TR vs. SJM, PPC, CPB, CAG, SFD, POST, MZTI, CALM, FLO, and JJSF
Should you be buying Tootsie Roll Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tootsie Roll Industries include J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Campbell's (CPB), Conagra Brands (CAG), Smithfield Foods (SFD), Post (POST), Marzetti (MZTI), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Flowers Foods (FLO), and J & J Snack Foods (JJSF). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Tootsie Roll Industries vs. Its Competitors
J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) and Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Tootsie Roll Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. J. M. Smucker pays out -32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tootsie Roll Industries pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. J. M. Smucker has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years and Tootsie Roll Industries has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. J. M. Smucker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Tootsie Roll Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker 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.
81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.8% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 12.72% compared to J. M. Smucker's net margin of -16.75%. J. M. Smucker's return on equity of 15.41% beat Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity.
J. M. Smucker presently has a consensus price target of $118.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.25%. Given J. M. Smucker's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe J. M. Smucker is more favorable than Tootsie Roll Industries.
In the previous week, J. M. Smucker had 15 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for J. M. Smucker and 2 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. J. M. Smucker's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Tootsie Roll Industries' score of 0.86 indicating that J. M. Smucker is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
J. M. Smucker beats Tootsie Roll Industries on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TR) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
