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Tootsie Roll Industries (TR) Competitors

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$32.43 -0.10 (-0.31%)
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TR vs. SFD, POST, LANC, CALM, FLO, JJSF, THS, JBSS, SENEA, and BGS

Should you be buying Tootsie Roll Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tootsie Roll Industries include Smithfield Foods (SFD), Post (POST), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Flowers Foods (FLO), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), and B&G Foods (BGS). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

Tootsie Roll Industries vs.

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

In the previous week, Smithfield Foods had 2 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Smithfield Foods and 3 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Smithfield Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Tootsie Roll Industries' score of 0.21 indicating that Smithfield Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Smithfield Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 60.8% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Smithfield Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Tootsie Roll Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Smithfield Foods pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tootsie Roll Industries pays out 30.5% 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.

Smithfield Foods currently has a consensus target price of $27.86, suggesting a potential upside of 34.84%. Given Smithfield Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Smithfield Foods is more favorable than Tootsie Roll Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Smithfield Foods
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Tootsie Roll Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Smithfield Foods received 35 more outperform votes than Tootsie Roll Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.44% of users gave Smithfield Foods an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Tootsie Roll Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Smithfield FoodsOutperform Votes
196
61.44%
Underperform Votes
123
38.56%
Tootsie Roll IndustriesOutperform Votes
161
58.33%
Underperform Votes
115
41.67%

Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Smithfield Foods' net margin of 0.00%. Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity of 10.23% beat Smithfield Foods' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Smithfield FoodsN/A N/A N/A
Tootsie Roll Industries 12.14%10.23%7.79%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Smithfield Foods$14.14B0.57$892.37M$2.279.10
Tootsie Roll Industries$723.22M3.22$86.83M$1.1827.56

Summary

Smithfield Foods beats Tootsie Roll Industries on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TR vs. The Competition

MetricTootsie Roll IndustriesSugar & confectionery products IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.33B$7.86B$17.42B$18.67B
Dividend Yield1.16%3.09%3.00%4.16%
P/E Ratio26.6612.5015.4731.63
Price / Sales3.221.484.6027.49
Price / Cash19.6011.3916.3917.53
Price / Book2.822.706.334.36
Net Income$86.83M$516.67M$734.58M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.43%3.55%12.15%1.58%
1 Month Performance4.57%1.06%3.68%-7.33%
1 Year Performance7.29%-29.82%-1.33%1.81%

Tootsie Roll Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TR
Tootsie Roll Industries
0.3656 of 5 stars
$32.43
-0.3%
N/A+7.1%$2.32B$723.22M26.622,000
SFD
Smithfield Foods
3.9075 of 5 stars
$19.90
+0.8%
$27.86
+40.0%
N/A$7.82B$14.14B8.7736,389
POST
Post
3.6131 of 5 stars
$118.43
+1.3%
$127.50
+7.7%
+9.8%$6.69B$7.93B19.5110,400
LANC
Lancaster Colony
4.5031 of 5 stars
$186.98
+1.8%
$211.33
+13.0%
+2.5%$5.16B$1.90B32.863,200Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CALM
Cal-Maine Foods
3.629 of 5 stars
$98.75
-0.2%
$74.50
-24.6%
+56.3%$4.84B$3.80B7.682,980Analyst Forecast
Positive News
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.1204 of 5 stars
$18.69
+1.1%
$21.00
+12.4%
-26.1%$3.94B$5.10B15.979,200Positive News
JJSF
J&J Snack Foods
3.5087 of 5 stars
$136.79
+1.7%
$167.50
+22.5%
-1.0%$2.67B$1.59B31.525,000Positive News
Gap Up
THS
TreeHouse Foods
4.0564 of 5 stars
$23.51
+0.9%
$31.67
+34.7%
-38.2%$1.18B$3.35B43.547,500News Coverage
Positive News
JBSS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
2.0443 of 5 stars
$68.25
+1.4%
N/A-30.9%$794.29M$1.12B16.371,300Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
SENEA
Seneca Foods
1.13 of 5 stars
$83.96
+0.8%
N/A+56.0%$577.65M$1.54B15.323,000Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
BGS
B&G Foods
2.4866 of 5 stars
$6.36
+2.3%
$8.10
+27.4%
-36.6%$503.32M$1.93B-18.713,080

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This page (NYSE:TR) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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