Which is more profitable, The Hershey or Tootsie Roll Industries?

Tootsie Roll Industries keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, The Hershey or Tootsie Roll Industries?

The Hershey grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, The Hershey or Tootsie Roll Industries?

Tootsie Roll Industries costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, The Hershey or Tootsie Roll Industries?

Tootsie Roll Industries would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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The Hershey vs Tootsie Roll Industries stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

The Hershey grows faster. Tootsie Roll Industries is more profitable, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	The Hershey	Tootsie Roll Industries
	$35.0 billion	$2.86 billion
	7.6%	13.7%
	+7.5%	+2.2%
	39.7×	28.6×
	2.2 years	Net cash
	10.9%	6.5%
	2.9%	0.9%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.