ’25US$18.01
US$20.70
+14.9%
10.8%US$24.00US$17.00n/a10
Sep ’25US$16.89
US$20.70
+22.6%
10.8%US$24.00US$17.00n/a10
Aug ’25US$15.76
US$20.80
+32.0%
10.9%US$24.00US$17.00n/a10
Jul ’25US$16.64
US$22.09
+32.8%
7.1%US$24.00US$18.00n/a11
Jun ’25US$18.54
US$22.09
+19.2%
7.1%US$24.00US$18.00n/a11
May ’25US$18.13
US$20.32
+12.1%
7.3%US$22.00US$17.00n/a11
Apr ’25US$18.61
US$19.79
+6.3%
8.1%US$22.00US$17.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$17.52
US$19.63
+12.0%
7.4%US$22.00US$17.00n/a12
Feb ’25US$18.19
US$18.58
+2.2%
11.3%US$22.00US$13.00US$13.3612
Jan ’25US$16.24
US$17.09
+5.2%
10.1%US$19.00US$13.00US$15.6611
Dec ’24US$13.55
US$15.50
+14.4%
9.2%US$17.00US$13.00US$17.4110
Nov ’24US$11.77
US$16.50
+40.2%
10.9%US$19.00US$13.00US$17.3510
Oct ’24US$13.43
US$18.11
+34.9%
5.5%US$20.00US$17.00US$18.019
Sep ’24US$15.16
US$19.57
+29.1%
7.2%US$22.00US$18.00US$16.897
Aug ’24US$16.56
US$19.57
+18.2%
7.2%US$22.00US$18.00US$15.767
Jul ’24US$16.36
US$19.57
+19.6%
7.2%US$22.00US$18.00US$16.647
Jun ’24US$16.20
US$19.57
+20.8%
7.2%US$22.00US$18.00US$18.547
May ’24US$18.84
US$19.71
+4.6%
7.0%US$22.00US$18.00US$18.137
Apr ’24US$16.47
US$19.63
+19.2%
6.7%US$22.00US$18.00US$18.618
Mar ’24US$16.30
US$19.13
+17.3%
6.1%US$21.00US$18.00US$17.528
Feb ’24US$16.73
US$19.13
+14.3%
6.1%US$21.00US$18.00US$18.198
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 10 Analysts
US$18.60
Fair Value
24.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
10
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/22 05:34
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/21 00:00
Earnings2024/12/29
Annual Earnings2024/12/29

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Utz Brands, Inc. is covered by 18 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Andrew LazarBarclays
Peter GalboBofA Global Research
Wendy NicholsonCitigroup Inc