B&G Foods vs Utz Brands
BGS and UTZ side by side, both in food and kindred products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BGS and UTZ compare
Utz Brands is the larger company, worth 7.2 times as much as B&G Foods ($2.1B against $284M).
Utz Brands grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (0.48% versus −2.7% for B&G Foods).
Utz Brands keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −2.7% compared with −4.7% at B&G Foods.
Both pay dividends: B&G Foods yields 16.3% and Utz Brands 1.8%.
B&G Foods scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 4 for Utz Brands), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BGS | UTZ |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $284M | $2.1B |
| Share price | $3.50 | $14.28 |
| Change, 1 year | −25.1% | 36.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −88.6% | −10.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.49 | 0.43 |
| Employees | 2,497 | 3,100 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 (better) | 4 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 0.2× (better) | 1.4× |
| P/B | 0.8× (better) | 3.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.9× (better) | 46.3× |
| P/FCF | 2.9× (better) | 857× |
| FCF yield | 35.0% (better) | 0.12% |
| Fair value | $13.74 | $4.83 |
| Margin of safety | 74.5% (better) | −196% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −2.7% | 0.48% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −1.5% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −789% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −714% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 21.8% | 24.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.7% (better) | −1.1% |
| Net margin | −4.7% | −2.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | 5.6% (better) | 0.17% |
| Return on equity | −20.4% | −5.5% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 2.2% (better) | −0.81% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 5.75 | 1.30 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 15.68 | 10.75 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | −0.4× |
| Current ratio | 2.84 (better) | 1.07 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.14 (better) | 1.14 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 16.3% (better) | 1.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −16.7% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 16.3% (better) | 1.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 57.3% | 53.5% |
| Held by insiders | 5.3% | 43.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$248K | $13.6K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 18.4% | 6.4% |
Go deeper
- BGS stock overview
- BGS income statement
- BGS valuation and score
- UTZ stock overview
- UTZ income statement
- UTZ valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.