Reviewing Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) & Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S. (OTCMKTS:UELKY)

Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S. (OTCMKTS:UELKY) and Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S. and Tootsie Roll Industries’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S.	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.47	5.39
Tootsie Roll Industries	$769.37 million	2.77	$91.91 million	$1.31	22.76

Tootsie Roll Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S.. Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S. 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S. and Tootsie Roll Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S.	0	0	0	0	N/A
Tootsie Roll Industries	0	0	0	0	N/A

Profitability

This table compares Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S. and Tootsie Roll Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tootsie Roll Industries	12.51%	11.74%	8.89%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.5% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Tootsie Roll Industries beats Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S. on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S.

Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of biscuits, chocolates, chocolate coated biscuits, cakes, wafers, and crackers in Turkey and internationally. The company also produces chocolate dough, cocoa powder, chocolate flakes, couverture chocolate, flour, hazelnut, and pureed hazelnut. In addition, it is involved in the trading and investment activities. It also exports its products to the Middle East, Russia, Central Asian republics, Europe, Africa, and the United States. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S.operates as a subsidiary of pladis Foods Limited.

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.