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Timken (TKR) Competitors

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$64.24 -1.03 (-1.58%)
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TKR vs. SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, ITT, NDSN, RBC, WWD, LECO, and SWK

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

Timken vs.

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

Snap-on pays an annual dividend of $8.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Timken pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Snap-on pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Timken pays out 27.3% 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. Snap-on has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Timken has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Snap-on is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

84.9% of Snap-on shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Timken shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Snap-on shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Timken shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Snap-on presently has a consensus price target of $350.83, suggesting a potential upside of 13.60%. Timken has a consensus price target of $81.91, suggesting a potential upside of 29.89%. Given Timken's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Timken is more favorable than Snap-on.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Snap-on
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Timken
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42

Snap-on has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Timken has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Snap-on21.71% 19.20% 13.13%
Timken 7.71%13.93%6.23%

Timken received 35 more outperform votes than Snap-on when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.67% of users gave Timken an outperform vote while only 61.46% of users gave Snap-on an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Snap-onOutperform Votes
378
61.46%
Underperform Votes
237
38.54%
TimkenOutperform Votes
413
62.67%
Underperform Votes
246
37.33%

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
Snap-on$4.67B3.46$1.04B$19.1016.17
Timken$4.57B0.97$352.70M$4.9912.64

In the previous week, Snap-on had 7 more articles in the media than Timken. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Snap-on and 31 mentions for Timken. Timken's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Snap-on's score of 0.50 indicating that Timken is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Snap-on
15 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Timken
10 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Snap-on beats Timken on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TKR vs. The Competition

MetricTimkenBall & roller bearings IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.41B$7.83B$22.84B$18.85B
Dividend Yield2.09%2.94%2.98%4.04%
P/E Ratio12.6423.8941.8632.55
Price / Sales0.972.752,075.0727.74
Price / Cash9.3114.8834.7217.53
Price / Book1.482.166.104.45
Net Income$352.70M$391.68M$738.15M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.81%1.85%3.09%1.84%
1 Month Performance-12.36%-6.30%1.61%-3.25%
1 Year Performance-29.31%-0.77%52,507.53%5.03%

Timken Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TKR
Timken
4.9342 of 5 stars
$64.24
-1.6%
$81.91
+27.5%
-24.7%$4.50B$4.57B12.8719,000Earnings Report
News Coverage
SNA
Snap-on
4.2416 of 5 stars
$292.92
-4.1%
$350.83
+19.8%
+13.8%$15.35B$4.71B15.0212,900Dividend Announcement
PNR
Pentair
4.6594 of 5 stars
$78.79
-2.0%
$110.00
+39.6%
+12.1%$13.00B$4.08B21.0711,200Insider Trade
GGG
Graco
3.9798 of 5 stars
$76.70
-2.4%
$93.00
+21.3%
-0.6%$12.90B$2.11B27.204,000Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
IEX
IDEX
4.707 of 5 stars
$160.94
-1.8%
$223.14
+38.6%
-23.0%$12.16B$3.27B24.208,870Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
3.938 of 5 stars
$125.39
-2.1%
$158.57
+26.5%
+3.2%$10.15B$3.63B19.9010,300Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
NDSN
Nordson
4.4618 of 5 stars
$177.11
-2.0%
$250.20
+41.3%
-28.1%$10.08B$2.67B22.537,330News Coverage
Positive News
RBC
RBC Bearings
1.9184 of 5 stars
$314.40
-2.3%
$354.20
+12.7%
+33.5%$9.87B$1.61B43.193,550Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
WWD
Woodward
3.3638 of 5 stars
$165.22
-2.3%
$193.75
+17.3%
+22.3%$9.81B$3.31B27.688,300Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
LECO
Lincoln Electric
4.3882 of 5 stars
$172.26
-2.9%
$219.00
+27.1%
-18.3%$9.65B$4.01B21.1412,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker
4.5284 of 5 stars
$56.42
-1.4%
$102.20
+81.1%
-32.7%$8.72B$15.37B29.0854,200Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:TKR) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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