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Utz Brands, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Utz Brands, Inc. had return on equity of 0.1%, an operating margin of 1.4%, debt equal to 119.0% of equity and a current ratio of 1.19. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2018Dec 20182019Dec 20192021Jan 20222022Jan 20232023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin34.5%33.0%32.5%31.9%24.4%26.2%24.9%25.4%
Operating margin2.5%5.0%0.9%0.4%1.1%4.2%1.4%0.7%
Net margin−4.0%−2.1%1.7%−0.0%−1.7%1.1%0.1%−2.0%
Free-cash-flow margin0.4%1.0%1.4%−2.8%1.5%0.5%0.7%3.5%
Return on equity——6.0%−0.1%−3.6%2.3%0.1%−4.1%
Return on assets−6.9%−3.6%1.3%−0.0%−0.9%0.6%0.0%−1.0%
Asset turnover1.741.720.750.510.510.520.520.52
Current ratio8.481.201.481.571.421.111.191.06
Debt to equity——123.9%129.7%134.4%110.3%119.0%120.5%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)0.4x0.8x0.3x0.1x0.3x1.3x0.5x0.2x
Effective tax rate——50.3%——55.8%——
SG&A as % of revenue32.6%29.7%31.8%31.6%22.8%22.0%24.2%20.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue1.7%2.6%2.7%6.2%3.9%7.0%7.1%4.4%
Free cash flow ÷ net income——81.0%——47.8%>999%—
Dividends ÷ net income——57.9%——136.5%>999%—
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow0.0%0.0%71.5%—88.5%285.5%237.2%44.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 7 checks passed · June 28, 2026
What it owns · $2.8bn
Short-term assets $362mLonger-term assets $2.4bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.2bn
Short-term liabilities $341mLonger-term liabilities $1.1bnShareholders' equity $696m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $362m of assets due within a year against $341m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $362m short-term assets against $1.1bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $59m of cash against $839m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 121% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 122% to 121% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $116m of operating cash flow against $839m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $10m against $41m of interest.

From Utz Brands, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

18 /100

Weak moat

How hard Utz Brands's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 0 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 0.7% of total assets over 5 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 28.4%, moving by 4.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 1.1%; its worst year was -1.8%.

  • Cash conversion 6 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 3 of 5 years, at a median 0.9% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Utz Brands, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Utz Brands, Inc.