Freshpet, Inc. (FRPT) vs Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ)

Freshpet, Inc. and Utz Brands, Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. Freshpet, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.8B against $2.1B — 1.4× the size. Utz Brands, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Freshpet, Inc. trades at 13.9×. Freshpet, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.8% against 1.95%. Freshpet, Inc. has the higher net margin (17.3% vs −2.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.55% vs 0.29%). Across the 21 metrics below, Freshpet, Inc. leads on 15 and Utz Brands, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric FRPT UTZ Packaged Foods median
P/E 13.92 n/m 12.69
P/S 2.42 0.87 0.61
P/B 2.30 0.96 1.47
Price to free cash flow 46.67 16.54 8.50
EV/EBITDA 15.02 20.75 8.20
EV/Sales 2.49 1.41 0.85
Earnings yield 7.18% (2.32%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 2.14% 6.05% 6.05%

Profitability

Metric FRPT UTZ Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 41.37% 25.37% 27.54%
Operating margin 8.10% 0.67% 0.00%
Net margin 17.28% (2.00%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 5.19% 5.24% 2.56%
Return on equity 17.62% (2.15%) 0.00%
Return on assets 11.76% (1.03%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 4.55% 0.29% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FRPT UTZ Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.77% 1.95% 5.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 183.87% (94.74%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 28.16% 4.03% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (47.76%) 0.00%

Health

Metric FRPT UTZ Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 0.34 0.65 0.26
Current ratio 6.05 1.06 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 0.88 7.20 0.87

Dividend

Metric FRPT UTZ Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield — 1.17% 3.21%
Payout ratio 0.00 14.89 0.00

Size

Metric FRPT UTZ Packaged Foods median
Market cap 2.80b 2.05b 245.45m

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