BWS Financial Issues Negative Outlook for TriMas Earnings

TriMas Co. (NASDAQ:TRS - Free Report) - Analysts at BWS Financial lowered their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for TriMas in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, April 30th. BWS Financial analyst H. Khorsand now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $0.33 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.34. BWS Financial has a "Buy" rating and a $40.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for TriMas' current full-year earnings is $1.69 per share.

TriMas Trading Down 0.4 %

TriMas stock traded down $0.11 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $24.64. The stock had a trading volume of 304,391 shares, compared to its average volume of 319,806. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $22.47 and its 200-day simple moving average is $24.26. TriMas has a one year low of $19.33 and a one year high of $28.51. The stock has a market cap of $1.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.50 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a quick ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 2.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60.

TriMas (NASDAQ:TRS - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.03. TriMas had a net margin of 2.93% and a return on equity of 9.21%. The business had revenue of $241.67 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $235.41 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.37 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

TriMas Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 13th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 6th will be given a dividend of $0.04 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 6th. This represents a $0.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.65%. TriMas's dividend payout ratio is presently 20.78%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Jeffrey A. Fielkow acquired 2,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 28th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $20.78 per share, for a total transaction of $51,950.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 11,013 shares in the company, valued at $228,850.14. This represents a 29.37 % increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Shawn Sedaghat bought 123,388 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 30th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $23.83 per share, for a total transaction of $2,940,336.04. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 1,024,362 shares of the company's stock, valued at $24,410,546.46. This trade represents a 13.69 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders have acquired 929,634 shares of company stock valued at $22,278,549 in the last ninety days. 14.20% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in TRS. Barclays PLC increased its holdings in TriMas by 341.3% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 68,792 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $1,755,000 after purchasing an additional 53,203 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of TriMas by 3.3% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 38,461 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $982,000 after buying an additional 1,227 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of TriMas by 3.9% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 605,502 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $14,889,000 after acquiring an additional 22,656 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in shares of TriMas by 4.7% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 246,097 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $6,052,000 after acquiring an additional 11,125 shares during the period. Finally, First Eagle Investment Management LLC lifted its position in shares of TriMas by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC now owns 257,506 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $6,332,000 after acquiring an additional 4,500 shares during the period. 99.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About TriMas

TriMas Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of products for consumer products, aerospace, and industrial markets worldwide. The company operates through Packaging, Aerospace, and Specialty Products segments. The Packaging segment offers dispensing products, such as foaming and sanitizer pumps, lotion and hand soap pumps, beverage dispensers, perfume sprayers, and nasal and trigger sprayers; polymeric and steel caps and closures comprising food lids, flip-top and beverage closures, child resistance caps, drum and pail closures, and flexible spouts; polymeric jar products; integrated dispensers; bag-in-box products; and consumable vascular delivery and diagnostic test components under the Rieke, Taplast, Affaba & Ferrari, Intertech, Omega, and Rapak brands.