SPX FLOW (FLOW) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TKR or FLOW?

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

Is TKR or FLOW 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
Timken	7.71%	13.93%	6.23%
SPX FLOW	4.36%	11.34%	5.60%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TKR or FLOW?

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
Timken	$4.52B	1.06	$352.70M	$4.64	14.77
SPX FLOW	$1.53B	0.84	$66.70M	$1.59	19.29

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TKR or FLOW?

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

Do analysts prefer TKR or FLOW?

Timken presently has a consensus target price of $78.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.57%. Given Timken's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Timken is more favorable than SPX FLOW.

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

Which has more volatility and risk, TKR or FLOW?

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

Does the media favor TKR or FLOW?

In the previous week, Timken had 14 more articles in the media than SPX FLOW. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Timken and 3 mentions for SPX FLOW. Timken's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat SPX FLOW's score of 0.53 indicating that Timken is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Timken	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Summary

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