# Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. (TR) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Consumer Defensive / Food & Staples Retailing. Price $38.78, market value $2.9 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 30.5×** (5-yr avg 28.5×, 3-yr avg 24.8×). Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. trades at 30.5× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 28.5×. The Consumer Defensive median in the September 2026 study was 20.1×.
- **Price / sales: 4.0×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 4.0×.
- **Price / book: 3.1×**. The shares trade at 3.1× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 2.7%** (5-yr avg 3.4%). Free cash flow equals 2.7% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 3.4%.
- **Earnings yield: 3.3%**. The inverse of the P/E: 3.3% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 34.5%**. Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. keeps 34.5% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells.
- **Operating margin: 11.9%**. 11.9% of revenue is left after running the business.
- **Net margin: 13.7%**. 13.7% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 10.6%**. 10.6% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on assets: 7.6%**. Each dollar of assets produces 7.6% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 1.3%** (3-yr 2.2%/yr, 5-yr 9.2%/yr). Revenue grew 1.3% over the last year, against 9.2% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 16.1%** (3-yr 9.6%/yr, 5-yr 10.3%/yr). Earnings per share rose 16.1%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 25.5%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 25.5% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Current ratio: 3.27** (quick 3.27). Current assets cover the next year's liabilities 3.27 times.
- **Piotroski F-score: 6/9**. 6 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 0.93%** ($0.35 per share, trailing). Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. yields 0.93%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 26%** (33% of free cash flow). 26% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 12**. 12 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 2.8%/yr** (1-yr 3.0%). The dividend has grown 2.8% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -0.3%** (YTD 9.5%, 3-mo 1.3%). The shares are down 0.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -13.9%** (16.0% above the low). Trading 14% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 38**. An RSI of 38 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): -0.23** (volatility 27%). Beta of -0.23 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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