---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-118027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TR"
cik: "0000098677"
company_name: "TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-22T15:00:07+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-22T15:01:06.634328+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.62
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.62
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tootsie Roll Q3 net earnings fall 35% to $23.2M, EPS $0.31; sales dip 1% to $227.2M

## Summary
- Q3 2026 net sales $227.2M vs $230.6M a year ago, down $3.5M or 1%; net earnings $23.2M vs $35.7M and EPS $0.31 vs $0.48, down $0.17 or 35%.
- Nine months 2026 net sales $528.6M vs $530.3M; net earnings $54.2M vs $71.3M, EPS $0.72 vs $0.95, down $0.23 or 24%.
- Chairman Ellen R. Gordon cites timing of sales including Halloween seasonal sales shifting between Q3 and Q4, plus higher trade promotions that reduce reported net sales.
- Margins hurt by higher ingredient costs (mainly cocoa and chocolate), resin-based packaging tied to energy costs, and elevated freight expected to persist through Q4 2026 into 2027.
- Acquired Mexico-based Winis confectionery brand on Sept 1, 2026 to complement Tutsi; immaterial to results but added ~$1.3M Q3 and $2.5M nine-month acquisition expense.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-118027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TR
- cik: 0000098677
- company_name: TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-22T15:00:07+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.62
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.62
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000110465926118027/0001104659-26-118027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000110465926118027/tr-20261021x8k.htm

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