Utz Brands (UTZ) Operating Margin (2019 - 2026)
Utz Brands' (UTZ) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 2.16% in Q1 2026, up 54.0% year-on-year from 1.4% in Q1 2025, and up 80.19% quarter-over-quarter from 1.2% in Q4 2025.
Utz Brands (UTZ) Operating Margin (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Utz Brands has disclosed Operating Margin across 8 years of filings, most recently posting 2.16% for Q1 2026.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 2.16%, up 54.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.49% (down 239.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.36%, down 282.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin came in at 2.16% for Q1 2026 at Utz Brands, up from 1.2% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 6.32% in Q2 2024 to a low of 6.6% in Q2 2022.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 1.62% (2025), against an average of 1.42%.
- Across the five-year window, Operating Margin tumbled 1005 bps in 2022 and soared 645 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
- Utz Brands' Operating Margin stood at 4.14% in 2022, then slumped by 30 bps to 2.89% in 2023, then fell by 27 bps to 2.11% in 2024, then tumbled by 43 bps to 1.2% in 2025, then soared by 80 bps to 2.16% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 2.16% (Q1 2026), 1.2% (Q4 2025), and 0.87% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (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 | 18.94% |
| 3 | General Mills | 17.79 Bn | 17.02 Bn | 1.37 Bn | 11.82% |
| 4 | Jbs | 13.93 Bn | 9.37 Bn | 2.32 Bn | - |
| 5 | Hormel Foods | 13.00 Bn | 12.16 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 7.30% |
| 6 | Mccormick | 12.70 Bn | 13.10 Bn | 708.90 Mn | 12.14% |
| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 12.17 Bn | 11.70 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | J M Smucker | 11.05 Bn | 10.99 Bn | 827.80 Mn | -23.44% |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 10.57 Bn | 9.49 Bn | 511.00 Mn | 8.76% |
| 10 | Utz Brands | 624.62 Mn | 1.18 Bn | 91.90 Mn | 2.16% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2026 | 2.16% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 1.20% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 0.87% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 1.75% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.62% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 2.11% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 5.34% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.32% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.79% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.89% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 1.42% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 0.73% |
| Apr 2, 2023 | -0.60% |
| Jan 1, 2023 | -3.56% |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 4.14% |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 1.51% |
| Apr 3, 2022 | -6.60% |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 0.92% |
| Jul 4, 2021 | 1.47% |
| Apr 4, 2021 | 3.45% |