---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-25-000885"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TR"
cik: "0000098677"
company_name: "TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T22:35:16.076460+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tootsie Roll Q4 EPS $0.32, sales down 2%; adjusted earnings up 14% after $11M write-off

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $191.4M (-2% YoY); net earnings $22.5M (-22%); diluted EPS $0.32 vs $0.41.
- Full-year net sales $715.5M (-6% YoY); net earnings $86.8M (-5%); EPS $1.22 vs $1.28.
- Nonrecurring $11.0M deferred tax asset write-off reduced reported net earnings.
- Excluding write-off, adjusted Q4 net earnings $33.5M (+14%) and full-year $97.8M (+6%).
- Management warns cocoa/chocolate costs will rise in 2025 as older supply contracts expire.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-25-000885
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TR
- cik: 0000098677
- company_name: TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837025000885/0001558370-25-000885-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837025000885/tr-20250212x8k.htm

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