Financial Contrast: Rogers Sugar (OTCMKTS:RSGUF) vs. Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR)

Rogers Sugar (OTCMKTS:RSGUF) and Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Rogers Sugar and Tootsie Roll Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rogers Sugar	0	0	0	0	N/A
Tootsie Roll Industries	0	0	0	0	N/A

Dividends

Rogers Sugar pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Tootsie Roll Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Rogers Sugar pays out 116.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tootsie Roll Industries pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tootsie Roll Industries has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

25.8% of Rogers Sugar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.5% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Rogers Sugar and Tootsie Roll Industries’ gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rogers Sugar	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.31	12.42
Tootsie Roll Industries	$769.37 million	2.88	$91.91 million	$1.27	24.42

Tootsie Roll Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Rogers Sugar. Rogers Sugar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tootsie Roll Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Rogers Sugar and Tootsie Roll Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rogers Sugar	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tootsie Roll Industries	12.04%	11.48%	8.75%

Summary

Tootsie Roll Industries beats Rogers Sugar on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Rogers Sugar

Rogers Sugar Inc. engages in refining, packaging, marketing, and distribution of sugar and maple products in Canada, the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Sugar and Maple Products. It offers granulated, plantation raw, yellow, brown, organic, icing, maple, stevia, liquid, smart sweetener blend, and coconut sugar; and syrups, jam and jelly mixes, and iced tea mixes. The company offers its maple syrup products under the The Maple Treat Corporation, Uncle Luke's, Great Northern, Decacer, and Highland Sugarworks brands. In addition, it markets its products to industrial, consumer, and liquid product markets under the Lantic name in Eastern Canada and Rogers name in Western Canada. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Tootsie Roll Industries

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. It sells its products under the Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Fruit Rolls, Frooties, 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. The company sells its products directly to wholesale distributors of candy, and food and groceries; and 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, the United States 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.