Tootsie Roll Industries (TR) Competitors

Post (NYSE:POST) and Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, POST or TR?

Post has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, POST or TR?

Post has higher revenue and earnings than Tootsie Roll Industries. Post 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
Post	$7.92B	0.81	$366.70M	$5.64	19.57
Tootsie Roll Industries	$763.25M	3.03	$91.91M	$1.31	24.77

Do analysts rate POST or TR?

Post presently has a consensus price target of $124.17, suggesting a potential upside of 12.48%. Given Post's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Post is more favorable than Tootsie Roll Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Post	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Tootsie Roll Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in POST or TR?

Post received 263 more outperform votes than Tootsie Roll Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.57% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave Tootsie Roll Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Post	Outperform Votes 423 67.57%	Underperform Votes 203 32.43%
Tootsie Roll Industries	Outperform Votes 160 58.39%	Underperform Votes 114 41.61%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in POST or TR?

94.9% of Post shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of Post shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 68.5% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is POST or TR more profitable?

Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 13.02% compared to Post's net margin of 4.63%. Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity of 11.13% beat Post's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Post	4.63%	10.49%	3.41%
Tootsie Roll Industries	13.02%	11.13%	8.47%

Does the media prefer POST or TR?

In the previous week, Post had 69 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Post and 0 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Post's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Tootsie Roll Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Post is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Post	Neutral
Tootsie Roll Industries	Neutral

Summary

Post beats Tootsie Roll Industries on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.