Utz Brands (UTZ) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2019 - 2026)
Utz Brands' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 0.40% in Q2 2026, down 1.15 percentage points from 1.55% a year earlier and down 0.48 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Utz Brands (UTZ) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at Utz Brands came in at 0.80%, down 1.60 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +0.96 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 2.40% in FY2024 (+1.78 pp), 0.62% in FY2023 (+0.41 pp), 0.21% in FY2022 and -0.05% in FY2021.
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q3 2023.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for five straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.07 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was Q3 2024 (a gain of 2.82 percentage points); the worst was Q3 2025 (a drop of 1.73 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, UTZ's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 0.87% (Q1 2026), 0.79% (Q4 2025) and 0.89% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.95 Bn | 98.82 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 84.23 Bn | 77.29 Bn | 3.92 Bn | 11.13% |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.99 Bn | 31.72 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 23.54% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.72 Bn | 16.47 Bn | 1.99 Bn | -5.19% |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.50 Bn | 16.16 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -0.89% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.27 Bn | 14.05 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 5.93% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.58 Bn | 12.23 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 8.50% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.22 Bn | 8.90 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.01% |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.17 Bn | 6.46 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 24.87% |
| 10 | Utz Brands | 2.05 Bn | 2.34 Bn | 77.60 Mn | -0.63% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | -0.63% |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 0.40% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 0.87% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 0.79% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 0.89% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 1.55% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.21% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 2.45% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 2.62% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.96% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.13% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.63% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | -0.21% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 0.17% |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 0.27% |
| Jan 1, 2023 | -0.52% |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 0.03% |
| Jul 3, 2022 | -0.39% |
| Apr 3, 2022 | -0.23% |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 0.63% |
API Access
Utz Brands Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=UTZ&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "UTZ", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=UTZ&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();