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Maker of classic American candy brands including Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Pop, Junior Mints and Charms.
Maker of classic American candy brands including Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Pop, Junior Mints and Charms.
Sells candy in volume to grocery, mass and convenience chains, with a heavy seasonal peak around Halloween, and makes its own products in plants in the US and Mexico. The Gordon family keeps control through shares with extra voting rights.
Moat: narrow (brand). Long-standing, nostalgic candy brands with decades of consumer recognition, though the category is mature and competitive.
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, US · Founded: 1896 · Employees: 2,100
Size Tootsie Roll Industries (TR) is a United States Consumer Staples company (Food: Specialty/Candy) with a market value of $2.92B, the 1572nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $38.97 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 8.3%, against +2.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 1.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.5%); the operating margin is 12.1% (peer median 8.9%).
Valuation It trades at 3.8× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.6× (5th most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 14% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is +5 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.6 points above its cost of capital (6.9% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 5.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 16 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $735M | $733M | $723M | $769M | $687M |
| Revenue growth | — | +1% | -6% | +12% | — |
| Gross profit | $255M | $260M | $255M | $257M | $232M |
| EBITDA | $109M | $122M | $120M | $121M | $128M |
| Net income | $95.5M | $100M | $86.8M | $91.9M | $75.9M |
| Free cash flow | $80.2M | $96.4M | $121M | $67.8M | $48.7M |
| Capital expenditure | $44.5M | $34.3M | $18.0M | $26.8M | $23.4M |
| Total debt | $13.3M | $13.9M | $14.8M | $15.9M | $13.3M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tootsie Roll Industries TR | $2.92B | -8% | +2% | 12% | 3.8× | 14.1% |
| Hershey Company (The) HSY | $35.8B | -3% | +7% | 20% | 3.3× | -5.0% |
| Mondelez International MDLZ | $83.6B | +8% | +6% | 18% | 2.6× | -2.7% |
| Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli LISN.SW | $24.6B | -8% | +4% | 16% | 3.6× | 3.4% |
| Nestle NESN.SW | $266B | +11% | -2% | 16% | 3.1× | 1.3% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | TR | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +3.7% | +3.6% | 11th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -8.3% | +2.4% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -13.5% | -19.2% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +1.6% | +6.5% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 12.1% | 8.9% | 7th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 3.8× | 1.6× | 5th most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 14.1% | 5.1% | 4th most demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.2% | +8.7% | 8th highest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +4.8 pp | -5.9 pp | 4th most demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.6 pp | +2.3 pp | 10th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 25.7× | 10.4× | 2nd most expensive of 17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.2× | 0.8× | 5th least indebted of 17 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tootsie Roll Industries TR | United States | $2.92B | -8% | +2% | 12% | 3.8× | 14.1% | +9.2% |
| Marzetti MZTI | United States | $2.86B | -8% | -1% | 11% | 1.6× | -2.4% | +5.6% |
| MeiHua 600873.SS | China | $2.99B | -27% | -3% | 4% | 0.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Kotobuki Spirits 2222.T | Japan | $2.81B | +41% | +10% | 25% | 5.0× | 5.2% | +27.7% |
| Freshpet FRPT | United States | $3.09B | +21% | +12% | 9% | 2.7× | 28.5% | +28.2% |
| Greggs GRG.L | United Kingdom | $3.20B | +42% | +7% | 9% | 1.3× | 10.5% | +21.5% |
| Greencore GNC.L | United Kingdom | $3.23B | +31% | +26% | 6% | 1.4× | 22.4% | +9.0% |
| House Foods 2810.T | Japan | $2.58B | +49% | 0% | 6% | 1.1× | 5.0% | +4.9% |
| Suedzucker SZU.DE | Germany | $2.57B | -5% | -5% | -3% | 0.6× | 0.7% | +4.6% |
| Tate & Lyle TATE.L | United Kingdom | $3.34B | +53% | +16% | 9% | 1.7× | 10.8% | +10.6% |
| Orion 271560.KS | South Korea | $3.45B | -18% | +11% | 17% | 1.0× | -17.1% | +8.4% |
| Jinan Shengquan Group Share 605589.SS | China | $3.46B | -30% | +12% | 8% | 2.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Ashland ASH | United States | $3.51B | +39% | +2% | 7% | 2.4× | 12.3% | -2.5% |
| Vita Coco COCO | United States | $3.56B | -13% | +26% | 20% | 4.5× | 8.4% | +14.4% |
| Lotus 600186.SS | China | $2.37B | -18% | +21% | 13% | 4.1× | n/a | n/a |
| CALBEE 2229.T | Japan | $2.37B | +7% | +5% | 8% | 1.1× | -1.8% | +5.0% |
| Kanematsu 8020.T | Japan | $2.35B | +2% | +4% | 5% | 0.5× | -2.4% | +10.5% |
| Post POST | United States | $3.65B | -19% | +6% | 10% | 1.3× | -2.1% | +7.4% |
| Premier Foods PFD.L | United Kingdom | $2.34B | +3% | +2% | 18% | 1.6× | -1.3% | +4.4% |
| Yantai North Andre Juice 605198.SS | China | $2.31B | +16% | -17% | 18% | 10.1× | 36.8% | +14.8% |
| Gambol Pet 301498.SZ | China | $2.25B | -32% | +14% | 7% | 2.1× | n/a | n/a |