RBC Bearings (RBC) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend RBC or TKR?

RBC Bearings presently has a consensus price target of $275.86, suggesting a potential upside of 13.62%. Timken has a consensus price target of $85.90, suggesting a potential upside of 2.03%. Given RBC Bearings' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RBC Bearings is more favorable than Timken.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RBC Bearings	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Timken	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Do institutionals & insiders believe in RBC or TKR?

89.1% of Timken shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of RBC Bearings shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Timken shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RBC or TKR?

Timken received 161 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.72% of users gave Timken an outperform vote while only 55.27% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes 236 55.27%	Underperform Votes 191 44.73%
Timken	Outperform Votes 397 62.72%	Underperform Votes 236 37.28%

Does the media favor RBC or TKR?

In the previous week, Timken had 7 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Timken and 1 mentions for RBC Bearings. Timken's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat RBC Bearings' score of 0.64 indicating that Timken is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is RBC or TKR more profitable?

RBC Bearings has a net margin of 12.81% compared to Timken's net margin of 8.26%. Timken's return on equity of 19.57% beat RBC Bearings' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RBC Bearings	12.81%	9.64%	5.37%
Timken	8.26%	19.57%	8.17%

Which has more volatility & risk, RBC or TKR?

RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Timken has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, RBC or TKR?

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
RBC Bearings	$1.47B	4.66	$166.70M	$5.98	40.60
Timken	$4.77B	1.24	$394.10M	$5.46	15.42

Summary

Timken beats RBC Bearings on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.