Utz Brands (UTZ) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026)

Utz Brands' (UTZ) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $34.3 million in Q1 2026, down 55.68% year-on-year from $77.4 million in Q1 2025, and down 14.25% quarter-over-quarter from $40.0 million in Q4 2025.

Utz Brands (UTZ) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Utz Brands has disclosed Operating Expenses across 9 years of filings, most recently posting $34.3 million for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $34.3 million, down 55.68% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $142.7 million (up 502.11% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $144.3 million, up 11.43% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $34.3 million for Q1 2026 at Utz Brands, down from $40.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $126.7 million in Q2 2022 to a low of -$194.5 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $40.0 million (2025), against an average of $54.3 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses surged 217.96% in 2023 and slumped 639.6% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Utz Brands' Operating Expenses stood at $33.2 million in 2022, then gained by 8.63% to $36.0 million in 2023, then plunged by 639.6% to -$194.5 million in 2024, then surged by 120.57% to $40.0 million in 2025, then decreased by 14.25% to $34.3 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $34.3 million (Q1 2026), $40.0 million (Q4 2025), and $34.7 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Paranovus Entertainment Technology 75,216.52 Bn 75,216.52 Bn - -
2 Kraft Heinz 26.76 Bn 22.68 Bn 2.22 Bn 1.07 Bn
3 General Mills 17.79 Bn 17.02 Bn 1.37 Bn 837.30 Mn
4 Jbs 13.93 Bn 9.37 Bn 2.32 Bn -1.84 Bn
5 Hormel Foods 13.00 Bn 12.16 Bn 518.51 Mn 318.62 Mn
6 Mccormick 12.70 Bn 13.10 Bn 708.90 Mn 456.30 Mn
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.17 Bn 11.70 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 11.05 Bn 10.99 Bn 827.80 Mn 368.20 Mn
9 Smithfield Foods 10.57 Bn 9.49 Bn 511.00 Mn 180.00 Mn
10 Utz Brands 624.62 Mn 1.18 Bn 91.90 Mn 34.30 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 34.30 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 40.00 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 34.70 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 33.70 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 77.40 Mn
Dec 29, 2024 -194.50 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 110.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 30.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 109.45 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 36.05 Mn
Oct 1, 2023 105.50 Mn
Jul 2, 2023 114.45 Mn
Apr 2, 2023 106.09 Mn
Jan 1, 2023 86.29 Mn
Oct 2, 2022 33.18 Mn
Jul 3, 2022 38.82 Mn
Apr 3, 2022 126.66 Mn
Oct 3, 2021 98.71 Mn
Jul 4, 2021 29.04 Mn
Apr 4, 2021 86.66 Mn