Head to Head Comparison: Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) vs. Barfresh Food Group (NASDAQ:BRFH)

Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) and Barfresh Food Group (NASDAQ:BRFH) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Tootsie Roll Industries and Barfresh Food Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tootsie Roll Industries	0	0	1	0	3.00
Barfresh Food Group	2	0	0	0	1.00

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Tootsie Roll Industries and Barfresh Food Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tootsie Roll Industries	$724.67 million	3.93	$100.05 million	$1.28	29.64
Barfresh Food Group	$14.21 million	0.89	-$2.69 million	($0.23)	-3.38

Tootsie Roll Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Barfresh Food Group. Barfresh Food Group 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.

Volatility & Risk

Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barfresh Food Group has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Tootsie Roll Industries and Barfresh Food Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tootsie Roll Industries	13.14%	10.16%	7.64%
Barfresh Food Group	-17.88%	-295.15%	-30.31%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Barfresh Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.8% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.7% of Barfresh Food Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Tootsie Roll Industries beats Barfresh Food Group on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Barfresh Food Group

Barfresh Food Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes ready-to-drink and ready-to-blend frozen beverages in the United States. It offers smoothies, shakes and frappes in various formats comprising ready-to-drink smoothie, easy pour, juice concentrates, and single serve. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Los Angeles, California.