Nomad Foods Limited (NOMD) vs Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ)

Nomad Foods Limited and Utz Brands, Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. Utz Brands, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.1B against $1.5B — 1.4× the size. Utz Brands, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Nomad Foods Limited trades at 10.4×. Nomad Foods Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.59% against 1.95%. Nomad Foods Limited has the higher net margin (4.21% vs −2.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.26% vs 0.29%). Across the 21 metrics below, Nomad Foods Limited leads on 19 and Utz Brands, Inc. on 2.

Valuation

Metric NOMD UTZ Packaged Foods median
P/E 10.42 n/m 12.69
P/S 0.43 0.87 0.61
P/B 0.51 0.96 1.47
Price to free cash flow 5.32 16.54 8.50
EV/EBITDA 7.93 20.75 8.20
EV/Sales 1.11 1.41 0.85
Earnings yield 9.60% (2.32%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 18.79% 6.05% 6.05%

Profitability

Metric NOMD UTZ Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 26.93% 25.37% 27.54%
Operating margin 10.42% 0.67% 0.00%
Net margin 4.21% (2.00%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 8.28% 5.24% 2.56%
Return on equity 4.99% (2.15%) 0.00%
Return on assets 1.99% (1.03%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 4.26% 0.29% 0.00%

Growth

Metric NOMD UTZ Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.59% 1.95% 5.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (32.24%) (94.74%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.61% 4.03% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.68%) (47.76%) 0.00%

Health

Metric NOMD UTZ Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 0.92 0.65 0.26
Current ratio 1.10 1.06 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 4.51 7.20 0.87

Dividend

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

Size

Metric NOMD UTZ Packaged Foods median
Market cap 1.49b 2.05b 245.45m

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