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Utz Brands (Utz Brands) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Utz Brands Financial Strength?

Utz Brands has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Utz Brands's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.54. Utz Brands's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.70. As of today, Utz Brands's Altman Z-Score is 1.11.


Competitive Comparison of Utz Brands's Financial Strength

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Utz Brands's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Utz Brands's Financial Strength Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Utz Brands's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Utz Brands's Financial Strength falls into.



Utz Brands Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Utz Brands's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-15 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $942 Mil.

Utz Brands's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*8.252/-15.184
=0.54

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Utz Brands's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(43.727 + 941.613) / 1408.396
=0.70

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Utz Brands has a Z-score of 1.11, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.11 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Utz Brands  (NYSE:UTZ) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Utz Brands has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Utz Brands (Utz Brands) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
900 High Street, Hanover, PA, USA, 17331
Utz Brands Inc is a snack food manufacturing company. It manufactures a diverse portfolio of salty snacks under popular brands including Utz, Zapp's, Golden Flake, Good Health, Boulder Canyon, Hawaiian, TORTIYAHS!, among others. The company's products include potato chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pork skins, pub/party mixes, and veggie snacks. Its products are distributed nationally and internationally through grocery, mass merchant, club, convenience, drug, and other channels. It operates in the given segment: the manufacturing, distribution, marketing and sale of snack food products.
Executives
Theresa Robbins Shea officer: EVP and General Counsel 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Jennifer Bentz officer: EVP, Insights, Innov & Mktg 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Dylan Lissette director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 860 WESTMINSTER AVENUE, HANOVER PA 17331
Roger K Deromedi director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Chinh Chu 10 percent owner THE BLACKSTONE GROUP, 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
Cc Collier Holdings, Llc 10 percent owner C/O CC CAPITAL, 200 PARK AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10166
Howard A Friedman director, officer: CEO 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Chad Whyte officer: EVP, Supply Chain 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Pamela J Stewart director 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Shannan Redcay officer: EVP, Manufacturing 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Cary Devore officer: EVP & CFO 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Shane Chambers officer: EVP & Chief Growth Officer 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
John W Altmeyer director 946 HIGHMEADOW COURT, LANCASTER PA 17601
Antonio F. Fernandez director C/O PINNACLE FOODS INC., 399 JEFFERSON ROAD, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Ajay Kataria officer: EVP, Finance & Accounting 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331