Hershey vs Tootsie Roll Industries
HSY and TR side by side, both in food and kindred products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How HSY and TR compare
Hershey is the larger company, worth 12 times as much as Tootsie Roll Industries ($33.3B against $2.8B).
Hershey grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.7% versus 1.6% for Tootsie Roll Industries).
Hershey keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 14.6% compared with 13.0% at Tootsie Roll Industries.
Both pay dividends: Hershey yields 3.5% and Tootsie Roll Industries 0.97%.
Tootsie Roll Industries scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 13 for Hershey), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | HSY | TR |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $33.3B | $2.8B |
| Share price | $165.61 | $36.86 |
| Change, 1 year | −5.5% | 6.3% |
| Change, 5 years | −5.6% | 28.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.17 | 0.30 |
| Employees | 18K | 2,100 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 28.4× |
| P/S | 2.7× (better) | 3.8× |
| P/B | – | 2.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.2× (better) | 24.6× |
| P/FCF | 15.7× (better) | 34.5× |
| FCF yield | 6.4% (better) | 2.9% |
| Fair value | $167.43 | $27.98 |
| Margin of safety | 1.1% (better) | −31.7% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.7% (better) | 1.6% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.5% | 9.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 31.9% (better) | 5.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 5.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 41.9% (better) | 34.5% |
| Operating margin | 20.8% (better) | 11.9% |
| Net margin | 14.6% (better) | 13.0% |
| FCF margin | 17.3% (better) | 10.9% |
| Return on equity | – | 10.3% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 8.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.44 | – |
| Interest coverage | 11.5× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.24 | 2.89 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.38 | 6.25 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.5% (better) | 0.97% |
| Payout ratio | 63.0% | 27.7% |
| Buyback yield | 1.3% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.8% (better) | 0.97% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 65.1% | 17.1% |
| Held by insiders | 28.0% | 59.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$259M | – |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.2% | – |
Go deeper
- HSY stock overview
- HSY income statement
- HSY valuation and score
- TR stock overview
- TR income statement
- TR valuation and score
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