Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR – Get Free Report) and Rogers Sugar (OTCMKTS:RSGUF – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Tootsie Roll Industries and Rogers Sugar, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Tootsie Roll Industries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Rogers Sugar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Dividends
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Tootsie Roll Industries and Rogers Sugar’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Tootsie Roll Industries | $763.25 million | 2.86 | $91.91 million | $1.27 | 24.02 |
Rogers Sugar | N/A | N/A | N/A | $0.31 | 12.13 |
Tootsie Roll Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Rogers Sugar. Rogers Sugar 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.
Profitability
This table compares Tootsie Roll Industries and Rogers Sugar’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Tootsie Roll Industries | 12.04% | 11.48% | 8.75% |
Rogers Sugar | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.8% of Rogers Sugar shares are held by institutional investors. 39.8% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Tootsie Roll Industries beats Rogers Sugar on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Tootsie Roll Industries
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. It sells its products under the Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Fruit Rolls, Frooties, Tootsie Pops, Tootsie Mini Pops, Child's Play, Caramel Apple Pops, Charms, Blow-Pop, Charms Mini Pops, Cella's, Dots, Junior Mints, Charleston Chew, Sugar Daddy, Sugar Babies, Andes, Fluffy Stuff, Dubble Bubble, Razzles, Cry Baby, NIK-L-NIP, and Tutsi Pop trademarks. The company sells its products directly to wholesale distributors of candy, and food and groceries; and supermarkets, variety stores, dollar stores, chain grocers, drug chains, discount chains, cooperative grocery associations, mass merchandisers, warehouse and membership club stores, vending machine operators, e-commerce merchants, the United States military, and fund-raising charitable organizations, as well as through food and grocery brokers. Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
About Rogers Sugar
Rogers Sugar Inc. engages in refining, packaging, marketing, and distribution of sugar and maple products in Canada, the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Sugar and Maple Products. It offers granulated, plantation raw, yellow, brown, organic, icing, maple, stevia, liquid, smart sweetener blend, and coconut sugar; and syrups, jam and jelly mixes, and iced tea mixes. The company offers its maple syrup products under the The Maple Treat Corporation, Uncle Luke's, Great Northern, Decacer, and Highland Sugarworks brands. In addition, it markets its products to industrial, consumer, and liquid product markets under the Lantic name in Eastern Canada and Rogers name in Western Canada. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
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