---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001739566-23-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTZ"
cik: "0001739566"
company_name: "Utz Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T15:41:28.803212+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Utz Brands Q4 net sales up 17.9% to $354.7M; net income $13.8M vs loss year ago

## Summary
- Net sales $354.7M (+17.9% YoY); Organic Net Sales +15.9%.
- Gross profit margin 32.5% (vs 30.1% prior year); Adjusted Gross Margin 36.6% (vs 34.4%).
- Net income $13.8M vs net loss $(16.2M) in Q4 2021.
- Full year net loss $(14.0M) vs net income $8.0M prior year; Adjusted EBITDA $170.5M (+9.2%).
- FY2023 outlook: Organic Net Sales growth 4-6%; Adjusted EBITDA growth 6-10%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001739566-23-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTZ
- cik: 0001739566
- company_name: Utz Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956623000028/0001739566-23-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956623000028/utz-20230302.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001739566-23-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Utz Brands, Inc. reported financial results for fourth quarter and year ended January 1, 2023.
  - Period: fourth quarter and year ended January 1, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 2, 2023, Utz Brands, Inc. (the " Company ") announced via press release the Company’s financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956623000028/0001739566-23-000028-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.