---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000098677-21-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TR"
cik: "0000098677"
company_name: "TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T03:34:31.701867+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tootsie Roll Q2 net sales surge 44% to $114.6M; EPS rises to $0.14 from $0.11

## Summary
- Q2 2021 net sales $114.6M (+44% YoY); net earnings $9.8M, EPS $0.14 (+27%).
- First half 2021 net sales $216.4M (+18% YoY); EPS $0.30 vs $0.28.
- Q2 2021 sales exceeded pre-pandemic Q2 2019 by 8%.
- Rising costs for ingredients, packaging, freight pressuring margins; price increases being phased in during H2 2021.
- After-tax foreign exchange losses of $176k in H1 2021 vs prior-year gains of $1.22M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000098677-21-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TR
- cik: 0000098677
- company_name: TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000009867721000008/0000098677-21-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000009867721000008/tr-20210722x8k.htm

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