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Utz Brands (UTZ) Competitors

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$12.14 -0.16 (-1.26%)
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UTZ vs. FRPT, BRFS, NOMD, VITL, KLG, WYHG, OTLY, MAMA, AFRI, and BYND

Should you be buying Utz Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Utz Brands include Freshpet (FRPT), BRF (BRFS), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Vital Farms (VITL), WK Kellogg (KLG), Wing Yip Food Holdings Group Limited (Uplisting) (WYHG), Oatly Group (OTLY), Mama's Creations (MAMA), Forafric Global (AFRI), and Beyond Meat (BYND). These companies are all part of the "food products" industry.

Utz Brands vs.

Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) and Freshpet (NASDAQ:FRPT) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Utz Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Freshpet. Utz Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freshpet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Utz Brands$1.41B1.21-$24.94M$0.3237.92
Freshpet$1.01B4.08-$33.61M$0.31273.84

Freshpet has a net margin of 4.81% compared to Utz Brands' net margin of 1.13%. Utz Brands' return on equity of 7.92% beat Freshpet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Utz Brands1.13% 7.92% 4.18%
Freshpet 4.81%3.92%2.60%

In the previous week, Freshpet had 7 more articles in the media than Utz Brands. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Freshpet and 6 mentions for Utz Brands. Freshpet's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Utz Brands' score of 0.70 indicating that Freshpet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Utz Brands
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Freshpet
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Utz Brands has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freshpet has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Freshpet received 450 more outperform votes than Utz Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.21% of users gave Freshpet an outperform vote while only 62.00% of users gave Utz Brands an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Utz BrandsOutperform Votes
62
62.00%
Underperform Votes
38
38.00%
FreshpetOutperform Votes
512
63.21%
Underperform Votes
298
36.79%

Utz Brands currently has a consensus price target of $17.81, indicating a potential upside of 46.79%. Freshpet has a consensus price target of $133.43, indicating a potential upside of 57.18%. Given Freshpet's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Freshpet is more favorable than Utz Brands.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Utz Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Freshpet
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

96.0% of Utz Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 16.3% of Utz Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Freshpet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Freshpet beats Utz Brands on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UTZ vs. The Competition

MetricUtz Brandsfood preparations & kindred products IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.72B$2.97B$17.49B$19.30B
Dividend Yield1.90%2.59%3.07%3.83%
P/E Ratio67.4219.4616.3134.53
Price / Sales1.210.894.2134.84
Price / Cash11.9911.1416.3917.51
Price / Book1.231.746.144.69
Net Income-$24.94M$148.73M$737.42M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.39%-4.09%-1.76%-2.43%
1 Month Performance-9.30%-3.39%1.91%6.27%
1 Year Performance-32.62%-2.86%-2.49%5.78%

Utz Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTZ
Utz Brands
4.1136 of 5 stars
$12.14
-1.3%
$17.81
+46.8%
-33.1%$1.72B$1.41B67.423,740
FRPT
Freshpet
3.9062 of 5 stars
$79.62
-1.1%
$135.73
+70.5%
-32.1%$3.88B$1.01B84.701,010Positive News
BRFS
BRF
3.9685 of 5 stars
$3.45
+1.9%
$14.50
+320.9%
-0.3%$3.73B$61.38B8.01105,000Analyst Downgrade
NOMD
Nomad Foods
4.4245 of 5 stars
$18.62
-1.7%
$24.00
+28.9%
-5.2%$2.86B$3.10B14.007,540High Trading Volume
VITL
Vital Farms
4.6535 of 5 stars
$34.56
+2.2%
$44.63
+29.1%
-13.3%$1.54B$620.57M30.86290
KLG
WK Kellogg
1.3015 of 5 stars
$17.59
+3.4%
$16.86
-4.1%
-13.1%$1.52B$2.66B21.713,150
WYHG
Wing Yip Food Holdings Group Limited (Uplisting)
N/A$9.45
-1.6%
N/AN/A$453.35M$144.63M0.00N/ALockup Expiration
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OTLY
Oatly Group
2.2856 of 5 stars
$9.87
-1.4%
$16.80
+70.2%
-55.8%$295.39M$822.04M-1.451,910
MAMA
Mama's Creations
2.4966 of 5 stars
$6.64
+2.8%
$10.67
+60.6%
+1.3%$249.64M$123.33M73.79N/APositive News
AFRI
Forafric Global
N/A$7.84
flat
N/A-28.2%$210.73M$274.22M0.001
BYND
Beyond Meat
2.5182 of 5 stars
$2.31
+1.3%
$4.00
+73.2%
-60.0%$176.44M$326.45M-0.55880

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