Timken Company (The) (NYSE:TKR) Stock Now Rated "Moderate Buy" by Wall Street Brokerages

Key Points

• Analysts rate Timken “Moderate Buy”: Seven of 10 analysts recommend buying the stock, while three rate it a hold. The average 12-month price target is $147, above the reported share price of $120.06.
• Timken exceeded quarterly expectations, reporting $1.83 in EPS versus the $1.62 consensus and $1.26 billion in revenue, up 7.5% year over year. Management’s FY 2026 EPS guidance is $6.05–$6.35.
• The company maintains a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share, equivalent to a 1.2% annual yield. Institutional investors own 89.08% of Timken’s shares, while a company director recently sold approximately $1.73 million worth of stock.

Shares of Timken Company (The) (NYSE:TKR - Get Free Report) have received an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the ten analysts that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $147.00.

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on TKR shares. KeyCorp lifted their price target on shares of Timken from $140.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, July 13th. DA Davidson set a $130.00 target price on shares of Timken in a research report on Friday, August 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Timken from $150.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, July 13th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $135.00 price target on Timken in a report on Tuesday, September 1st. Finally, Oppenheimer reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $150.00 price target on shares of Timken in a research note on Thursday, October 1st.

Timken Price Performance

Timken stock opened at $120.06 on Tuesday. Timken has a one year low of $70.57 and a one year high of $146.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61, a quick ratio of 1.74 and a current ratio of 3.10. The business has a fifty day moving average of $124.04 and a two-hundred day moving average of $122.77. The company has a market cap of $8.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 1.18.

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

Timken Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 18th were issued a $0.36 dividend. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, August 18th. Timken's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 39.02%.

Insider Activity

In other Timken news, Director Richard Kyle sold 13,637 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.63, for a total transaction of $1,726,853.31. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 183,724 shares in the company, valued at $23,264,970.12. This represents a 6.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 8.10% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Timken

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC boosted its holdings in Timken by 29.9% in the 1st quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC now owns 451,516 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $45,409,000 after acquiring an additional 103,904 shares during the period. State of Wyoming purchased a new stake in shares of Timken during the second quarter valued at approximately $1,466,000. Regents Gate Capital LLP purchased a new stake in shares of Timken during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $9,126,000. Van Den Berg Management I Inc. lifted its position in shares of Timken by 43.2% during the fourth quarter. Van Den Berg Management I Inc. now owns 59,686 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $5,021,000 after purchasing an additional 18,011 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd lifted its position in shares of Timken by 247.3% during the first quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd now owns 51,195 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $5,149,000 after purchasing an additional 36,455 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.08% of the company's stock.

About Timken

Timken NYSE: TKR is an engineered bearings and industrial motion products company. Its offerings include tapered, spherical, cylindrical, needle and precision bearings, as well as seals and lubrication systems designed to reduce friction, manage loads and support the performance of mechanical equipment.

Through its Industrial Motion business, Timken also provides products such as mechanical power transmission components, chains, belts, couplings, linear motion systems and gear drives.

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