TR vs. POST, LANC, FLO, JJSF, CALM, THS, JBSS, HAIN, BGS, and CVGW
Should you be buying Tootsie Roll Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tootsie Roll Industries include Post (POST), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Flowers Foods (FLO), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), B&G Foods (BGS), and Calavo Growers (CVGW). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) and Post (NYSE:POST) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Post has a consensus price target of $113.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.31%. Given Post's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Post is more favorable than Tootsie Roll Industries.
In the previous week, Post had 41 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Post and 5 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Tootsie Roll Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Post's score of 0.02 indicating that Tootsie Roll Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Post shares are held by institutional investors. 68.5% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Post shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Post has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Post received 259 more outperform votes than Tootsie Roll Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.58% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave Tootsie Roll Industries an outperform vote.
Post has higher revenue and earnings than Tootsie Roll Industries. Post 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.
Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 12.51% compared to Post's net margin of 4.38%. Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity of 11.63% beat Post's return on equity.
Summary
Post beats Tootsie Roll Industries on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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