TR vs. PPC, CPB, SFD, CAG, POST, CALM, MZTI, FLO, JJSF, and THS
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), Campbell's (CPB), Smithfield Foods (SFD), Conagra Brands (CAG), Post (POST), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Marzetti (MZTI), Flowers Foods (FLO), J & J Snack Foods (JJSF), and TreeHouse Foods (THS). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Tootsie Roll Industries vs. Its Competitors
Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) and Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
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.
In the previous week, Pilgrim's Pride had 4 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride and 8 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Pilgrim's Pride's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Tootsie Roll Industries' score of 0.58 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Pilgrim's Pride's net margin of 6.81%. Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity of 37.15% beat Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity.
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. 60.9% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pilgrim's Pride has a consensus price target of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.87%. Given Pilgrim's Pride's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pilgrim's Pride is more favorable than Tootsie Roll Industries.
Summary
Pilgrim's Pride beats Tootsie Roll Industries on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:TR) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
