What a brutal six months it’s been for Utz. The stock has dropped 31.9% and now trades at $7.10, rattling many shareholders. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
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Why Do We Think Utz Will Underperform?
Even with the cheaper entry price, we’re swiping left on Utz for now. Here are three reasons why there are better opportunities than UTZ, plus one stock we’d rather own.
1. Slow Organic Growth Suggests Waning Demand In Core Business
When analyzing revenue growth, we care most about organic revenue growth. This metric captures a business’s performance excluding one-time events such as mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures as well as foreign currency fluctuations.
The demand for Utz’s products has been stable over the last eight quarters but fell behind the broader sector. On average, the company has posted feeble year-on-year organic revenue growth of 2%. 
2. Fewer Distribution Channels Limit Its Ceiling
With $1.45 billion in revenue over the past 12 months, Utz is a small consumer staples company, which sometimes brings disadvantages compared to larger competitors benefiting from economies of scale and negotiating leverage with retailers.
3. Previous Growth Initiatives Haven’t Paid Off Yet
Growth gives us insight into a company’s long-term potential, but how capital-efficient was that growth? A company’s ROIC explains this by showing how much operating profit it makes compared to the money it has raised (debt and equity).
Utz historically did a mediocre job investing in profitable growth initiatives. Its five-year average ROIC was 0.2%, lower than the typical cost of capital (how much it costs to raise money) for consumer staples companies.
Final Judgment
We see the value of companies helping consumers, but in the case of Utz, we’re out. Following the recent decline, the stock trades at 9× forward P/E (or $7.10 per share). While this valuation is optically cheap, the potential downside is huge given its shaky fundamentals. There are better stocks to buy right now. Let us point you toward the most dominant software business in the world.
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