The purpose of this financial analysis is to compare Tootsie Roll and Hershey Inc to the industry average financial ratios to determine which company will be the best investment opportunity. This analysis will evaluate and compare the company’s liquidity‚ solvency and profitability ratios from 2004. Tootsie Roll‚ Inc. and Hershey Inc are both companies well known for the selling of confectionary goods. Hershey is publicly traded under NYSE: HSY‚ Tootsie Roll under NYSE: TR. Both are listed under
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Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. Loan Package Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. Loan Package Tootsie Roll Industry Inc. needs to secure a loan to ensure the company’s growth for the future. To secure the loan the company must assemble a loan package to submit to the lender. In the loan package the company must include a ratio analysis of the company’s financial statements to show the financial stability and profitability of
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single most important variable in determining a share’s price. It is also a major component used to calculate the price-to-earnings valuation ratio. The EPS is somewhat helpful in comparing one company to another‚ assuming they are in the same industry‚ but it doesn’t tell you whether it’s a good stock to buy or what the market thinks of it. For that information‚ we need to look at some ratios. http://stocks.about.com/od/evaluatingstocks/a/eps1.htm Hershey In order to analyze EPS for Hershey
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The first time I ate a Tootsie Roll is one that I haven’t forgotten. Though‚ I haven’t eaten one in a while‚ I still remember the way I like to eat them and what they taste like. My interactions with Tootsie Rolls have taught me to try something before I say I don’t like it. Here is how it happened. Growing up‚ candy was a prize. Maybe it was because my dad didn’t want to waste money on artificial sweeteners. Sure‚ my friends had candy‚ but my father never encouraged a love of candy. Thus‚ was the
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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
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| |Tootsie Roll Industries began in a small candy store in New York in 1896. Tootsie Roll is now | | | | | | | | |headquartered in Chicago with operations throughout North America and with distribution channels in over | | | | | | | | |75 countries. According to Yahoo Finance‚ Tootsie Roll has 2‚200 full-time
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concessionaires‚ department stores‚ and natural food stores. The company was founded in 1894 and is based in Hershey‚ Pennsylvania. The Hershey Company went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 1922 (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=HSY). Tootsie Roll Industries‚ Inc.‚ through its subsidiaries‚ engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products. The company sells its products under the registered trademarks. It distributes its products through candy and grocery brokers to wholesale distributors
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Financial Statement Analysis Project--Hershey Corp. & Tootsie Roll Industries Liquidity Based on the ratio analysis performed‚ it appears that the Hershey Company’s liquidity is sufficient to meet cash needs and current obligations. The current ratio and current debt coverage ratios were decreasing from 2002 through 2004‚ which corresponds to an increase in short-term debt and a decrease in cash on the Company’s balance sheet over the same periods. Hershey attributes the increase in debt to
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Investment: Heshery Foods versus Tootsie Rolls Financial Comparison A comparison of 2004 Hershey’s and Tootsie Roll‚ questions needed to determine which company is better off: Are the company’s operations profitable? To consider this I will be looking at the Income Statement. If the company’s revenue exceeds its expenses it will report net income or will report a net loss. This will report on the success or failure of the company’s operation by reporting its revenue and expenses. Hershey
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Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. Loan Package ACC/561 - Accounting August 15‚ 2011 Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. Loan Package Since the company’s establishment in 1896‚ Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. has expanded to become one of the biggest candy companies in the United States. Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. is one of America’s most recognized candy companies through manufacturing and selling some of the most popular candies in the world. The company has an extensive amount of products sold in
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