TriMas (TRS) Competitors

TriMas (NASDAQ:TRS) and Timken (NYSE:TKR) are both industrial machinery companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TRS or TKR?

Timken has higher revenue and earnings than TriMas. Timken is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriMas, 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
TriMas	$925.01M	1.68	$24.25M	$0.91	42.12
Timken	$4.51B	1.22	$352.70M	$4.40	17.95

Which has more risk and volatility, TRS or TKR?

TriMas has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Timken has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend TRS or TKR?

TriMas currently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.40%. Timken has a consensus price target of $79.80, indicating a potential upside of 1.06%. Given TriMas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TriMas is more favorable than Timken.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TriMas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Timken	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is TRS or TKR more profitable?

Timken has a net margin of 6.86% compared to TriMas' net margin of 3.83%. Timken's return on equity of 11.78% beat TriMas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TriMas	3.83%	11.49%	5.72%
Timken	6.86%	11.78%	5.52%

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

99.4% of TriMas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Timken shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of TriMas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Timken shares are held by company 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.

Does the media prefer TRS or TKR?

In the previous week, Timken had 17 more articles in the media than TriMas. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Timken and 6 mentions for TriMas. TriMas' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Timken's score of 0.73 indicating that TriMas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TriMas	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Timken	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TRS or TKR a better dividend stock?

TriMas pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Timken pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. TriMas pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Timken pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Timken has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Timken is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Timken beats TriMas on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.