Analysts Issue Forecasts for Timken's Q1 Earnings (NYSE:TKR)

The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR - Free Report) - Stock analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Timken in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, February 10th. DA Davidson analyst M. Shlisky forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.48 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a "Buy" rating and a $99.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Timken's current full-year earnings is $5.60 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Timken's FY2026 earnings at $6.61 EPS.

Timken (NYSE:TKR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The industrial products company reported $1.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.08 by $0.08. Timken had a return on equity of 13.93% and a net margin of 7.71%.

Several other analysts have also weighed in on TKR. Evercore ISI upgraded Timken from an "in-line" rating to an "outperform" rating and upped their price objective for the company from $87.00 to $91.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Jefferies Financial Group raised Timken from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their target price for the company from $80.00 to $95.00 in a report on Friday, December 6th. KeyCorp reaffirmed a "sector weight" rating on shares of Timken in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Oppenheimer reduced their target price on Timken from $102.00 to $97.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Bank of America raised Timken from an "underperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and upped their target price for the company from $73.00 to $78.00 in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Timken has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $91.60.

Timken Price Performance

Shares of Timken stock traded down $0.31 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $82.81. The stock had a trading volume of 344,747 shares, compared to its average volume of 697,358. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, a current ratio of 3.07 and a quick ratio of 1.62. The firm has a market cap of $5.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.60, a PEG ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.39. The business has a fifty day moving average of $75.88 and a two-hundred day moving average of $79.38. Timken has a fifty-two week low of $69.35 and a fifty-two week high of $94.71.

Timken Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 7th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be given a dividend of $0.34 per share. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.64%. Timken's payout ratio is 27.25%.

Insider Activity at Timken

In other Timken news, CFO Philip D. Fracassa sold 5,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $81.50, for a total value of $407,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 90,541 shares of the company's stock, valued at $7,379,091.50. This represents a 5.23 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 8.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Two Sigma Securities LLC increased its position in Timken by 63.9% in the 4th quarter. Two Sigma Securities LLC now owns 4,061 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $290,000 after purchasing an additional 1,584 shares during the last quarter. Adage Capital Partners GP L.L.C. increased its position in Timken by 138.7% in the 4th quarter. Adage Capital Partners GP L.L.C. now owns 240,664 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $17,176,000 after purchasing an additional 139,840 shares during the last quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. increased its position in Timken by 5.2% in the 4th quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,285,013 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $91,711,000 after purchasing an additional 63,485 shares during the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Timken by 16.0% in the 4th quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 552,396 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $39,425,000 after purchasing an additional 76,341 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its position in Timken by 12.4% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 92,951 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $6,635,000 after purchasing an additional 10,280 shares during the last quarter. 89.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Timken Company Profile

The Timken Company designs, manufactures, and sells engineered bearings and industrial motion products, and related services in the United States and internationally. The company's Engineered Bearings segment provides various bearing products, including tapered, spherical, and cylindrical roller bearings; plain bearings, metal-polymer bearings, and rod end bearings; radial, angular, and precision ball bearings; thrust and specialty ball bearings; journal bearings; and housed or mounted bearings.