Tootsie Roll Company Ratios
Tootsie Roll Industries Ratios (pg 732)
The Hershey Company Ratio
Interpretation and comparison between the two companies' ratios
Earnings per Share
Current Ratio
Hershey had net sales close to ten times those of (4,946,716 (51,625 Earnings / Tootsie Roll, however their outstanding shares were Earnings / 492,753 54,296 Outstanding also an order of magnitude greater than those of Outstanding Shares) = $0.95 Tootsie Roll. Although earnings are greater for Shares) = $0.96 Hershey, the EPS indicates that Tootsie Roll is as effective at providing value per share as Hershey. Tootsie Roll's ability to pay liabilities should it have to liquidate assets is 3.92 times as great as that of Hershey. Hershey's ratio is less than one which
The Hershey Company Ratio
Interpretation and comparison between the two companies' ratios
Earnings per Share
Current Ratio
Hershey had net sales close to ten times those of (4,946,716 (51,625 Earnings / Tootsie Roll, however their outstanding shares were Earnings / 492,753 54,296 Outstanding also an order of magnitude greater than those of Outstanding Shares) = $0.95 Tootsie Roll. Although earnings are greater for Shares) = $0.96 Hershey, the EPS indicates that Tootsie Roll is as effective at providing value per share as Hershey. Tootsie Roll's ability to pay liabilities should it have to liquidate assets is 3.92 times as great as that of Hershey. Hershey's ratio is less than one which