Seneca Foods (SENEA) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, TR or SENEA?

Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seneca Foods has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TR or SENEA?

14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of Seneca Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 60.9% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Seneca Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TR or SENEA more profitable?

Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 12.53% compared to Seneca Foods' net margin of 2.61%. Seneca Foods' return on equity of 11.03% beat Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tootsie Roll Industries	12.53%	10.29%	7.85%
Seneca Foods	2.61%	11.03%	5.10%

Which has better valuation and earnings, 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	$715.53M	3.81	$86.83M	$1.22	30.65
Seneca Foods	$1.58B	0.45	$41.22M	$5.89	17.61

Does the media favor TR or SENEA?

In the previous week, Seneca Foods had 1 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Seneca Foods and 4 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Tootsie Roll Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Seneca Foods' score of 0.30 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)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Seneca Foods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Tootsie Roll Industries beats Seneca Foods on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.