Utz Brands, Inc. filings document the reporting record of a branded salty-snack manufacturer with Class A common stock listed on the NYSE. The company’s Form 8-K disclosures cover quarterly and annual operating results, Regulation FD presentation materials, guidance-related updates, liquidity, leverage, cash flow, and capital-allocation actions such as dividends and share repurchases.
Proxy and annual-meeting filings describe board elections, advisory executive-compensation votes, auditor ratification, director classes, equity compensation disclosures, and voting power across the company’s Class A and Class V common stock. Other filings address accounting presentation matters, including the classification of logistics, direct-store-delivery distribution center, and outbound shipping and handling costs within the company’s statements of operations.
Utz Brands director Dylan Lissette reported a tax-related share disposition. On February 27, 2026, 16,891 shares of Utz Class A Common Stock were withheld at $10.38 per share to cover taxes triggered by a restricted stock unit settlement.
After this withholding, Lissette directly holds 143,803 Class A shares. The filing also notes 14,829 shares held indirectly in a trust for the benefit of Lissette’s youngest child; Lissette expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of those trust-held shares.
Utz Brands, Inc. used its CAGNY conference appearance to outline long-term growth, margin, cash flow, and deleveraging targets as it exits a capital-intensive transformation stage. Management emphasized growing faster than the salty snack category while expanding profitability and free cash flow.
The company aims for Organic Net Sales to grow 2–3 percentage points faster than the category and sees long-term Net Sales potential of $1.9 billion, about $500 million above current levels. Annual Adjusted EBITDA growth is targeted at 6–8% with margin expansion to at least 17%.
Utz targets Adjusted Free Cash Flow of over $100 million in 2027 and beyond, supported by capital expenditures of about 3% of Net Sales starting in 2027. It also plans to reduce leverage to roughly 2.5x long term and expects leverage of 2.7x–3.0x in 2027.
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership of 5,333,171 shares of Utz Brands, Inc. Class A common stock, representing 6.1% of the class as of 12/31/2025. Ameriprise reports shared voting power over 5,331,050 shares and shared dispositive power over 5,333,171 shares, with no sole voting or dispositive power. The firm disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported shares and certifies they are held in the ordinary course of business, not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Utz Brands.
Utz Brands describes how it is reshaping its salty snack business while remaining a leading U.S. branded snack manufacturer. The company highlights a February 2024 sale of the Good Health and R.W. Garcia brands and several facilities to Our Home for $167.5 million, followed by additional plant sales and co‑manufacturing and distribution agreements. It is consolidating production, including closing its Grand Rapids, Michigan plant, and investing in upgrades at its Hanover, Pennsylvania campus while expanding distribution in California by acquiring Insignia International’s DSD routes. As of December 28, 2025, Utz operated eight primary plants, approximately 2,500 DSD routes, and reported non‑affiliate market value of $911.7 million with significant Class A and Class V shares outstanding.
Utz Brands reported modest growth with stronger underlying profitability and announced a new share buyback. Fourth-quarter 2025 net sales rose 0.4% to $342.2 million, while Branded Salty Snacks organic net sales grew 2.5%. Adjusted EBITDA increased 17.5% to $62.4 million, lifting margin to 18.2%, though GAAP results showed a net loss of $3.3 million.
For full-year 2025, net sales grew 2.1% to $1,438.8 million. Adjusted EBITDA rose 8.1% to $216.5 million, but net income declined to a loss of $7.7 million as transformation, acquisition and other adjustments weighed on GAAP results. Net leverage stood at 3.4x, supported by $120.4 million of cash and $741.8 million of net debt.
The board approved a new share repurchase program of up to $50 million of Class A common stock, to be funded from existing cash and future cash generation. For fiscal 2026, Utz expects organic net sales growth of 2–3%, adjusted EBITDA growth of 5–8% including a 53rd week, adjusted free cash flow of $60–$80 million, and adjusted EPS declining 3–6% due mainly to higher depreciation, interest and taxes.
Utz Brands, Inc. is changing how it classifies certain operating costs in its income statement. Beginning with the fourth quarter of 2025, costs related to inter-location logistics, Direct Store Delivery distribution centers, and outbound shipping and handling will move from “Selling, Distribution and Administrative” to “Cost of Goods Sold.”
The company is also renaming that expense line to “Selling, General and Administrative” and is revising prior periods for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025 so results are comparable. Utz states that this reclassification does not change EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Net Income, Adjusted Net Income, EPS, or Adjusted EPS. Revised quarterly and annual statements and non-GAAP reconciliations are provided in an exhibit.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting its ownership in Utz Brands, Inc. Class A common stock as of 12/31/2025. JPMorgan reports beneficial ownership of 5,274,721 shares, representing 6.0% of the class. It has sole voting power over 5,084,989 shares and sole dispositive power over 5,264,507 shares, with shared dispositive power over an additional 8,985 shares.
The filing states that the securities were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Utz Brands. Subsidiaries involved include J.P. Morgan Trust Company of Delaware, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, and J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
Millennium-affiliated investment entities filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting minority ownership of Utz Brands, Inc. Class A common stock. Millennium Management LLC, Millennium Group Management LLC and Israel A. Englander each report beneficial ownership of 2,542,217 shares, representing 2.9% of the Class A shares, with only shared voting and shared dispositive power. Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC reports beneficial ownership of 2,417,075 shares, or 2.8%, also solely through shared voting and dispositive power.
The filers state they beneficially own 5 percent or less of the class and certify the holdings were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Utz Brands, but as passive investments.
Utz Brands, Inc. furnished an update about its recent financial communications and investor outreach. The company reported that it issued a press release with preliminary, unaudited financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended December 28, 2025. These figures are described as estimates that remain subject to normal year-end closing procedures and review by Utz’s independent registered public accounting firm, so they may change when final results are completed.
The press release is attached as an exhibit and is treated as “furnished” rather than “filed” under securities law, which limits how it is incorporated into other regulatory documents. Utz also disclosed that it will participate in a fireside chat at the 28th Annual ICR Conference in Orlando, with a live webcast available through the company’s investor relations website.
Utz Brands, Inc. CEO and director Howard A. Friedman reported several equity-related transactions in the company’s Class A common stock. On January 2, 2026, shares totaling 7,067, 6,021 and 6,418 were withheld at $10.38 per share to cover tax liabilities from previously granted restricted stock unit (RSU) awards. On January 5, 2026, he received a new RSU award of 123,249 shares under the 2020 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, vesting 33.33% on December 31, 2026, 33.33% on December 31, 2027 and 33.34% on December 31, 2028, subject to continued service and plan conditions.
On January 6, 2026, Friedman acquired 159,007 shares upon vesting of performance share unit awards and had 64,482 shares withheld at $10.38 per share for related taxes. Following these transactions, he directly owned 329,653 shares, with additional indirect holdings of 66,298, 75,246 and 6,350 shares through a revocable trust, a GRAT and a rollover IRA.