Zacks Research Brokers Raise Earnings Estimates for Timken

The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Timken in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 7th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now anticipates that the industrial products company will earn $1.68 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.65. The consensus estimate for Timken's current full-year earnings is $5.61 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Timken's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.59 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.33 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.33 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.84 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.75 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.71 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.51 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.80 EPS.

Timken (NYSE:TKR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 5th. The industrial products company reported $1.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.38 by ($0.15). Timken had a return on equity of 14.82% and a net margin of 7.41%. The business had revenue of $1.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.12 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.55 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was down 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on TKR. DA Davidson lowered their price objective on shares of Timken from $103.00 to $99.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Evercore ISI upgraded Timken from an "in-line" rating to an "outperform" rating and increased their target price for the stock from $87.00 to $91.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded Timken from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their price target for the company from $80.00 to $95.00 in a report on Friday, December 6th. Oppenheimer decreased their price objective on Timken from $102.00 to $97.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised shares of Timken from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and raised their target price for the company from $82.00 to $93.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $92.90.

Timken Stock Up 0.3 %

TKR stock traded up $0.20 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $73.93. 680,582 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 696,056. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a current ratio of 3.00. Timken has a 1-year low of $69.35 and a 1-year high of $94.71. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $75.01 and its 200 day simple moving average is $79.99. The firm has a market cap of $5.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.37, a P/E/G ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.39.

Timken Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 29th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 19th were given a $0.34 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, November 19th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.84%. Timken's payout ratio is 28.27%.

Insider Transactions at Timken

In other Timken news, Director Richard G. Kyle sold 30,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, November 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.59, for a total value of $2,297,700.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 194,485 shares of the company's stock, valued at $14,895,606.15. This represents a 13.36 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 8.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vestcor Inc bought a new position in shares of Timken in the third quarter worth $560,000. TT International Asset Management LTD grew its stake in shares of Timken by 1,075.2% during the third quarter. TT International Asset Management LTD now owns 39,274 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $3,310,000 after buying an additional 35,932 shares during the last quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Timken during the second quarter valued at about $4,363,000. Barclays PLC boosted its position in Timken by 221.6% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 86,667 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $7,307,000 after buying an additional 59,716 shares during the period. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Timken by 4.8% during the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 2,817,294 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $225,750,000 after purchasing an additional 128,791 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.08% of the company's stock.

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.