ChartMill · Aug 5, 2026
Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) Jumps on Take-Private Deal as Q2 EPS Misses Estimates
Utz Brands beats on revenue? Actually misses EPS but stock surges 21% on $14.25/share Intersnack take-private deal; Q2 sales $371.8M.
NYSE · UTZ
Utz Brands, Inc.
Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
$14.16
Up+$0.03 (+0.21%)
Updated Aug 14, 2026, 10:05 AM
SID Score
5.4/10
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- Market cap
- 858.47M
- P/E ratio
- 150.69
- Dividend yield
- 2.25%
- 52-week range
- $6.78 – $14.19
- Volume
- 1.75M
- Avg. volume
- 1.4M
Price performance
UTZ price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
UTZ closed at $14.16 after 21 trading sessions, up 89.30% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $14.16
- Period change
- +89.30%
- Period low
- $7.21
- Period high
- $14.17
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | $14.15 | $14.16 | $14.13 | $14.16 | 1.75M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $14.12 | $14.15 | $14.12 | $14.13 | 2.41M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $14.12 | $14.13 | $14.11 | $14.11 | 1.59M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $14.14 | $14.16 | $14.11 | $14.11 | 3.39M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $14.14 | $14.16 | $14.11 | $14.11 | 3.46M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $14.14 | $14.16 | $14.11 | $14.16 | 971.86K |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $14.15 | $14.15 | $14.10 | $14.12 | 2.88M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $14.15 | $14.17 | $14.11 | $14.11 | 2.49M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $14.17 | $14.18 | $14.14 | $14.17 | 2.58M |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $14.10 | $14.19 | $14.10 | $14.12 | 2.84M |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $14.09 | $14.168 | $14.07 | $14.11 | 5.3M |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $14.08 | $14.10 | $14.06 | $14.06 | 4.45M |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $14.10 | $14.10 | $14.08 | $14.08 | 4.73M |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $14.10 | $14.12 | $14.08 | $14.08 | 2.45M |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $14.10 | $14.11 | $14.08 | $14.10 | 3.98M |
| Jul 23, 2026 | $14.08 | $14.10 | $14.06 | $14.09 | 8.49M |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $14.10 | $14.11 | $14.05 | $14.06 | 21.42M |
| Jul 21, 2026 | $14.08 | $14.14 | $14.05 | $14.06 | 61.83M |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $7.27 | $7.492 | $7.2185 | $7.45 | 1.73M |
| Jul 17, 2026 | $7.51 | $7.68 | $7.17 | $7.21 | 2.99M |
| Jul 16, 2026 | $7.39 | $7.625 | $7.295 | $7.48 | 2.81M |
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Company profile
Utz Brands Inc is a manufacturer of branded salty snacks. It produces a broad offering of salty snacks, including potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pork skins, pub/party mixes, and other snacks. Its iconic portfolio of authentic, craft, and better-for-you (BFY) brands, which includes Utz, Zapp's, On The Border, Golden Flake, and Boulder Canyon, among others, enjoys household penetration in the United States, where its products can be found in approximately half of U.S. household. The company operates in eight manufacturing facilities with a broad range of capabilities, and its products are distributed nationally to grocery, mass, club, convenience, drug, e-commerce and other retailers through direct shipments, distributors, and approximately 2,500 DSD routes.
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- Consensus
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- Average target
- $14.13
- Implied upside
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | — |
| Jul 22, 2026 | DA Davidson | Neutral | — |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | — |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | — |
| Jul 16, 2026 | UBS | Neutral | — |
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Benzinga · Aug 5, 2026
Utz Brands Q2 Adj. EPS $0.19 Misses $0.20 Estimate, Sales $371.800M Miss $374.162M Estimate
Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) reported quarterly earnings of $0.19 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.20 by 5 percent. This is a 11.76 percent increase over earnings of $0.17 per share from the same
Fintel · Aug 4, 2026
Utz Brands (UTZ) Price Target Increased by 19.69% to 14.22
SeekingAlpha · Jul 25, 2026
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