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

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

22.7% of Barfresh Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 26.7% of Barfresh Food Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.8% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

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

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Barfresh Food Group and Tootsie Roll Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Barfresh Food Group 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
Barfresh Food Group	$14.21 million	0.64	-$2.69 million	($0.23)	-2.42
Tootsie Roll Industries	$724.67 million	3.96	$100.05 million	$1.28	29.89

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.

Summary

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

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.

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.