SPX FLOW (FLOW) Competitors

Timken (NYSE:TKR) and SPX FLOW (NYSE:FLOW) are both industrial machinery companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TKR or FLOW?

Timken has higher revenue and earnings than SPX FLOW. Timken is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPX FLOW, 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	$4.51B	1.17	$352.70M	$4.40	17.26
SPX FLOW	$1.53B	0.92	$66.70M	$1.59	20.97

Is TKR or FLOW more profitable?

Timken has a net margin of 6.86% compared to SPX FLOW's net margin of 4.36%. Timken's return on equity of 11.78% beat SPX FLOW's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Timken	6.86%	11.78%	5.52%
SPX FLOW	4.36%	11.34%	5.60%

Does the media favor TKR or FLOW?

In the previous week, Timken had 26 more articles in the media than SPX FLOW. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Timken and 1 mentions for SPX FLOW. SPX FLOW's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Timken's score of 0.34 indicating that SPX FLOW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Timken	Neutral
SPX FLOW	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, TKR or FLOW?

Timken has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPX FLOW has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TKR or FLOW?

89.1% of Timken shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of SPX FLOW shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Timken shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of SPX FLOW shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate TKR or FLOW?

Timken presently has a consensus price target of $79.90, indicating a potential upside of 5.21%. Given Timken's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Timken is more favorable than SPX FLOW.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Timken	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
SPX FLOW	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Timken beats SPX FLOW on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.