NYSE: TR

Tootsie Roll Industries (TR) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Oct 12 close

$37.71+0.23 (+0.6%)

Gekko Brief

AI summaryOct 12 close

This week's news centers on Tootsie Roll's quarterly dividend and its share price action. The company declared a $0.09 cash dividend with an ex-dividend date of October 7, which followed a second quarter showing revenue of $154.219 million, up 1.77% from Q1, while net income fell 24.39% to $13.326 million amid pressure from higher cocoa, chocolate, and packaging costs. Separately, Weiss Ratings upgraded the stock from Hold to Buy, and the shares crossed below the 200-day moving average to $36.84 around the same time.

TR closes at $37.71, up 0.6%, sitting below both its 50-day average of $39.10 and 200-day average of $39.69, with the 50-day below the 200-day. Over the past month the stock is down 3%, and over six months down 14.6%. The GekkoIndex reads 61.1, placing it in the Accumulation zone, though the reading has eased 3.3 points over five days. Against this, Gekko Fair Value stands at $25.95, putting the current price 45.3% above that level.

Looking ahead, Tootsie Roll reports earnings on 28 October, 15 days out and within a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter's report produced a -2.4% reaction, against an average absolute move of 2%. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in their respective windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 1.5% gain over five years, rising in 3 of those years.

Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.

Tootsie Roll Industries price vs fair value

$37.71▼$25.95Oct ’25Apr ’26Oct ’26
Close $37.71200-day averageGekko Fair Value $25.95

Tootsie Roll Industries quick facts

Market cap
$2.83B
P/E ratio
29.8
Forward P/E
26.7
EPS, TTM
$1.26
Revenue, TTM
$734.7M
Profit margin
13%
Dividend yield
0.95%
Beta
0.41
Volume
133,547 avg 179,208
1-year return
−12.5%
Typical daily move
±1.8%
Typical 20-day move
±4.2%
50-day average
$39.10
200-day average
$39.69
Next earnings
Oct 28
Shares outstanding
43.07M
52-week range
$34.44$45.06

Tootsie Roll Industries swing-trade checklist

Tootsie Roll Industries scores 2 supportive, 0 mixed and 3 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

2 supportive0 mixed3 headwinds

  • Trendheadwind

    Below 50 and 200-day

    Close $37.71 is below the 50-day ($39.10) and 200-day ($39.69) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.

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  • GekkoIndexsupportive

    61.1, Accumulation

    Reading 61.1 is in the Accumulation zone.

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  • Fair valueheadwind

    45.3% above

    Price is 45.3% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings riskheadwind

    Reports in 16 days

    Reports on Oct 28, 2026, 16 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

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  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +1.5% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +1.5% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

    See seasonality

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Tootsie Roll Industries stock chart and price history

Tootsie Roll Industries closed at $37.71 on Oct 12, 2026, −12.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $34.44 to $45.06.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Tootsie Roll Industries share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$34$36$40$42$44NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct37.71

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−3.0%
3 months
−1.2%
6 months
−14.6%
1 year
−12.5%
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About Tootsie Roll Industries

Tootsie Roll Industries produces candy and sweet snacks sold under a long list of familiar names, including Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Pops, Charms, Blow-Pop, Junior Mints, Charleston Chew, Sugar Daddy, Sugar Babies, Andes, Dots, Dubble Bubble, Razzles and Cry Baby, among others. Beyond its home market in the United States, the company reaches buyers in Canada, Mexico and various other countries.

Rather than relying on one path to market, the business sells through a mix of outlets. Candy reaches shelves via wholesale food and grocery distributors, supermarkets, dollar and variety stores, drugstores, discount chains and large grocery chains. It also supplies club and warehouse stores, mass merchandisers, vending machine suppliers, online retailers, military outlets and charity fundraising groups, frequently working through food and grocery brokers to connect with these buyers.

Tootsie Roll Industries got its start back in 1896 and keeps its headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. Investors can find its stock listed on the NYSE under the ticker TR.

Listed
NYSE
Sector
Consumer non-durables
Industry
Food: specialty/candy
Website
tootsie.com

Tootsie Roll Industries GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Tootsie Roll Industries’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 61.1, in the Accumulation zone, down 3.3 points over five sessions.

010061.1Accumulation

Down 3.3 points over five sessions.

