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Issuer:     TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC (TR)
CIK:        0000098677
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-24-005692
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Tootsie Roll Q1 net sales down 6% to $151.5M; EPS rises 16% to $0.22
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- Net earnings of $15.8M ($0.22 EPS) vs $13.4M ($0.19 EPS) in Q1 2023, a 16% increase.
- Net sales fell 6% to $151.5M; management cites customer inventory adjustments and seasonal timing.
- Price realization and plant efficiencies boosted gross profit; higher cocoa/chocolate costs expected to pressure margins in 2024-2025.
- Effective tax rate dropped to 21.4% from 23.8% due to lower state income taxes.
- Share repurchases over past 12 months reduced outstanding shares, benefiting EPS.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837024005692/0001558370-24-005692-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837024005692/tr-20240424x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-005692

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