Utz Brands Inc (NYSE: UTZ) is -12.01% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $12.71 and a high of $20.00 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The UTZ stock was last observed hovering at around $13.74 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.04%.
Currently trading at $13.78, the stock is 0.60% and -1.80% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.67 million and changing 0.29% at the moment leaves the stock -15.33% off its SMA200. UTZ registered -23.22% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -21.34%.
The stock witnessed a 4.16% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -20.16%, and is 1.70% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.40% over the week and 3.35% over the month.
Utz Brands Inc (UTZ) has around 3200 employees, a market worth around $1.95B and $1.41B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 74.65 and Fwd P/E is 14.56. Profit margin for the company is 1.13%. Distance from 52-week low is 8.42% and -31.11% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.00%).
with sales reaching $345.44M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 10.00% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 1.31% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -0.31% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 83.54M, and float is at 69.55M with Short Float at 10.58%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 6.9 million shares valued at $114.77 million. The investor’s holdings represent 8.4745 of the UTZ Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. with 5.68 million shares valued at $94.47 million to account for 6.9692 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 5.13 million shares representing 6.3053 and valued at over $85.39 million, while CHAMPLAIN INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC holds 6.2864 of the shares totaling 5.12 million with a market value of $85.21 million.
Utz Brands Inc (UTZ) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by CC Collier Holdings, LLC, the company’s. SEC filings show that CC Collier Holdings, LLC sold 496,038 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 06 ’25 at a price of $13.40 per share for a total of $6.65 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 28 ’25, Arends Mitchell Andrew (EVP Chief Integr Supply Chain) acquired 2,911 shares at an average price of $13.73 for $39968.0. The insider now directly holds 62,706 shares of Utz Brands Inc (UTZ).
