TR vs. JBSS, WLY, WLYB, KLG, ENR, DNUT, THS, HELE, EPC, and MGPI
Should you be buying Tootsie Roll Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tootsie Roll Industries include John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), WK Kellogg (KLG), Energizer (ENR), Krispy Kreme (DNUT), TreeHouse Foods (THS), Helen of Troy (HELE), Edgewell Personal Care (EPC), and MGP Ingredients (MGPI). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS) and Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, Tootsie Roll Industries had 2 more articles in the media than John B. Sanfilippo & Son. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries and 0 mentions for John B. Sanfilippo & Son. John B. Sanfilippo & Son's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Tootsie Roll Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Tootsie Roll Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tootsie Roll Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than John B. Sanfilippo & Son. John B. Sanfilippo & Son 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.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a beta of 0.08, suggesting that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Tootsie Roll Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays out 14.4% 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. John B. Sanfilippo & Son has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Tootsie Roll Industries has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
70.6% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.5% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.5% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son and Tootsie Roll Industries both received 158 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 63.97% of users gave John B. Sanfilippo & Son an outperform vote while only 58.52% of users gave Tootsie Roll Industries an outperform vote.
Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 12.51% compared to Tootsie Roll Industries' net margin of 6.29%. Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity of 21.48% beat John B. Sanfilippo & Son's return on equity.
Summary
Tootsie Roll Industries beats John B. Sanfilippo & Son on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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