Zacks Research Issues Optimistic Outlook for Timken Earnings

Key Points

• Zacks Research has upgraded its Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Timken to $1.25 per share, reflecting a slight increase from the previous estimate of $1.24.
• The company's most recent quarterly earnings report showed Timken earning $1.42 per share, exceeding the consensus estimate of $1.34, but revenue decreased by 0.8% year-over-year.
• Timken has set its fiscal year 2025 guidance at 5.100-5.400 EPS, while institutional investors own approximately 89.08% of the company's stock.

Timken Company (The) (NYSE:TKR - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Timken in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, September 9th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.25 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.24. The consensus estimate for Timken's current full-year earnings is $5.62 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Timken's FY2026 earnings at $5.93 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $1.63 EPS.

Timken (NYSE:TKR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The industrial products company reported $1.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.34 by $0.08. Timken had a net margin of 6.86% and a return on equity of 11.78%. The business had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.63 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was down .8% compared to the same quarter last year. Timken has set its FY 2025 guidance at 5.100-5.400 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on TKR. DA Davidson increased their price objective on Timken from $71.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. initiated coverage on shares of Timken in a report on Monday. They set a "neutral" rating and a $80.00 price target for the company. Citigroup lifted their target price on shares of Timken from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 24th. Finally, Evercore ISI set a $84.00 price target on shares of Timken and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 19th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Timken currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $79.82.

Timken Stock Up 0.3%

NYSE:TKR traded up $0.24 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $77.62. 381,025 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 674,941. The firm has a market cap of $5.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.65, a PEG ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 1.25. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $77.39 and a 200 day moving average price of $72.46. The company has a current ratio of 3.13, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. Timken has a fifty-two week low of $56.20 and a fifty-two week high of $87.52.

Timken Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 29th. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 19th were paid a $0.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, August 19th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. Timken's payout ratio is currently 31.82%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Timken

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Livelsberger Financial Advisory bought a new position in Timken during the 2nd quarter valued at about $28,000. Steph & Co. bought a new position in shares of Timken in the second quarter valued at approximately $37,000. CWM LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Timken by 31.4% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 527 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. Kestra Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in Timken during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $42,000. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Timken by 1,954.3% during the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 719 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $52,000 after purchasing an additional 684 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 89.08% of the company's stock.

About Timken

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.