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James Sponaugle bought $6,695 of UTZ

EVP & Chief People Officer at Utz Brands, Inc.. 679 shares at an average of $9.86, traded Dec 31, 2025, filed Jan 6, 2026.

Conviction score
31
Value
$6,695
679 shares
Holdings after
52,017
+1% from before
From 52-week low
+13%
low $8.97, close $10.16
From 52-week high
-32%
high $15.01, as of Dec 31, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $7k at market
    0
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 1.3%
    0
  • Price context
    32% below the 52-week high
    +8
  • Cluster
    2 insiders buying within 14 days
    +8
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +11.1%, 3m -21.5%, 6m -15.6%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

UTZOct 13, 2026 · close 14.30
Since filing Jan 6, 2026: +48.5%SPY +13.3% · excess +35.2%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001628280-26-000943, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Dec 31, 2025POpen-market purchase
Class A Common Stock
+679$9.86$6,69552,017Jan 6, 2026
Jan 2, 2026FTax withholding
Class A Common Stock
-1,578$10.38$16k50,439Jan 6, 2026
Jan 2, 2026FTax withholding
Class A Common Stock
-874$10.38$9,07249,565Jan 6, 2026
Jan 2, 2026FTax withholding
Class A Common Stock
-1,086$10.38$11k48,479Jan 6, 2026
Jan 2, 2026FTax withholding
Class A Common Stock
-1,170$10.38$12k47,309Jan 6, 2026
Jan 5, 2026AGrant or award
Class A Common Stock
+18,936$0.00$066,245Jan 6, 2026
Jan 6, 2026AGrant or award
Class A Common Stock
+19,585$0.00$085,830Jan 6, 2026
Jan 6, 2026FTax withholding
Class A Common Stock
-5,771$10.38$60k80,059Jan 6, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at Utz Brands, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
36Weak
UTZbuy 2
Utz Brands, Inc.
Theresa Robbins Shea
EVP, Chief Legal Officer
$6,922
702 shares
+1%
56Moderate
UTZbuy 3
Utz Brands, Inc.
Series R of UM Partners, LLC
owner
$144k
15,000 shares
+2%
67Notable
UTZbuy 3
Utz Brands, Inc.
Series U of UM Partners, LLC
owner
$815k
85,000 shares
+2%
61Notable
UTZbuy 3
Utz Brands, Inc.
Dylan Lissette
Executive Chairman
$70k
7,010 shares
+5%
65Notable
UTZbuy 6
Utz Brands, Inc.
Dylan Lissette
Executive Chairman
$79k
7,901 shares
+5%
69Notable
UTZbuy 6
Utz Brands, Inc.
Howard A Friedman
CEO
$76k
7,200 shares
+12%
55Moderate
UTZbuy 6
Utz Brands, Inc.
William J. Kelley JR
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
$4,994
477 shares
+4%
69Notable
UTZbuy 6
Utz Brands, Inc.
Dylan Lissette
Executive Chairman
$336k
31,750 shares
+28%
51Moderate
UTZbuy 6
Utz Brands, Inc.
Series R of UM Partners, LLC
owner
$157k
15,000 shares
+3%
63Notable
UTZbuy 6
Utz Brands, Inc.
Series U of UM Partners, LLC
owner
$891k
85,000 shares
+3%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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