TR vs. PPC, POST, LANC, FLO, JJSF, CALM, THS, JBSS, BGS, and HAIN
Should you be buying Tootsie Roll Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tootsie Roll Industries include Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Post (POST), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Flowers Foods (FLO), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), B&G Foods (BGS), and The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) and Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Pilgrim's Pride has a consensus price target of $37.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.24%. Given Pilgrim's Pride's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pilgrim's Pride is more favorable than Tootsie Roll Industries.
14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.5% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 82.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 12.51% compared to Pilgrim's Pride's net margin of 2.80%. Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity of 17.35% beat Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity.
Pilgrim's Pride received 188 more outperform votes than Tootsie Roll Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.45% of users gave Pilgrim's Pride an outperform vote while only 58.67% of users gave Tootsie Roll Industries an outperform vote.
Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pilgrim's Pride had 1 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride and 5 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Pilgrim's Pride's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Tootsie Roll Industries' score of 0.43 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pilgrim's Pride has higher revenue and earnings than Tootsie Roll Industries. Pilgrim's Pride 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.
Summary
Pilgrim's Pride beats Tootsie Roll Industries on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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