Utz Brands Inc UTZ

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-defensive

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
47/100
Developing

Ranked against 72 peers in Packaged Foods

About Utz Brands Inc

Utz Brands, Inc. manufactures branded salty snacks in the United States. The company provides a range of salty snack food products, such as potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pub and party mixes, pork skins, and ready-to-eat popcorn, as well as other snacks which include salsa and dips; and non-branded and non-salty snacks comprising partner brands, private label, and … Full UTZ analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.85), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • Operating Leverage in Effect Operating leverage is evident (score 0.63), with margins expanding over time.

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.35), raising refinancing risk.
  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.36), suggesting weak customer stickiness.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where UTZ ranks in Packaged Foods

Utz Brands Inc ranks #35 of 73 scored companies in Packaged Foods by moat score — the top 48%. The widest moat in the group is McCormick & Company, Incorporat (MKC-V) at 79/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
31 General Mills, Inc. GIS 54/100 Moderate
32 Treehouse Foods, Inc. THS 52/100 Moderate
33 B&G Foods, Inc. BGS 52/100 Moderate
34 Coffee Holding Co., Inc. JVA 51/100 Moderate
35 Utz Brands Inc UTZ 47/100 Developing
36 The Kraft Heinz Company KHC 47/100 Developing
37 ConAgra Brands, Inc. CAG 43/100 Developing
38 Farmer Brothers Company FARM 43/100 Developing
39 Oriental Rise Holdings Limited ORIS 39/100 Developing

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How UTZ scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 53 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 47 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 47 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 43 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 41 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 55 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding UTZ's moat

What is Utz Brands Inc's moat score?

Utz Brands Inc (UTZ) scores 47 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #35 of 73 scored companies in Packaged Foods, the top 48%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 72 companies in Packaged Foods. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (55/100) and its weakest is Resilience (41/100).

How does Utz Brands Inc compare with other Packaged Foods companies?

Utz Brands Inc ranks #35 of 73 scored companies in Packaged Foods by moat score. The widest moat in Packaged Foods is McCormick & Company, Incorporat (MKC-V) at 79/100. The companies ranked closest are Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (JVA) at 51 just above it and The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) at 46 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 72 companies in Packaged Foods. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Utz Brands Inc scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Utz Brands Inc?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and UTZ scores: Pricing Power (53), Cost Advantage (47), Customer Stickiness (47), Capital Efficiency (43), Resilience (41), Scale & Market Position (55). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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