Reading for Oct 12, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying40+1.2%+1.6%+1.7%+1.5%
Accumulation (current zone)221+0.6%+0.9%+1.9%+3.8%
Neutral395−0.1%+0.1%+0.3%+1.5%
Distribution25−1.3%−1.5%−2.8%0.0%
Selling1Too few readings yet

Average TR share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →

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Is Tootsie Roll Industries stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Tootsie Roll Industries trades 45.3% above Gekko Fair Value of $25.95, so the shares are overvalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Tootsie Roll Industries shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$25.95

Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026

45.3% Overvalued

At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 51.8% above the estimate.

Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
$26$37Aug 2026SepOct 2026

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Tootsie Roll Industries insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for Tootsie Roll Industries, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for TR in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in TR were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

Tootsie Roll Industries has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
$3.82M
As a share of market cap
0.14%

From company filings.

Tootsie Roll Industries earnings: next date and track record

Tootsie Roll Industries reports on Oct 28, 2026 (16 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 1 of its last 1 report.

1 of 1reports beat the EPS estimate
±2%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

+0.7%Oct ’24−0.7%Feb ’25−2.5%Apr ’25+2.1%Jul ’25−5.1%Oct ’25−0.6%Feb ’26+1.6%Apr ’26−2.4%Jul ’26
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Jul 22, 2026$0.18—$154.2M—−2.4%
Apr 22, 2026$0.24—$151.5M—+1.6%
Feb 27, 2026$0.39—$196.3M—−0.6%
Oct 22, 2025$0.49
est $0.00
—$232.7M—−5.1%
Jul 24, 2025$0.24—$155.1M—+2.1%
Apr 24, 2025$0.25—$148.5M—−2.5%
Feb 12, 2025$0.32—$193.4M—−0.7%
Oct 23, 2024$0.46—$225.9M—+0.7%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

Tootsie Roll Industries stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Tootsie Roll Industries is $19.00, −49.6% from the last close.

$19.00consensus 12-month target, −49.6% from the last close
+1.9%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+1.5%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±1.8%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Tootsie Roll Industries seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Tootsie Roll Industries averaged +1.5% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+4.9%2021+15.1%2022−1.4%2023+1.4%2024−12.3%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+1.8%4 of 5
Next 10 trading days−1.1%2 of 5
Next 15 trading days+0.3%3 of 5
Next 20 trading days+1.5%3 of 5
Next 30 trading days+7.9%4 of 5

For scale, TR’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.2%.

Tootsie Roll Industries market cap and key statistics

Tootsie Roll Industries’s market cap is $2.83B, with a P/E ratio of 29.8 and revenue of $734.7M over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$2.83B
P/E ratio
29.8
Forward P/E
26.7
EPS, TTM
$1.26
Gekko Fair Value
$25.95

Trading

Volume
133,547
Avg volume, 20 days
179,208
52-week high
$45.06
52-week low
$34.44
Shares outstanding
43.07M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$734.7M
Profit margin
13%
Return on equity
10.3%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
−23.9%

Risk and income

Beta
0.41
Typical daily move
±1.8%
Typical 20-day move
±4.2%
Dividend yield
0.95%

Tootsie Roll Industries peers

Tootsie Roll Industries’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
PEPPepsiCo−0.1%Accumulation17.9% below
MDLZMondelez International+2.0%Neutral18.6% below
HSYHershey+1.1%Accumulation30.0% below
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances+0.9%Neutral4.8% below
SJMJ.M. Smucker−0.1%Neutral6.4% above
MKCMcCormick+1.5%Accumulation17.7% below

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In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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Tootsie Roll Industries stock FAQ

What is Tootsie Roll Industries’s market cap?

Tootsie Roll Industries’s market cap is $2.83B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $37.71, with 43.07M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 29.8.

What is the Tootsie Roll Industries stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Tootsie Roll Industries is $19.00, −49.6% from the last close. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Tootsie Roll Industries stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Tootsie Roll Industries is overvalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $37.71 is 45.3% above Gekko Fair Value of $25.95. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Tootsie Roll Industries report earnings next?

Tootsie Roll Industries is expected to report on Oct 28, 2026 (16 days away).

What is Tootsie Roll Industries’s 52-week high and low?

Tootsie Roll Industries’s 52-week high is $45.06 and its 52-week low is $34.44; it closed at $37.71 on Oct 12, 2026, −12.5% over the past year.

Is Tootsie Roll Industries stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and seasonality) and 3 as headwinds (trend, fair value and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

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