Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
Rank #347ValueTR · NYSE · Consumer Defensive
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. (TR) — Rank #347 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.20) · ROE 10.5% · Piotroski F-Score 6 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000098677 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells confectionery products in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally.
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The company sells its products under the Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Fruit Roll, Tootsie Pops, Tootsie Mini Pops, Child's Play, Caramel Apple Pops, Charms, Blow-Pop, Charms Mini Pops, Cella's, Dots, Junior Mints, Charleston Chew, Sugar Daddy, Sugar Babies, Andes, Fluffy Stuff, Dubble Bubble, Razzles, Cry Baby, Nik-L-Nip, And Tutsi Pop trademarks. It sells its products directly to wholesale distributors of candy, food and groceries, supermarkets, variety stores, dollar stores, chain grocers, drug chains, discount chains, cooperative grocery associations, mass merchandisers, warehouse and membership club stores, vending machine operators, e-commerce merchants, on-line marketplaces, the U.S. military and fund-raising charitable organizations, as well as through food and grocery brokers. Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
- Industry
- Confectioners
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- State
- VA
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- December 31
- Website
- tootsie.com
Price History
Company Snapshot
P/E and dividend yield are the primary valuation lenses for mature businesses.
Market Cap
$2.84B
P/E (annual)
27.6
P/S (annual)
3.9
P/B
3.0
P/OCF (annual)
21.7
Shareholder Yield
1.6%
Employees
2,100
Industry
Confectioners
Exchange
NYSE
Signal Flags
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
2/3 passGrowth
2/2 passTerry Smith quality gate
Passes 1/5 Terry Smith thresholds1 of 5 threshold not computable from filed data.
What Growth Is Priced In
Implied revenue growth (10Y)
12.6%
The annual FCF growth rate today's price requires over a 10-year horizon (discount rate 10%, terminal growth 2.5%).
Buyback tailwind: -0.7% — per-share value needs a total required return of 11.8% once share-count change is priced in.
vs. own 6-year median revenue growth: 6.6%
priced above its own historyCost-of-equity sensitivity (implied growth at different discount rates)
r = 8%
8.0%
r = 10% (base)
12.6%
r = 12%
16.5%
Net debt / market cap: -20.8%
Valuation History
Current multiple vs historical range at each filing date. Band spans 25th-75th percentile.
P / E
Price / diluted EPS
P / S
Price / revenue per share
P / B
Price / book value per share
P / GP
Price / gross profit per share
P / FCF
Price / free cash flow per share
Earnings bubble check
Current margins may be above sustainable levels — a P/E based on peak earnings can overstate cheapness.
Dividend yield and payout ratio are the primary reads at this stage (trailing P/E — see valuation above).
Profitability
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.20
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
11th of 18 SIC 20 peers
Return on equity
10.5%
Gross margin
35.3%
7th of 18 SIC 20 peers
Revenue growth (YoY)
1.3%
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue vs COGS | ||||
| Revenue vs OpEx | ||||
| Op. Income vs Revenue |
Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
2.2%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
9.2%
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
9.6%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
25.5%
Anti-fragile safety
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
0.33
3rd of 18 SIC 20 peers (best = lowest)
Current ratio
2.89×
10th of 18 SIC 20 peers
Quick ratio
1.67×
Net cash
$572.91M
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Cash-flow health
Free cash flow
$96.35M
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF / net income
-0.04
Cash-backing of earnings.
FCF/NI divergence
Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
—
Stock-based comp intensity.
Dividend safety
Composite score
4.2 / 5
Piotroski F-Score
F-Score
6 / 9
Fundamental-strength score (0-9).