Utz Brands (UTZ) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2021 - 2026)
Utz Brands (UTZ) posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 0.45% for Q2 2026, down 0.70 percentage points from 1.14% a year earlier and down 0.54 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Utz Brands (UTZ) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Utz Brands' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 0.89%, down 0.28 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of +0.98 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Utz Brands' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 1.17% in FY2024 (+0.49 pp), 0.69% in FY2023 (+0.60 pp), 0.08% in FY2022 and -0.05% in FY2021.
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has run from a low of -0.40% in Q4 2022 to a high of 1.87% in Q1 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.14 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the past five years was Q1 2025, with a gain of 1.87 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2026, with a drop of 0.88 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] for the three prior quarters was 0.98% (Q1 2026), 0.88% (Q4 2025) and 0.00% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.95 Bn | 98.82 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 84.23 Bn | 77.29 Bn | 3.92 Bn | 8.60% |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.99 Bn | 31.72 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 19.52% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.72 Bn | 16.47 Bn | 1.99 Bn | -5.63% |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.50 Bn | 16.16 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -0.98% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.27 Bn | 14.05 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 3.60% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.58 Bn | 12.23 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 5.97% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.22 Bn | 8.90 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 3.50% |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.17 Bn | 6.46 Bn | 1.01 Bn | - |
| 10 | Utz Brands | 2.05 Bn | 2.34 Bn | 77.60 Mn | -0.68% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | -0.68% |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 0.45% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 0.98% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 0.88% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 0.00% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 1.14% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.87% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 1.20% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 0.00% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.59% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.69% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | -0.12% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 0.12% |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 0.18% |
| Jan 1, 2023 | -0.40% |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 0.03% |
| Jul 3, 2022 | -0.40% |
| Apr 3, 2022 | -0.26% |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 0.68% |
API Access
Utz Brands Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=UTZ&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=UTZ&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();