Utz Brands, Inc.
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $1.27B
- P/E (TTM)
- –
- Dividend yield
- –
About Utz Brands
Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products, SIC 2090
Utz Brands, Inc. manufactures and markets branded salty snacks. Its product portfolio includes potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pork skins, pub mixes, and salsa and dips under brands such as Utz, On The Border, Zapp’s, and Boulder Canyon. The company operates in a single operating segment, strategically managing its offerings into Branded Salty Snacks and Non-Branded and Non-Salty Snacks. It sells products to retail customers across grocery, mass merchant, club, convenience, and drug channels.
The company operates primarily in the United States across designated core and expansion geographies. As of late 2025, it runs eight company-operated manufacturing facilities and reaches retailers through an estimated 2,500 direct-store delivery routes alongside direct-to-warehouse, third-party distributor, and direct-to-consumer networks. Utz Brands maintains its corporate headquarters in Hanover, Pennsylvania, where it was originally founded.
Summary of the business section of Utz Brands's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Utz Brands, Inc.
- Founded
- 1921
- Headquarters
- Hanover, PA
- Address
- 900 High Street 17331
- Phone
- (717) 637-6644
- Website
- utzsnacks.com
- Employees
- 3,100, Dec 28, 2025
- Industry
- Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- January 3
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- UTZ
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Oct 5, 2018
- Shares outstanding
- 144M, Aug 3, 2026
- Public float
- $911.70M, Jun 29, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1739566
- CUSIP
- 918090101
- ISIN
- US9180901012
- LEI
- 5299009BHBU2NH5HRN16
- EIN
- 98-1425274
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Howard A. Friedman | CEO, Director | 397,178 |
| Ryan Patrick Tewey | Principal Accounting Officer | 20,854 |
| James Sponaugle | EVP & Chief People Officer | 100,254 |
| Jeremy K. Stuart | EVP, Sales & CCO | 67,469 |
| Jennifer Bentz | EVP, Chief Marketing Officer | 85,000 |
| William J. Kelley JR | EVP, Chief Financial Officer | 54,021 |
| Theresa Robbins Shea | EVP, Chief Legal Officer | 110,524 |
| Mitchell Andrew Arends | EVP Chief Integr Supply Chain | 101,712 |
| Chad Whyte | EVP, Supply Chain | 58,717 |
| Mark Schreiber | EVP & Chief Customer Officer | 125,063 |
| Cary Devore | EVP, Chief Op & Transform Ofc | 480,867 |
| Shannan Redcay | EVP, Manufacturing | 44,212 |
| Ajay Kataria | EVP & CFO | 151,399 |
| Dylan Lissette | Director | 175,559 |
| John W. Altmeyer | Director | 84,500 |
| Roger K. Deromedi | Director | 14,203,863 |
| Craig D. Steeneck | Director | 312,000 |
| Jason K. Giordano | Director | 18,520,293 |
| Antonio F. Fernandez | Director | 263,533 |
| Bruce John Lindeman | Director | 69,080 |
| Christina Choi | Director | 50,637 |
| Timothy Brown | Director | 84,500 |
| Pamela J. Stewart | Director | 54,571 |
| William Werzyn Jr. | Director | 39,897 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Howard Friedman | $4.39M | $914.85K | $1.38M | $51 | $85 |
| FY2024 Howard Friedman | $4.91M | $4.10M | $2.36M | $75 | $99 |
| FY2023 Howard Friedman | $4.11M | $3.84M | $1.67M | $77 | $105 |
| FY2022 Dylan Lissette | $5.87M | $5.86M | $3.16M | $74 | $116 |
| FY2022 Howard Friedman | $4.25M | $4.13M | $3.16M | $74 | $116 |
| FY2021 Dylan Lissette | $1.01M | -$1.57M | $605.17K | $73 | $110 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 28, 2025, we employed approximately 3,100 full-time associates and 200 part-time associates.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | Merger vote | Definitive merger proxy statement |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Delisting | Notice of delisting from exchange (Form 25) |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Sep 3, 2020 | Auditor change | Change in certifying accountant (8-K Item 4.01) |
| Sep 3, 2020 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Aug 31, 2020 | Delisting | Notice of delisting from exchange (Form 25) |
| Aug 27, 2020 | Name change | Name changed from Collier Creek Holdings to Utz Brands, Inc. |
| Jun 12, 2020 | Merger | Registration of securities for a merger or exchange offer (S-4) |
| Oct 5, 2018 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Oct 3, 2018 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |