Seneca Foods (SENEA) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, TR or SENEA?

Tootsie Roll Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Seneca Foods. Seneca 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tootsie Roll Industries	$718.50M	3.42	$86.83M	$1.22	27.61
Seneca Foods	$1.54B	0.41	$63.32M	$5.48	16.88

Does the media refer more to TR or SENEA?

In the previous week, Seneca Foods had 7 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Seneca Foods and 3 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Tootsie Roll Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Seneca Foods' score of 0.83 indicating that Tootsie Roll Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tootsie Roll Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Seneca Foods	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TR or SENEA more profitable?

Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Seneca Foods' net margin of 2.49%. Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity of 10.23% beat Seneca Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tootsie Roll Industries	12.14%	10.23%	7.79%
Seneca Foods	2.49%	9.71%	4.23%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TR or SENEA?

14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.8% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TR or SENEA?

Tootsie Roll Industries received 32 more outperform votes than Seneca Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.09% of users gave Seneca Foods an outperform vote while only 58.27% of users gave Tootsie Roll Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tootsie Roll Industries	Outperform Votes 162 58.27%	Underperform Votes 116 41.73%
Seneca Foods	Outperform Votes 130 59.09%	Underperform Votes 90 40.91%

Which has more volatility & risk, TR or SENEA?

Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seneca Foods has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tootsie Roll Industries beats Seneca Foods on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.