TR vs. POST, CALM, LANC, FLO, JJSF, THS, JBSS, BGS, SENEA, and HAIN
Should you be buying Tootsie Roll Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tootsie Roll Industries include Post (POST), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Flowers Foods (FLO), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), B&G Foods (BGS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), and The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Tootsie Roll Industries vs.
Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) and Post (NYSE:POST) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
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.
Post has a consensus target price of $123.57, indicating a potential upside of 16.43%. Given Post's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Post is more favorable than Tootsie Roll Industries.
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.
14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.5% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Post shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Post has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Post had 90 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 94 mentions for Post and 4 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Tootsie Roll Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Post's score of 0.13 indicating that Tootsie Roll Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Post received 264 more outperform votes than Tootsie Roll Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.62% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave Tootsie Roll Industries an outperform vote.
Summary
Post beats Tootsie Roll Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TR) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
