UTZ BRANDS INC UTZ
COM CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 918090101
- SectorConsumer staples
- IndustryMiscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products
- HeadquartersHanover, PA
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($813.6k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $16.31. Options: 8 managers hold calls ($2.9m notional), 5 hold puts ($1.4m).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 178 |
| Q4 2022 | 179 |
| Q1 2023 | 197 |
| Q2 2023 | 189 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 91 | 74 |
| Q1 2023 | 105 | 74 |
| Q2 2023 | 101 | 76 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $5.9m | $1.8m | 0.30 |
| Q4 2022 | $2.4m | $1.6m | 0.65 |
| Q1 2023 | $2.0m | $1.0m | 0.52 |
| Q2 2023 | $2.9m | $1.4m | 0.49 |
Biggest buyers
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC | New | +1.2m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +610.5k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC | Added | +342.2k |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST | Added | +265.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +244.7k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | Added | +202.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Added | +200.0k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC | Added | +173.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +170.1k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D | New | +145.6k |
Biggest sellers
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -808.8k |
| Engle Capital Management, L.P. | Reduced | -466.0k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | Sold out | -325.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -323.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Sold out | -261.7k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Reduced | -201.2k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -182.3k |
| KING LUTHER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORP | Reduced | -144.3k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -132.6k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | Sold out | -92.7k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.5m89.4k shares |
| Muzinich & Co., Inc. | New | $409.0k25.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $395.9k24.2k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $351.7k21.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $137.0k8.4k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $96.5k5.9k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $6.5k400 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $564.4k34.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $505.5k30.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $168.5k10.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Unchanged | $158.0k9.7k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
Series R of UM Partners, LLC
13D · may seek influence
filed 2026-07-22
Stated purposeItem 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: Merger Agreement; Merger Consideration and Treatment of Equity Awards As summarized under Item 3 above, on July 20, 2026, the Issuer, Acquiror, Merger Sub and Parent entered into the Merger Agreement. The Issuer's board of directors, acting on the unanimous recommendation of a special committee of the Issuer's board of directors, consisting only of directors that the Issuer's board of directors determined to each be a "disinterested director" (as defined in Section 144 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (the "DGCL")), with respect to the contemplated transactions (the "Special Committee"), has unanimously of all voting, among other things, (i) determined that the Merger… Full filing |
37.3% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-24 | 5.8% |
| DEROMEDI ROGER K 13G · exempt (held before listing) filed 2025-10-10 | 5.5% |
| GLAZER CAPITAL, LLC 13G · passive investor new · filed 2026-10-09 | 5.0% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC (2.2%, 2026-05-15), JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (4.6%, 2026-05-13), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27), INTEGRATED CORE STRATEGIES (US) LLC (2.9%, 2026-01-20)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 2 | $100.4k | 1 | $4.0m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 8 | $749.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 3 | $114.0k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $307.9k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | $12.4k | 3 | $2.0m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 1 | $250.0k | 1 | $174.8k | $174.8k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-09 | Lissette Dylan Director | Bought | $250.0k15.9k shares |
| 2023-05-03 | DEROMEDI ROGER K Director · See Footnote | Sold plan | $54.9k2.9k shares |
| 2023-05-01 | DEROMEDI ROGER K Director · See Footnote | Sold plan | $120.0k6.3k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.7m $110.4m | Added +14.8k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 0.60% of their portfolio | 5.9m $96.8m | Added +202.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.3m $87.3m | Added +170.1k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 4.9m $79.9m | Added +342.2k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.9m $79.7m | Added +610.5k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 4.4m $71.2m | Reduced -132.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.3m $53.8m | Added +99.3k |
| BAMCO INC /NY/ 0.15% of their portfolio | 3.2m $53.2m | Unchanged |
| DF DENT & CO INC 0.70% of their portfolio | 3.2m $52.0m | Reduced -58.6k |
| Copeland Capital Management, LLC 0.81% of their portfolio | 2.4m $39.1m | Added +21.8k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.8m $29.6m | Added +2.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $23.5m | Added +86.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $21.9m | Added +102.2k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.2m $18.9m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $17.4m | Reduced -28.4k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.0m $16.7m | First filing |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 872.7k $14.3m | Added +6.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 826.1k $13.5m | Added +84.0k |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 808.1k $13.2m | Added +58.3k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 0.57% of their portfolio | 802.9k $13.1m | Added +173.5k |
