Utz Brands (UTZ) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.10
- Estimate
- $0.23
- Surprise
- -55.8%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-27)
- $369.2M
- Score today
- 5.0/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Utz Brands (UTZ) missed the $0.23 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.10 — a large 55.8% shortfall.
Coverage in the report window
- Utz Brands Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results — fiscal.ai, 2026-11-06
- Utz Brands Q3 Adj. EPS $0.10 Misses $0.23 Estimate, Sales $369.200M Miss $384.596M Estimate — benzinga, 2026-11-06
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates UTZ Sell at 5.0/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -55.8% surprise compares with a -12.3% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: United States
- Target reached (-12.6% upside)
- Quality below floor (2.1 < 4.0)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $14.24
- Stop
- $14.16
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-07 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
UTZ at TrendMatrix's latest read
Defensive staples are judged on margin resilience: pricing power against input costs matters more here than top-line drama.
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Market cap
- $1.26B
- P/E (fwd)
- 17.1
- 52-week range
- $6.78–$14.36
- Off 52-week high
- 0.8%
- RSI (14)
- 33
- Volume vs avg
- 1.44×
- Score today
- 5.0/10