Simply Good Foods vs Tootsie Roll Industries
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The short version
- Simply Good Foods is the larger business, with $1.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $733M for Tootsie Roll Industries, about 2.0 times as much.
- Simply Good Foods grew revenue faster (9.0%, against 1.3%).
- Tootsie Roll Industries kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (13.8% operating margin, against 10.8%).
- Tootsie Roll Industries turned more of its sales into free cash flow (13.2% FCF margin, against 10.9%).
| Latest fiscal year | SMPL · FY25 | TR · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $936M | $2.6B |
| Revenue | $1.5B | $733M |
| Free cash flow | $158M | $96.4M |
| Net income | $104M | $100M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 9.0% | 1.3% |
| 5-year growth | 12.2% | 9.2% |
| Share count change | 0.2% | −0.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 36.2% | 35.3% |
| Operating margin | 10.8% | 13.8% |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 13.7% |
| FCF margin | 10.9% | 13.2% |
| Return on capital | 6.1% | — |
| Return on equity | 5.9% | 11.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $151M | — |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.8x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $50.9M | $32.6M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | — |
Revenue
FY16
SMPL —
TR $521M
FY17
SMPL —
TR $519M
FY18
SMPL $431M
TR $519M
FY19
SMPL $523M
TR $527M
FY20
SMPL $817M
TR $471M
FY21
SMPL $1.0B
TR $571M
FY22
SMPL $1.2B
TR $687M
FY23
SMPL $1.2B
TR $769M
FY24
SMPL $1.3B
TR $723M
FY25
SMPL $1.5B
TR $733M
SMPL
TR
Operating margin
FY16
SMPL —
TR 17.5%
FY17
SMPL —
TR 13.6%
FY18
SMPL 15.6%
TR 13.6%
FY19
SMPL 13.9%
TR 13.1%
FY20
SMPL 9.6%
TR 12.4%
FY21
SMPL 17.3%
TR 11.8%
FY22
SMPL 17.4%
TR 16.1%
FY23
SMPL 16.5%
TR 13.2%
FY24
SMPL 15.5%
TR 13.9%
FY25
SMPL 10.8%
TR 13.8%
SMPL
TR
Free cash flow
FY16
SMPL —
TR $82.5M
FY17
SMPL —
TR $26.3M
FY18
SMPL $59.3M
TR $73.3M
FY19
SMPL $72.0M
TR $80.0M
FY20
SMPL $57.2M
TR $56.7M
FY21
SMPL $126M
TR $53.9M
FY22
SMPL $105M
TR $48.7M
FY23
SMPL $160M
TR $67.8M
FY24
SMPL $210M
TR $121M
FY25
SMPL $158M
TR $96.4M
SMPL
TR
Return on capital
FY16
SMPL —
TR —
FY17
SMPL —
TR —
FY18
SMPL 9.5%
TR —
FY19
SMPL 8.6%
TR —
FY20
SMPL 5.7%
TR —
FY21
SMPL 5.5%
TR —
FY22
SMPL 8.8%
TR —
FY23
SMPL 8.8%
TR —
FY24
SMPL 8.2%
TR —
FY25
SMPL 6.1%
TR —
SMPL
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.