Critical Survey: Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) vs. Top Wealth Group (NASDAQ:TWG)

Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) and Top Wealth Group (NASDAQ:TWG) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

96.0% of Utz Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 16.3% of Utz Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Utz Brands and Top Wealth Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Utz Brands	$1.41 billion	1.42	-$24.94 million	$0.18	78.42
Top Wealth Group	$14.38 million	0.59	$2.44 million	N/A	N/A

Top Wealth Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Utz Brands.

Profitability

This table compares Utz Brands and Top Wealth Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Utz Brands	1.13%	7.92%	4.18%
Top Wealth Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Utz Brands and Top Wealth Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Utz Brands	0	1	7	0	2.88
Top Wealth Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Utz Brands presently has a consensus target price of $19.25, indicating a potential upside of 36.37%. Given Utz Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Utz Brands is more favorable than Top Wealth Group.

Summary

Utz Brands beats Top Wealth Group on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Utz Brands

Utz Brands, Inc. engages in manufacture, marketing, and distribution of snack foods. It offers a range of salty snacks, including salty snacks, including potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pork skins, veggie snacks, pub/party mixes, tortilla chips, salsa and dips, ready-to-eat popcorn, and other snacks under the Utz, Zapp’s, ON THE BORDER, Golden Flake, Boulder Canyon, Hawaiian, TORTIYAHS!, etc. The company sells its products to wholesale and other distributors, grocery stores, convenience and drug stores, discount stores, mass merchandisers, membership club stores, hard discounters, and specialty and e-commerce retailers. Utz Brands, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

About Top Wealth Group

Top Wealth Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides caviar and caviar-based gourmet products in Hong Kong and internationally. The company also trades in caviars; and offers its products under the Imperial Cristal Caviar brand name. It serves food and beverage related distributors. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Sai Wan, Hong Kong. Top Wealth Group Holding Limited operates as a subsidiary of Winwin Development Group Limited.