Flowers Foods, Inc. (FLO) vs Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ)

Flowers Foods, Inc. and Utz Brands, Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. Utz Brands, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.1B against $1.3B — 1.5× the size. Utz Brands, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Flowers Foods, Inc. trades at 26.0×. Flowers Foods, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.46% against 1.95%. Flowers Foods, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.06% vs −2.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.03% vs 0.29%). Both pay a dividend; Flowers Foods, Inc. yields more (11.0% vs 1.76%). Across the 22 metrics below, Flowers Foods, Inc. leads on 17 and Utz Brands, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric FLO UTZ Packaged Foods median
P/E 26.00 n/m 12.38
P/S 0.27 0.87 0.68
P/B 1.08 0.96 1.60
Price to free cash flow 4.84 16.61 9.13
EV/EBITDA 10.01 20.81 8.60
EV/Sales 0.59 1.42 0.98
Earnings yield 3.85% (2.31%) 2.17%
Free cash flow yield 20.67% 6.02% 5.78%

Profitability

Metric FLO UTZ Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 48.63% 25.37% 28.37%
Operating margin 2.74% 0.67% 2.53%
Net margin 1.06% (2.00%) 0.53%
Free cash flow margin 5.87% 5.24% 2.59%
Return on equity 4.01% (2.15%) 0.00%
Return on assets 1.29% (1.03%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 3.03% 0.29% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FLO UTZ Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.46% 1.95% 5.52%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (65.81%) (94.74%) 14.55%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.68% 8.33% 3.95%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (11.26%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FLO UTZ Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 1.27 0.65 0.21
Current ratio 0.77 1.06 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 5.11 7.20 0.83

Dividend

Metric FLO UTZ Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield 11.02% 1.76% 3.94%
Payout ratio 2.87 — 0.57

Size

Metric FLO UTZ Packaged Foods median
Market cap 1.33b 2.05b 308.09m

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