BRC (NYSE:BRCC – Get Free Report) and Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
Volatility and Risk
BRC has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares BRC and Tootsie Roll Industries”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BRC | $398.26 million | 0.53 | -$11.91 million | ($0.30) | -28.13 |
| Tootsie Roll Industries | $724.67 million | 3.95 | $100.05 million | $1.28 | 29.76 |
Tootsie Roll Industries has higher revenue and earnings than BRC. BRC 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.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
16.3% of BRC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 54.9% of BRC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.8% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares BRC and Tootsie Roll Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BRC | -0.89% | -5.33% | -1.79% |
| Tootsie Roll Industries | 13.14% | 10.16% | 7.64% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for BRC and Tootsie Roll Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BRC | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Tootsie Roll Industries | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
BRC presently has a consensus target price of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 166.59%. Given BRC’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BRC is more favorable than Tootsie Roll Industries.
Summary
Tootsie Roll Industries beats BRC on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BRC
BRC Inc., through its subsidiaries, purchases, roasts, and sells coffee, coffee accessories, and branded apparel in the United States. The company also produces media content, as well as sells coffee brewing equipment, and outdoor and lifestyle gear. It supports active military, veterans, and first responders. The company offers its products through grocery, specialty stores, and other intermediaries; and company operated and franchised Black Rifle Coffee retail coffee shop locations, as well as through e-commerce. BRC Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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.
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