Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) versus Australian Oilseeds (NASDAQ:COOT) Financial Comparison

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

Volatility & Risk

Australian Oilseeds has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Australian Oilseeds and Tootsie Roll Industries”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Australian Oilseeds	$43.82 million	0.30	-$840,000.00	($0.04)	-11.97
Tootsie Roll Industries	$724.67 million	4.03	$100.05 million	$1.28	30.36

Tootsie Roll Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Australian Oilseeds. Australian Oilseeds 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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

12.9% of Australian Oilseeds shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 69.1% of Australian Oilseeds shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.8% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Australian Oilseeds	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tootsie Roll Industries	13.14%	10.16%	7.64%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Australian Oilseeds and Tootsie Roll Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Australian Oilseeds	1	0	0	0	1.00
Tootsie Roll Industries	0	0	1	0	3.00

Summary

Tootsie Roll Industries beats Australian Oilseeds on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Australian Oilseeds

Australian Oilseeds Holdings Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale oil seeds through its subsidiaries. It focuses on acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction, and amalgamation with, purchasing all or substantially all the assets of, entering contractual arrangements with, or engaging in any other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was founded on December 29, 2022 and is headquartered in Cootamundra, Australia.

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.