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Issuer:     TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC (TR)
CIK:        0000098677
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-21-013753
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Tootsie Roll Q3 sales up 17% to $183M, cost pressures limit EPS gain to 3%
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- Q3 net sales $183.1M, up 17% YoY; net earnings $24.7M, EPS $0.37 vs $0.36 (up 3%).
- Nine-month sales $399.4M (+18%), net earnings $45.3M, EPS $0.67 vs $0.64 (+5%).
- Higher ingredient, packaging, and freight costs offset sales gains; gross margins declined.
- Company implementing price increases in Q4 2021/early 2022; expects cost headwinds to continue through 2022.
- LIFO accounting accelerates cost recognition; stock buybacks helped EPS despite margin pressure.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837021013753/0001558370-21-013753-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837021013753/tr-20211028x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-21-013753

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