Tootsie Roll Industries (TR) Competitors

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

Is CPB or TR a better dividend stock?

Campbell's pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Tootsie Roll Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Campbell's pays out 103.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tootsie Roll Industries pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tootsie Roll Industries has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, CPB or TR?

Campbell's has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPB or TR?

Campbell's received 316 more outperform votes than Tootsie Roll Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.27% of users gave Tootsie Roll Industries an outperform vote while only 40.51% of users gave Campbell's an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Campbell's	Outperform Votes 478 40.51%	Underperform Votes 702 59.49%
Tootsie Roll Industries	Outperform Votes 162 58.27%	Underperform Votes 116 41.73%

Which has better valuation and earnings, CPB or TR?

Campbell's has higher revenue and earnings than Tootsie Roll Industries. Campbell's 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
Campbell's	$10.23B	0.98	$567M	$1.51	22.29
Tootsie Roll Industries	$718.50M	3.39	$86.83M	$1.22	27.32

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CPB or TR?

52.3% of Campbell's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 20.2% of Campbell's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.8% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor CPB or TR?

In the previous week, Campbell's had 17 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Campbell's and 3 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Tootsie Roll Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Campbell's' score of 0.00 indicating that Tootsie Roll Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Campbell's	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Is CPB or TR more profitable?

Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Campbell's' net margin of 5.57%. Campbell's' return on equity of 23.79% beat Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Campbell's	5.57%	23.79%	6.24%
Tootsie Roll Industries	12.14%	10.23%	7.79%

Do analysts rate CPB or TR?

Campbell's currently has a consensus price target of $40.11, suggesting a potential upside of 19.15%. Given Campbell's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Campbell's is more favorable than Tootsie Roll Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Campbell's	5 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Tootsie Roll Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Campbell's beats Tootsie Roll Industries on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.