Timken Company (The) (NYSE:TKR) Stock Has Average Target Price of $145.00

Key Points

• Analysts maintain a “Moderate Buy” consensus on Timken, with seven buy ratings and three holds; the average 12-month price target is $145, well above the reported $110.83 share price.
• Timken exceeded quarterly expectations, reporting $1.83 EPS versus the $1.62 estimate and $1.26 billion in revenue, up 7.5% year over year. Fiscal 2026 EPS guidance is $6.05–$6.35.
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share, equivalent to an annualized $1.44 payout and a 1.3% yield; institutional investors own approximately 89.08% of the stock.

Timken Company (The) (NYSE:TKR - Get Free Report) has been assigned an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the ten ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $145.00.

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Jefferies Financial Group set a $135.00 target price on Timken in a report on Tuesday, September 1st. Bank of America raised Timken from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and lifted their price target for the company from $129.00 to $135.00 in a research note on Tuesday, September 1st. DA Davidson set a $130.00 price objective on shares of Timken in a research note on Friday, August 14th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price objective on Timken from $128.00 to $142.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, July 10th. Finally, KeyCorp increased their price objective on shares of Timken from $140.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, July 13th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Timken news, Director Richard Kyle sold 13,637 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $126.63, for a total value of $1,726,853.31. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 183,724 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $23,264,970.12. This trade represents a 6.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 8.10% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in TKR. Compass Financial Management LLC purchased a new position in Timken in the third quarter valued at approximately $276,000. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund boosted its position in Timken by 1.3% during the third quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now owns 13,222 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $1,544,000 after purchasing an additional 164 shares during the period. Vise Technologies Inc. increased its stake in shares of Timken by 76.3% in the third quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 2,560 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $299,000 after purchasing an additional 1,108 shares in the last quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al increased its stake in shares of Timken by 1.1% in the third quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al now owns 26,650 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $3,111,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Livelsberger Financial Advisory purchased a new stake in Timken during the 3rd quarter worth about $46,000. 89.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Timken Stock Down 3.5%

Shares of NYSE TKR opened at $110.83 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $7.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.04, a PEG ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a current ratio of 3.10, a quick ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61. Timken has a 12 month low of $73.62 and a 12 month high of $146.37. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $117.17 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $117.06.

Timken (NYSE:TKR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.83 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.62 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $1.26 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.23 billion. Timken had a net margin of 5.43% and a return on equity of 12.63%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.12 EPS. Timken has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.050-6.350 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Timken will post 6.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Timken Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 28th. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 18th were paid a dividend of $0.36 per share. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, August 18th. Timken's dividend payout ratio is 39.02%.

Timken Company Profile

Timken is an industrial manufacturer that designs and produces engineered bearings and power transmission products. Its offerings include tapered and spherical roller bearings, precision bearings, seals, lubrication systems, gears, belts, chains, couplings, and other components used to manage friction, motion, and power transmission.

The company serves customers across a range of industries, including industrial machinery, renewable energy, transportation, aerospace, defense, agriculture, construction, and energy.

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