Group 1: Company Overview - UTZ Brands, Inc. (NYSE:UTZ) is a company that markets, manufactures, and distributes a variety of branded snacks, including pretzels, potato chips, veggie snacks, cheese snacks, and pork skins. Its brand portfolio includes Utz, Golden Flake, Zapp's, Good Health, Hawaiian, and Boulder Canyon [4]. Group 2: Analyst Ratings and Price Targets - RBC Capital analyst Nik Modi has reiterated a Buy rating on UTZ Brands, setting a price target of $20 as of October 28 [1]. - Conversely, UBS analyst Peter Grom assigned a Hold rating on October 20, with a price target of $13.50, citing the company's unchanged guidance for fiscal year 2025 and expectations for modest EBITDA margin expansion and organic sales growth [2]. Group 3: Market Performance and Sentiment - Despite exhibiting favorable performance trends that surpass the overall salty snacks domain, concerns about the sustainability of UTZ's top-line growth persist, particularly due to ongoing macroeconomic and category pressures [3]. - These concerns have contributed to a decline in the stock's performance, leading to underperformance compared to the broader market and its peers since early August [3].