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UTZ Brands Q4 2025 [Q&A] earnings summary

Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.
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Q4 2025 [Q&A] earnings summary12 Feb, 2026

Executive summary

  • Confidence in commercial plans for 2026, focusing on geographic expansion, distribution gains, marketing, and innovation, with flexibility to adapt to market dynamics.

  • Net sales grew 0.4% in Q4 2025 and 2.1% for FY 2025, with organic net sales up 0.4% and 2.4% respectively, driven by branded salty snacks and geographic expansion.

  • Adjusted EBITDA increased 17.5% year-over-year in Q4, with margin expansion from productivity savings.

  • Innovation and premium product launches, such as protein pretzels and Boulder Canyon tallow chips, expected to drive incremental growth.

  • Continued to gain dollar and volume share in expansion geographies, offsetting headwinds in core markets.

Financial highlights

  • Q4 2025 net sales: $342.2M (+0.4% YoY); FY 2025 net sales: $1,438.8M (+2.1% YoY).

  • Adjusted gross profit margin expanded by 560bps to 36.5% in Q4.

  • Adjusted EBITDA: $62.4M in Q4 (+17.5% YoY); FY adjusted EBITDA: $216.5M (+8.1% YoY).

  • Adjusted EPS: $0.26 in Q4 (+18.2% YoY); FY adjusted EPS: $0.82 (+6.5% YoY).

  • Net leverage ratio improved to 3.4x at year-end 2025, down from 3.9x in Q3.

Outlook and guidance

  • 2026 organic net sales growth expected at 2–3%, with a midpoint of 2.5%, led by branded salty snacks.

  • Adjusted EBITDA growth projected at 5–8%, with margin expansion and productivity savings.

  • Adjusted EPS projected to decline 3–6% due to higher D&A, interest, and tax rate.

  • Adjusted free cash flow guidance: $60–100M; net leverage ratio targeted at 3.0x–3.2x by year-end 2026.

  • 53rd week in 2026 expected to add ~$20M to net sales, $3M to adjusted EBITDA, and $0.02 to adjusted EPS.

What drives FY26 Adjusted EPS decline despite EBITDA growth?
Reconcile share repurchase with leverage reduction priority.
Strategy for declining Non-Branded & Non-Salty Snacks?
Drivers of lower 2026 EBITDA margin
Shelf space strategy vs. aggressive competitors
Portfolio adaptation to consumer environment
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Utz Brands, Inc. manufactures and distributes a wide range of snack products in the United States. The company offers potato chips, tortilla chips, cheese curls, puffs and twists, popcorn, pretzels, pork rinds and nuts gourmet products; and ready to eat deli salads, dips, salsa and other products. Its products are primarily sold to grocery stores, wholesalers /distributors, convenience stores/drug stores, discount/club stores.

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