Sun Hydraulics (SNHY) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TKR or SNHY?

Timken received 208 more outperform votes than Sun Hydraulics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.87% of users gave Timken an outperform vote while only 56.66% of users gave Sun Hydraulics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Timken	Outperform Votes 408 62.87%	Underperform Votes 241 37.13%
Sun Hydraulics	Outperform Votes 200 56.66%	Underperform Votes 153 43.34%

Which has more risk and volatility, TKR or SNHY?

Timken has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Hydraulics has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TKR or SNHY?

In the previous week, Timken had 14 more articles in the media than Sun Hydraulics. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Timken and 0 mentions for Sun Hydraulics. Timken's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Sun Hydraulics' score of 0.00 indicating that Timken is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Timken	Neutral
Sun Hydraulics	Neutral

Is TKR or SNHY a better dividend stock?

Timken pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Sun Hydraulics pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Timken pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sun Hydraulics pays out 15.7% 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 raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Timken is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TKR or SNHY?

Timken has higher revenue and earnings than Sun Hydraulics. Timken is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Hydraulics, 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
Timken	$4.59B	1.09	$394.10M	$4.81	14.89
Sun Hydraulics	$508.05M	2.91	$46.73M	$2.30	20.09

Do analysts rate TKR or SNHY?

Timken currently has a consensus target price of $92.90, suggesting a potential upside of 29.73%. Given Timken's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Timken is more favorable than Sun Hydraulics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Timken	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Sun Hydraulics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is TKR or SNHY more profitable?

Sun Hydraulics has a net margin of 9.19% compared to Timken's net margin of 7.41%. Timken's return on equity of 14.82% beat Sun Hydraulics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Timken	7.41%	14.82%	6.44%
Sun Hydraulics	9.19%	12.57%	6.46%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TKR or SNHY?

89.1% of Timken shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Sun Hydraulics shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Timken shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Sun Hydraulics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Timken beats Sun Hydraulics on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.