The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR - Free Report) - Zacks Research lifted their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for Timken in a report released on Wednesday, May 14th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.26 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.23. The consensus estimate for Timken's current full-year earnings is $5.62 per share.
Several other analysts have also recently issued reports on TKR. Jefferies Financial Group restated a "hold" rating and issued a $70.00 target price (down from $90.00) on shares of Timken in a report on Wednesday, April 2nd. Bank of America upgraded Timken from an "underperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and upped their target price for the company from $73.00 to $78.00 in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Oppenheimer dropped their target price on Timken from $90.00 to $88.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Citigroup upped their target price on Timken from $70.00 to $75.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 8th. Finally, DA Davidson upped their target price on Timken from $66.00 to $71.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, May 5th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Timken presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $78.50.
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Timken Price Performance
Shares of TKR traded down $0.83 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $68.48. 375,851 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 569,847. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 3.07. Timken has a 12-month low of $56.20 and a 12-month high of $90.49. The company has a market cap of $4.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.30. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $67.14 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $73.25.
Timken (NYSE:TKR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The industrial products company reported $1.40 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.43 by ($0.03). Timken had a return on equity of 13.93% and a net margin of 7.71%. The firm had revenue of $1.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.13 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.77 earnings per share. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year.
Timken Increases Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 23rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 13th were issued a dividend of $0.35 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 13th. This is a boost from Timken's previous quarterly dividend of $0.34. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.04%. Timken's dividend payout ratio is currently 30.17%.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Timken
A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of TKR. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Timken by 2.8% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,646,465 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $477,681,000 after acquiring an additional 180,705 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its stake in Timken by 7.3% during the 1st quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 3,390,125 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $243,648,000 after acquiring an additional 231,435 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in Timken by 6.0% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,367,167 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $170,124,000 after acquiring an additional 133,674 shares in the last quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Timken by 2.4% during the 1st quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 1,990,929 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $143,088,000 after acquiring an additional 46,090 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in Timken by 108.8% during the 1st quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,841,828 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $132,372,000 after acquiring an additional 959,672 shares in the last quarter. 89.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
About Timken
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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.
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