Tootsie Roll Industries (TR) Competitors

Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) and Smithfield Foods (NASDAQ:SFD) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

Is TR or SFD a better dividend stock?

Tootsie Roll Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Smithfield Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Tootsie Roll Industries pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smithfield Foods pays out 44.1% 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. Tootsie Roll Industries has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend TR or SFD?

Smithfield Foods has a consensus target price of $28.44, suggesting a potential upside of 10.61%. Given Smithfield Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Smithfield Foods is more favorable than Tootsie Roll Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tootsie Roll Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Smithfield Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TR or SFD?

14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 60.8% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Smithfield Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor TR or SFD?

In the previous week, Smithfield Foods had 4 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Smithfield Foods and 3 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Tootsie Roll Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Smithfield Foods' score of 0.44 indicating that Tootsie Roll Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tootsie Roll Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Smithfield Foods	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TR or SFD more profitable?

Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Smithfield Foods' net margin of 0.00%. Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity of 10.36% beat Smithfield Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tootsie Roll Industries	12.72%	10.36%	7.88%
Smithfield Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TR or SFD?

Smithfield Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Tootsie Roll Industries. Smithfield 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
Tootsie Roll Industries	$722.85M	3.97	$86.83M	$1.25	31.45
Smithfield Foods	$14.14B	0.71	$892.36M	$2.27	11.33

Summary

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