| Engle Capital Management, L.P. 3.54% of their portfolio | 700.0k $11.5m | Reduced -466.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 676.0k $11.1m | Added +200.0k |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 0.58% of their portfolio | 656.9k $10.7m | Added +265.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 510.5k $8.4m | Added +21.6k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 507.2k $8.3m | Added +15.9k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 412.8k $6.8m | Added +6.7k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 403.2k $6.6m | Added +40.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 386.1k $6.3m | Added +12.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 376.0k $6.2m | Reduced -323.3k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 352.7k $5.8m | Added +5.8k |
| PATHSTONE FAMILY OFFICE, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 299.6k $4.9m | Unchanged |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 291.8k $4.8m | Added +51.5k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 291.0k $4.8m | Reduced -5.4k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 279.2k $4.6m | Added +244.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 278.5k $4.6m | Reduced -57.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 270.8k $4.4m | Added +33.9k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 269.1k $4.4m | Added +75.9k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 237.7k $3.9m | Added +12.1k |
| AMI ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP 0.22% of their portfolio | 228.4k $3.7m | Added +10.0k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 208.2k $3.4m | Added +42.5k |
| COMERICA BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 194.9k $0 | First filing |
| Select Asset Management & Trust 1.93% of their portfolio | 193.0k $3.2m | Unchanged |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 175.4k $2.9m | Reduced -182.3k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 165.0k $2.7m | Added +7.9k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 149.9k $2.5m | Added +10.4k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 147.4k $2.4m | Reduced -57.4k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 145.6k $2.4m | New |
| Bahl & Gaynor LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 145.5k $2.4m | Added +1.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 124.2k $2.0m | Reduced -7.7k |
| Orion Porfolio Solutions, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 120.5k $2.0m | Reduced -8.6k |
| Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 120.5k $2.0m | Reduced -8.6k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 119.9k $2.0m | Reduced -11.2k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 119.7k $2.0m | Added +9.7k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 109.2k $1.8m | Added +275 |
| KING LUTHER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 101.1k $1.7m | Reduced -144.3k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 95.5k $1.6m | Added +7.0k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 92.4k $1.5m | Added +5.8k |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.01% of their portfolio | 89.0k $1.5m | Unchanged |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.6k $1.4m | Added +3.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.0k $1.4m | Unchanged |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.02% of their portfolio | 78.2k $1.3m | Reduced -55.4k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.1k $1.2m | Reduced -6.9k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.9k $1.1m | Added +11.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.3k $1.0m | Unchanged |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.9k $1.0m | Unchanged |
| ZACKS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 0.01% of their portfolio | 61.0k $998.4k | Reduced -3.2k |
| TOWNSQUARE CAPITAL LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 59.5k $972.8k | Added +467 |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 57.5k $941.1k | Added +2.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.5k $923.8k | Added +29.7k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.1k $918.0k | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 53.4k $872.8k | Reduced -38.6k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 51.8k $847.6k | Reduced -723 |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.7k $846.4k | Added +11.9k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.6k $844.5k | New |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.3k $839.5k | Reduced -7.5k |
| CARY STREET PARTNERS INVESTMENT ADVISORY LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 50.7k $828.8k | Added +120 |
| OPPENHEIMER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 49.5k $809.3k | Added +3.6k |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.3k $806.0k | Added +7.7k |
| OUTFITTERS FINANCIAL LLC 0.71% of their portfolio | 48.2k $789.3k | Added +1.8k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.2k $788.9k | Unchanged |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.10% of their portfolio | 47.6k $778.8k | Reduced -18.8k |
| Capital Impact Advisors, LLC 0.73% of their portfolio | 40.5k $662.6k | Unchanged |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.1k $640.0k | Added +5.9k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.1k $639.1k | Added +3.1k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.6k $631.1k | New |
| DIVERSIFIED TRUST CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 36.2k $592.9k | Added +2.6k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.9k $571.0k | New |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.7k $567.3k | Added +3.0k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.9k $489.8k | Added +1.1k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.7k $470.3k | Added +3.2k |
| Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 28.7k $469.4k | Added +1.5k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.3k $463.1k | Unchanged |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.3k $462.3k | Added +3.1k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.9k $456.6k | Reduced -64 |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.5k $450.4k | Reduced -7.4k |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 27.5k $449.5k | Reduced -3.7k |
| DFPG INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 26.0k $446.8k | Added +3.1k |
| BEACON INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 24.9k $407.8k | Reduced -222 |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.5k $400.7k | Added +3.3k |
| KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION/OH 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.6k $385.5k | Unchanged |