Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Food Confectioners
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. TR
$37.99 +0.40% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.85B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The company holds net cash of $45.9M (cash above total debt).
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $734.7M, up 1.6% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 38%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 26%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 47%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 33%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 43%
- Gross marginTop 50%
- Operating marginTop 30%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 28%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 16%
- Interest coverTop 4%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 48%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 24%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 31%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 9%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 46%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 41%
- 6-month returnBottom 38%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 41%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 27%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 4%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 12%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 16%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.4% | 1.6% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 8.8% | 2.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 36.2% | 34.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 15.1% | 12.3% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 14.6% | 10.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.6% | 2.4% | ↓ | Bottom 38% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.4% | 8.8% | ↓ | Top 45% |
| Gross margin | 34.9% | 36.2% | ↓ | Top 50% |
| Operating margin | 12.3% | 15.1% | ↓ | Top 30% |
| Net margin | 13.0% | 12.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.9% | 14.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.7% | — | Bottom 43% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.2% | — | Bottom 47% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.31×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +1.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.31×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 201.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.93%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.13%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.06%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +3.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | — | +1.4% | +0.6% | +4.2% | — |
| Apr 22, 2026 | — | -0.2% | +2.6% | -2.5% | -6.8% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | — | +0.6% | +1.5% | +2.1% | -1.7% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | — | +1.8% | -13.7% | -4.3% | -5.1% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | — | +1.8% | -0.9% | -0.2% | +11.5% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | — | -2.1% | -1.6% | +4.7% | +15.8% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | — | -2.5% | -0.2% | +3.3% | +10.0% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | — | -0.2% | -0.5% | +9.5% | +5.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $0.18 | — | — | $154.2M |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $0.24 | — | — | $151.5M |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.39 | — | — | $196.3M |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $0.49 | — | — | $232.7M |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $0.24 | — | — | $155.1M |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $0.25 | — | — | $148.5M |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $0.31 | — | — | $193.4M |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $0.45 | — | — | $225.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 29.2× | 29.9× | 48th | Top 48% |
| EV / EBITDA | 18.7× | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| EV / Sales | 3.82× | — | — | Bottom 9% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.81% | — | — | Bottom 24% |
| Earnings yield | 3.42% | — | — | Top 48% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 19.8× – 35.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -4.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +2.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +5.7%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -4.1%
- RSI (14)
- 44.7
- Relative volume
- 0.79×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 20.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 8th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.07
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.04
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -15.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -20.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2023 | Aug 12, 2024 | -37.4% | 380 days | 287 days (Oct 3, 2025) |
| Jan 27, 2021 | Feb 17, 2021 | -30.3% | 14 days | 429 days (Oct 28, 2022) |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Oct 30, 2025 | -20.0% | 10 days | 78 days (Feb 24, 2026) |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Jun 22, 2026 | -19.2% | 50 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.85B
- P/E (TTM)
- 29.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.30
- Revenue (TTM)
- $734.7M
- Dividend yield
- 1.18%
- 52-week range
- $32.47 – $45.06
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $570.8M | $687.0M | $769.4M | $723.2M | $732.5M |
| Gross profit | $199.2M | $232.7M | $256.8M | $253.2M | $260.3M |
| Operating income | $67.1M | $110.8M | $101.8M | $100.5M | $102.8M |
| Net income | $65.3M | $75.9M | $91.9M | $86.8M | $100.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.89 | $1.01 | $1.24 | $1.18 | $1.37 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $225.9M | $193.4M | $148.5M | $155.1M | $232.7M | $196.3M | $151.5M | $154.2M |
| Net income | $32.8M | $22.5M | $18.1M | $17.5M | $35.7M | $28.8M | $17.7M | $13.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.46 | $0.32 | $0.25 | $0.24 | $0.49 | $0.39 | $0.24 | $0.18 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $85.3M | $72.1M | $94.6M | $138.9M | $130.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$31.4M | -$23.4M | -$26.8M | -$18.0M | -$34.3M |
| Free cash flow | $53.9M | $48.7M | $67.8M | $120.9M | $96.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$24.1M | -$24.6M | -$25.1M | -$25.5M | -$26.1M |
| Net share buybacks | -$30.2M | -$31.9M | -$33.1M | -$13.5M | -$6.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $141.1M
- Total assets
- $1.27B
- Total liabilities
- $317.8M
- Total debt
- $16.2M
- Net debt
- -$45.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $952.3M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.09 | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | $0.09 | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | $0.09 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Dec 24, 2025 | $0.09 | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Oct 7, 2025 | $0.09 | Oct 16, 2025 |
| Jun 18, 2025 | $0.09 | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Mar 5, 2025 | $0.09 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Dec 18, 2024 | $0.09 | Jan 9, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,175,028
- Days to cover
- 14.51
- Change vs previous report
- -0.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 5, 2026
- 103-for-100
- Mar 5, 2025
- 103-for-100
- Mar 5, 2024
- 103-for-100
- Mar 3, 2023
- 103-for-100
- Mar 4, 2022
- 103-for-100