SPX FLOW (FLOW) Competitors

SPX FLOW (NYSE:FLOW) and Timken (NYSE:TKR) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FLOW or TKR?

Timken received 154 more outperform votes than SPX FLOW when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.75% of users gave Timken an outperform vote while only 43.59% of users gave SPX FLOW an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPX FLOW	Outperform Votes 262 43.59%	Underperform Votes 339 56.41%
Timken	Outperform Votes 416 62.75%	Underperform Votes 247 37.25%

Is FLOW or TKR more profitable?

Timken has a net margin of 7.71% compared to SPX FLOW's net margin of 4.36%. Timken's return on equity of 13.93% beat SPX FLOW's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SPX FLOW	4.36%	11.34%	5.60%
Timken	7.71%	13.93%	6.23%

Do analysts rate FLOW or TKR?

Timken has a consensus target price of $78.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.02%. Given Timken's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Timken is more favorable than SPX FLOW.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SPX FLOW	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Timken	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Does the media favor FLOW or TKR?

In the previous week, Timken had 17 more articles in the media than SPX FLOW. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Timken and 1 mentions for SPX FLOW. Timken's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat SPX FLOW's score of 0.53 indicating that Timken is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SPX FLOW	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Timken	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FLOW or TKR?

96.4% of SPX FLOW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Timken shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of SPX FLOW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Timken shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, FLOW or TKR?

SPX FLOW has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Timken has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, FLOW or TKR?

Timken has higher revenue and earnings than SPX FLOW. Timken is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPX FLOW, 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
SPX FLOW	$1.53B	0.86	$66.70M	$1.59	19.58
Timken	$4.52B	1.08	$352.70M	$4.64	15.10

Summary

Timken beats SPX FLOW on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.