B&G Foods (BGS) Competitors

B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) and Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Does the media favor BGS or TR?

In the previous week, B&G Foods had 5 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for B&G Foods and 1 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Tootsie Roll Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat B&G Foods' score of 0.71 indicating that Tootsie Roll Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
B&G Foods	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tootsie Roll Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BGS or TR?

B&G Foods received 194 more outperform votes than Tootsie Roll Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.39% of users gave Tootsie Roll Industries an outperform vote while only 53.88% of users gave B&G Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
B&G Foods	Outperform Votes 354 53.88%	Underperform Votes 303 46.12%
Tootsie Roll Industries	Outperform Votes 160 58.39%	Underperform Votes 114 41.61%

Do analysts prefer BGS or TR?

B&G Foods presently has a consensus price target of $8.30, suggesting a potential upside of 14.17%. Given B&G Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe B&G Foods is more favorable than Tootsie Roll Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
B&G Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
Tootsie Roll Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BGS or TR?

66.2% of B&G Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of B&G Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 68.5% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BGS or TR a better dividend stock?

B&G Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Tootsie Roll Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. B&G Foods pays out -223.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tootsie Roll Industries pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. B&G Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, BGS or TR?

B&G Foods has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BGS or TR more profitable?

Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 13.02% compared to B&G Foods' net margin of -1.34%. Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity of 11.13% beat B&G Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
B&G Foods	-1.34%	6.97%	1.61%
Tootsie Roll Industries	13.02%	11.13%	8.47%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BGS or TR?

Tootsie Roll Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than B&G Foods. B&G Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tootsie Roll Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
B&G Foods	$1.96B	0.29	-$66.20M	-$0.34	-21.38
Tootsie Roll Industries	$727.12M	3.13	$91.91M	$1.31	24.28

Summary

Tootsie Roll Industries beats B&G Foods on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.