Freshpet vs Tootsie Roll Industries
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The short version
- Freshpet is the larger business, with $1.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $733M for Tootsie Roll Industries, about 1.5 times as much.
- Freshpet grew revenue faster (13.0%, against 1.3%).
- Tootsie Roll Industries kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (13.8% operating margin, against 6.9%).
- Tootsie Roll Industries turned more of its sales into free cash flow (13.2% FCF margin, against 1.1%).
| Latest fiscal year | FRPT Β· FY25 | TR Β· FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.6B | $2.6B |
| Revenue | $1.1B | $733M |
| Free cash flow | $12.4M | $96.4M |
| Net income | $139M | $100M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 13.0% | 1.3% |
| 5-year growth | 28.2% | 9.2% |
| Share count change | 11.5% | β0.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 40.8% | 35.3% |
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 13.8% |
| Net margin | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| FCF margin | 1.1% | 13.2% |
| Return on capital | 5.9% | β |
| Return on equity | 12.3% | 11.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $150M | β |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.9x | β |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $32.6M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 16.9x | β |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | β |
Revenue
FY16
FRPT $130M
TR $521M
FY17
FRPT $152M
TR $519M
FY18
FRPT $193M
TR $519M
FY19
FRPT $246M
TR $527M
FY20
FRPT $319M
TR $471M
FY21
FRPT $426M
TR $571M
FY22
FRPT $595M
TR $687M
FY23
FRPT $767M
TR $769M
FY24
FRPT $975M
TR $723M
FY25
FRPT $1.1B
TR $733M
FRPT
TR
Operating margin
FY16
FRPT β1.7%
TR 17.5%
FY17
FRPT β1.8%
TR 13.6%
FY18
FRPT β2.5%
TR 13.6%
FY19
FRPT β0.1%
TR 13.1%
FY20
FRPT β0.6%
TR 12.4%
FY21
FRPT β5.8%
TR 11.8%
FY22
FRPT β8.7%
TR 16.1%
FY23
FRPT β4.0%
TR 13.2%
FY24
FRPT 3.9%
TR 13.9%
FY25
FRPT 6.9%
TR 13.8%
FRPT
TR
Free cash flow
FY16
FRPT β$17.2M
TR $82.5M
FY17
FRPT β$2.7M
TR $26.3M
FY18
FRPT $2.3M
TR $73.3M
FY19
FRPT β$54.3M
TR $80.0M
FY20
FRPT β$113M
TR $56.7M
FY21
FRPT β$321M
TR $53.9M
FY22
FRPT β$273M
TR $48.7M
FY23
FRPT β$163M
TR $67.8M
FY24
FRPT β$32.8M
TR $121M
FY25
FRPT $12.4M
TR $96.4M
FRPT
TR
Return on capital
FY16
FRPT β
TR β
FY17
FRPT β
TR β
FY18
FRPT β
TR β
FY19
FRPT β
TR β
FY20
FRPT β
TR β
FY21
FRPT β
TR β
FY22
FRPT β5.4%
TR β
FY23
FRPT β2.5%
TR β
FY24
FRPT 3.3%
TR β
FY25
FRPT 5.9%
TR β
FRPT
TR
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.