Zacks Research Issues Negative Forecast for Timken Earnings

Key Points

• Zacks Research has lowered its Q4 2025 EPS estimate for Timken to $1.19 from $1.22, while the current full-year earnings consensus stands at $5.62 per share.
• Timken's recent stock performance shows a market cap of $5.20 billion with shares trading at $74.68, having a P/E ratio of 16.97.
• The company recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share, representing a 1.9% annual dividend yield with a payout ratio of 31.82%.

Timken Company (The) (NYSE:TKR - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Timken in a research report issued on Wednesday, October 15th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the industrial products company will earn $1.19 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.22. The consensus estimate for Timken's current full-year earnings is $5.62 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Timken's Q3 2026 earnings at $1.45 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.44 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.72 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $6.42 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on TKR. Evercore ISI set a $84.00 price target on shares of Timken and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 19th. Citigroup boosted their price target on shares of Timken from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "hold (c+)" rating on shares of Timken in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. started coverage on shares of Timken in a report on Monday, September 15th. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $80.00 price target on the stock. Finally, DA Davidson upped their price target on shares of Timken from $71.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Timken presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $80.73.

Timken Stock Performance

Shares of TKR stock opened at $74.68 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.97, a PEG ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a current ratio of 3.13, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. The firm's 50 day moving average is $76.42 and its 200 day moving average is $72.59. Timken has a 12 month low of $56.20 and a 12 month high of $87.52.

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

Timken Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 29th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 19th were given a dividend of $0.35 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, August 19th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.9%. Timken's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 31.82%.

Institutional Trading of Timken

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Livelsberger Financial Advisory purchased a new stake in shares of Timken during the 2nd quarter valued at $28,000. Steph & Co. purchased a new stake in shares of Timken during the 2nd quarter valued at $37,000. CWM LLC raised its position in shares of Timken by 31.4% during the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 527 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $38,000 after buying an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. Kestra Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Timken during the 2nd quarter valued at $42,000. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 684 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other 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.

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