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TKR vs. SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, WWD, ITT, NDSN, RBC, SWK, and LECO

Should you be buying Timken stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Timken include Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Woodward (WWD), ITT (ITT), Nordson (NDSN), RBC Bearings (RBC), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), and Lincoln Electric (LECO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Timken vs.

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

Snap-on has a net margin of 21.71% compared to Timken's net margin of 7.71%. Snap-on's return on equity of 19.20% beat Timken's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Timken7.71% 13.93% 6.23%
Snap-on 21.71%19.20%13.13%

89.1% of Timken shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.9% of Snap-on shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Timken shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Snap-on shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Timken presently has a consensus price target of $78.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.35%. Snap-on has a consensus price target of $350.83, indicating a potential upside of 7.38%. Given Timken's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Timken is more favorable than Snap-on.

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
Snap-on
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Timken pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Snap-on pays an annual dividend of $8.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Timken pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Snap-on pays out 44.8% 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 and Snap-on has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Snap-on is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Snap-on had 1 more articles in the media than Timken. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Snap-on and 26 mentions for Timken. Timken's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Snap-on's score of 0.50 indicating that Timken is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Timken
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Snap-on
12 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Timken$4.52B1.12$352.70M$4.6415.61
Snap-on$4.67B3.66$1.04B$19.1017.11

Timken has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap-on has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Timken received 35 more outperform votes than Snap-on when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.75% of users gave Timken an outperform vote while only 61.65% of users gave Snap-on an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TimkenOutperform Votes
416
62.75%
Underperform Votes
247
37.25%
Snap-onOutperform Votes
381
61.65%
Underperform Votes
237
38.35%

Summary

Snap-on beats Timken on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TKR vs. The Competition

MetricTimkenBall & roller bearings IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.07B$8.95B$25.22B$19.70B
Dividend Yield1.93%2.66%2.89%3.84%
P/E Ratio14.5227.3845.0935.13
Price / Sales1.123.162,227.6934.12
Price / Cash9.3114.8834.7817.51
Price / Book1.702.476.794.78
Net Income$352.70M$391.68M$737.99M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.18%1.75%0.55%1.62%
1 Month Performance20.21%21.74%16.30%13.00%
1 Year Performance-21.12%1.77%52,512.20%5.59%

Timken Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TKR
Timken
4.7564 of 5 stars
$70.64
-2.5%
$78.50
+11.1%
-21.1%$4.95B$4.52B14.1819,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SNA
Snap-on
3.6144 of 5 stars
$326.76
+3.5%
$350.83
+7.4%
+17.0%$17.09B$4.67B16.7612,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
PNR
Pentair
4.6462 of 5 stars
$98.13
+5.0%
$106.93
+9.0%
+17.9%$16.14B$4.08B26.2411,200Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.4654 of 5 stars
$191.32
+4.3%
$211.25
+10.4%
-14.5%$14.45B$3.28B28.778,870News Coverage
Positive News
GGG
Graco
3.4629 of 5 stars
$86.43
+3.8%
$93.00
+7.6%
+3.8%$14.45B$2.15B30.654,000
WWD
Woodward
3.6757 of 5 stars
$201.47
+2.5%
$195.00
-3.2%
+17.5%$11.96B$3.36B33.758,300Positive News
Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
3.6929 of 5 stars
$149.56
+4.5%
$161.86
+8.2%
+9.3%$11.77B$3.63B23.7410,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NDSN
Nordson
4.0694 of 5 stars
$203.00
+5.4%
$250.20
+23.3%
-24.6%$11.55B$2.67B25.837,330News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RBC
RBC Bearings
2.1692 of 5 stars
$364.74
+4.4%
$354.20
-2.9%
+25.6%$11.46B$1.61B50.103,550News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker
4.8352 of 5 stars
$72.62
+15.9%
$92.70
+27.7%
-21.2%$11.23B$15.24B37.4354,200High Trading Volume
LECO
Lincoln Electric
3.4435 of 5 stars
$194.89
+4.8%
$216.17
+10.9%
-11.7%$10.88B$4.03B23.9112,000Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:TKR) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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