UTZ — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of UTZ's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-05-06 vs the prior 10-Q · 2025-10-30
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +43 | −59 | ~14 | 11 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 1 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Risk factors | No material changes reported (points to the 10-K) | — | — | — | — |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Not shown (absent or not faithfully extractable): Other information
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-06
For the thirteen weeks ended March 29, 2026, U.S. retail sales for salty snacks based on Circana data increased by 2.4% versus the comparable prior year period while Utz's retail sales increased 4.6%.
Competition – The salty snack industry is highly competitive and includes many diverse participants. Our products primarily compete with other salty snacks but also compete more broadly for certain eating occasions with other snack foods. We believe that the principal competitive factors in the salt…
Operating Costs – Our operating costs include raw materials, labor, manufacturing overhead and selling, general, and administrative expenses. We manage these expenses through annual cost saving and productivity initiatives, sourcing and hedging programs, pricing actions, refinancing and tax optimiza…
Financing Costs and Exposure to Interest Rate Changes – As of March 29, 2026, we had $686.9 million in variable rate indebtedness, down from $687.5 million as of December 28, 2025. As of March 29, 2026, our variable rate indebtedness was benchmarked to the Term SOFR Screen Rate (“SOFR”). As of March…
Other Business Trends – The ongoing conflict in Iran and geopolitical tensions in the region could lead to significant disruption of global energy supplies and increases in global energy prices, adversely affect global supply chains, heighten inflationary pressures on our input costs and supply chai…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-10-30
penetration as well as category leaders competing primarily in marketing and innovation. We expect these consumer trends to continue to drive consistent retail sales for salty snacks in the long term.
For the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2025, U.S. retail sales for salty snacks based on Circana data decreased by 0.2% versus the comparable prior year period while Utz's retail sales increased 4.8%.
Competition – The salty snack industry is highly competitive and includes many diverse participants. Our products primarily compete with other salty snacks but also compete more broadly for certain eating occasions with other snack foods. We believe that the principal competitive factors in the salt…
Operating Costs – Our operating costs include raw materials, labor, manufacturing overhead and selling, distribution, and administrative expenses. We manage these expenses through annual cost saving and productivity initiatives, sourcing and hedging programs, pricing actions, refinancing and tax opt…
Financing Costs and Exposure to Interest Rate Changes – As of September 28, 2025, we had $708.7 million in variable rate indebtedness, up from $690.1 million as of December 29, 2024. As of December 29, 2024, our variable rate indebtedness was benchmarked to the Term SOFR Screen Rate (“SOFR”). As of …
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice