Zacks Research Analysts Lift Earnings Estimates for The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR)

The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Zacks Research increased their FY2025 earnings estimates for Timken in a research note issued on Monday, April 8th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $6.68 for the year, up from their previous estimate of $6.63. The consensus estimate for Timken's current full-year earnings is $6.01 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Timken's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.52 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $1.77 EPS.

Timken (NYSE:TKR - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, February 5th. The industrial products company reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.22 by $0.15. Timken had a net margin of 8.26% and a return on equity of 19.57%. The firm had revenue of $1.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.06 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.22 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up .9% on a year-over-year basis.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Evercore ISI cut shares of Timken from an "outperform" rating to an "in-line" rating and set a $84.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Tuesday, February 20th. Oppenheimer reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $100.00 price target (up previously from $97.00) on shares of Timken in a report on Thursday, March 21st. Jefferies Financial Group cut shares of Timken from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and cut their price target for the company from $105.00 to $85.00 in a report on Wednesday, December 20th. Morgan Stanley began coverage on shares of Timken in a report on Monday, January 8th. They issued an "equal weight" rating and a $74.00 price target on the stock. Finally, StockNews.com cut shares of Timken from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $85.90.

Timken Trading Down 2.1 %

Shares of Timken stock traded down $1.83 on Wednesday, hitting $86.66. The stock had a trading volume of 491,219 shares, compared to its average volume of 499,132. The company has a quick ratio of 0.96, a current ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66. Timken has a one year low of $65.71 and a one year high of $95.08. The stock has a market cap of $6.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.87, a PEG ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 1.54. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $84.61 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $78.41.

Institutional Trading of Timken

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. grew its position in Timken by 39.1% in the 1st quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 26,335 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $1,599,000 after acquiring an additional 7,408 shares during the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. grew its position in Timken by 10.8% in the 1st quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 7,312 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $444,000 after acquiring an additional 712 shares during the last quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund bought a new position in Timken in the 1st quarter valued at $1,059,000. MetLife Investment Management LLC grew its position in Timken by 33.2% in the 1st quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC now owns 44,547 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $2,704,000 after acquiring an additional 11,093 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS grew its position in Timken by 10.5% in the 1st quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 25,300 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $1,536,000 after acquiring an additional 2,412 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.08% of the company's stock.

Timken Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 20th were issued a dividend of $0.33 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 16th. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.52%. Timken's payout ratio is presently 24.18%.

Timken Company Profile

The Timken Company designs, manufactures, and sells engineered bearings and industrial motion products, and related services in the United States and internationally. The company's Engineered Bearings segment provides various bearing products, including tapered, spherical, and cylindrical roller bearings; plain bearings, metal-polymer bearings, and rod end bearings; radial, angular, and precision ball bearings; thrust and specialty ball bearings; journal bearings; and housed or mounted bearings.