UTZUtz Brands, Inc.

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RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 34 out of 100, Below average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Below average. Utz Brands, Inc. scores higher than 31% of the 2,291 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by return on new capital and earnings quality, held back by valuation and return on capital.

Consumer Defensive median 62 · all companies 54

Valuation

26% of the score, 30% here after data gaps

28median 50

Utz Brands, Inc. is valued at 35.3x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a very rich multiple.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
35.3x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score, 20% here after data gaps

0median 23

Over 6 years the business earned 0.9% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
0.9%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
6 years agolatest 0.6%

Return on new capital

16% of the score, 18% here after data gaps

91median 33

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 10 cents. New capital earned 0.9%, and 1202% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
10%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score, 16% here after data gaps

23median 63

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countUp 2% a year over 4 years: new shares
38
5%
-3%
2%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 44% a year, sales 13%
0
12%
-2%
31%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

Taken out: its 12% is shared by the others

n/ano data

Margins have been too thin to measure a cycle against.

Balance sheet

8% of the score, 9% here after data gaps

0median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA10.4x a year of EBITDA
0
4.5x
0.5x
10.4x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 0x
0
1.5x
12x
0.2x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps

80median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 4% of assets
80
8%
0%
-8%
-4%
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. For UTZ, cycle position could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-28, latest annual report FY2025.