Utz Brands, Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US9180901012

SecurityUTZ / Utz Brands, Inc.
InstitutionCitadel Advisors Llc
ManagerKen Griffin
Latest Disclosed Ownership183,842 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 1,456,029
Citadel Advisors Llc ownership in UTZ / Utz Brands, Inc.

On May 15, 2026 - Citadel Advisors Llc filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 183,842 shares of Utz Brands, Inc. (US:UTZ) valued at $1,456,029 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 17, 2026 disclosing 805,217 shares of Utz Brands, Inc.. This represents a change in shares of -77.17% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $1,299,763 USD.

Citadel Advisors Llc has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (UTZ) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 22,400 of underlying shares valued at $177,408 USD and put options representing 56,700 of underlying shares valued at $449,064 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

UTZ / Utz Brands, Inc. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 183,842 -621,375 -77.17 1,456 -82.58 0.0002
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 805,217 -1,496,322 -65.01 8,358 -70.11 0.0013
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 2,301,539 585,041 34.08 27,964 29.81 0.0043
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 1,716,498 927,274 117.49 21,542 93.86 0.0037
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 789,224 772,880 4,728.83 11,112 4,257.65 0.0021
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 16,344 16,344 256 0.0000
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 0 -157,379 -100.00 0 -100.00
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 157,379 155,094 6,787.48 2,619 6,133.33 0.0005
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 2,285 -284,865 -99.20 42 -99.10 0.0000
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 287,150 200,909 232.96 4,663 302.68 0.0009
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 86,241 69,954 429.51 1,158 335.34 0.0002
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 16,287 -808,761 -98.03 266 -98.04 0.0001
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 825,048 590,667 252.01 13,589 265.56 0.0030
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 234,381 22,986 10.87 3,717 16.41 0.0009
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 211,395 -15,072 -6.66 3,193 2.01 0.0007
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 226,467 -14,370 -5.97 3,130 -12.08 0.0008
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 240,837 -239,470 -49.86 3,560 -53.52 0.0007
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 480,307 315,510 191.45 7,660 171.34 0.0016
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS Cmn 918090101 164,797 124,107 305.01 2,823 218.26 0.0006
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 40,690 40,690 887 0.0002
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A-1 UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 0 -53,581 -100.00 0 -100.00
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A 918090101 53,581 53,581 1,182 0.0003
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 22,400 -8.57 177 -30.31 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 24,500 -2.78 254 -16.99 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 25,200 -34.20 306 -36.25 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 38,300 105.91 481 83.91 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 18,600 173.53 262 146.23 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 6,800 -61.58 106 -66.13 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 17,700 -4.84 313 1.29 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 18,600 -38.21 310 -44.32 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 30,100 -24.56 555 -14.22 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 39,900 24.30 648 50.12 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 32,100 32.64 431 9.11 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 24,200 -11.68 396 -12.42 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 27,400 -51.16 451 -49.27 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 56,100 -4.10 890 0.68 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 58,500 58.11 883 72.80 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 37,000 -21.44 511 -26.58 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 47,100 13.22 696 4.82 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 41,600 -9.57 664 -15.74 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS Cmn Call 46,000 -28.35 788 -43.67 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 64,200 -21.42 1,399 -30.91 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 81,700 -10.32 2,025 0.75 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 81,700 2,025 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 91,100 -63.92 2,010 -55.53 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Call 252,500 4,520 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 56,700 346.46 449 242.75 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 12,700 -9.29 132 -22.94 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 14,000 -52.70 170 -54.18 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 29,600 -20.43 371 -29.06 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 37,200 111.36 524 90.18 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 17,600 69.23 276 49.46 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 10,400 -10.34 184 -4.66 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 11,600 11.54 193 1.05 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 10,400 62.50 192 85.44 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 6,400 93.94 104 134.09 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 3,300 -67.96 44 -73.81 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 10,300 -32.24 169 -32.80 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 15,200 0.00 250 3.73 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 15,200 241 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 18,000 -36.17 249 -40.29 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 28,200 42.42 417 31.96 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 19,800 -70.58 316 -72.59 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS Cmn Put 67,300 17.86 1,153 -7.32 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 57,100 4.01 1,244 -8.60 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 54,900 -18.91 1,361 -8.84 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 54,900 1,361 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 67,700 -34.14 1,493 -18.86 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F UTZ BRANDS COM CL A Put 102,800 1,840 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.