RBC Bearings (ROLL) Competitors

Timken (NYSE:TKR) and RBC Bearings (NASDAQ:ROLL) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TKR or ROLL?

Timken received 400 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.70% of users gave Timken an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Timken	Outperform Votes 400 62.70%	Underperform Votes 238 37.30%
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 85 100.00%

Which has better earnings and valuation, TKR or ROLL?

Timken has higher revenue and earnings than RBC Bearings. Timken is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RBC Bearings, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Timken	$4.70B	1.28	$394.10M	$5.25	16.24
RBC Bearings	$1.14B	7.30	$59.60M	$2.06	139.64

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TKR or ROLL?

89.1% of Timken shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Timken shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of RBC Bearings shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TKR or ROLL more profitable?

Timken has a net margin of 7.99% compared to Timken's net margin of 0.00%. RBC Bearings' return on equity of 17.98% beat Timken's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Timken	7.99%	17.98%	7.51%
RBC Bearings	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, TKR or ROLL?

Timken has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend TKR or ROLL?

Timken currently has a consensus price target of $87.91, indicating a potential upside of 3.11%. Given RBC Bearings' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Timken is more favorable than RBC Bearings.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Timken	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
RBC Bearings	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor TKR or ROLL?

In the previous week, Timken had 7 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Timken and 3 mentions for RBC Bearings. RBC Bearings' average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Timken's score of 0.00 indicating that Timken is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Timken	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
RBC Bearings	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Timken beats RBC Bearings on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.