---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001739566-25-000109"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTZ"
cik: "0001739566"
company_name: "Utz Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T00:47:12.863515+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Utz Q1 net sales +1.6% to $352M, adj. EPS +14.3%; reaffirms FY outlook

## Summary
- Net sales $352.1M (+1.6% YoY); Organic net sales +2.9% with branded salty snacks +4.9%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $45.1M (+3.9%), margin 12.8% (+30bps); ninth consecutive quarter of margin expansion.
- Net income $5.7M (+137.5%) on warrant remeasurement gain; Adj. EPS $0.16 (+14.3% vs $0.14).
- Reaffirmed FY2025 outlook: Organic net sales low-single-digit, adj. EBITDA +6-10%, adj. EPS +10-15%.
- Net leverage 4.0x, expects to approach 3x by year-end; tariff volatility seen as modest impact.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001739566-25-000109
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTZ
- cik: 0001739566
- company_name: Utz Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956625000109/0001739566-25-000109-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956625000109/utz-20250501.htm

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