Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Utz Brands Inc shares valued at $202,761 were purchased by Mark Schreiber on Aug 06 ’25. At $12.90 per share, Mark Schreiber acquired 15,722 shares.
Also, Werzyn William Jr. purchased 8,000 shares, netting a total of over 94,472 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $11.81 each, the insider now holds 22,970 shares.
Before that, Whyte Chad had added 5,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $59,815, the EVP, Supply Chain bought Utz Brands Inc shares for $11.96 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 5,000 shares, worth approximately $0.76 million.
As published in a research note from DA Davidson on April 24, 2025, Utz Brands Inc [UTZ] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $16. Analysts at UBS started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in late April. As of April 22, 2025, TD Cowen has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for UTZ. Earlier on March 14, 2024, BofA Securities upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for UTZ stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing UTZ Stock Performance
On last trading session, Utz Brands Inc [NYSE: UTZ] rose 0.54% to $13.01. The stock’s lowest price that day was $12.8317, but it reached a high of $13.17 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.15%. Over the course of the year, Utz Brands Inc shares have dropped approximately -19.63%.
Is Utz Brands Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Utz Brands Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -1.67 million shares to 6.35 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 8.02 million shares. A decline of -26.34% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.41 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 5.41.
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In terms of Utz Brands Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 16 in the next 12 months, up nearly 23.65% from the previous closing price of $12.94. Analysts anticipate Utz Brands Inc stock to reach 16 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 16. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Utz Brands Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On March 01, 2024, DA Davidson assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $20.
