Timken (TKR) Competitors

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 profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is SNA or TKR a better dividend stock?

Snap-on pays an annual dividend of $8.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Timken pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Snap-on pays out 43.9% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Timken has raised 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, SNA or TKR?

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

Do analysts rate SNA or TKR?

Snap-on currently has a consensus target price of $355.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.18%. Timken has a consensus target price of $87.45, suggesting a potential upside of 42.39%. Given Timken's higher probable 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SNA or TKR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Snap-on	$4.71B	3.73	$1.04B	$19.50	17.16
Timken	$4.57B	0.94	$352.70M	$4.99	12.31

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

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, 8.7% of Timken shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SNA or TKR?

Timken received 35 more outperform votes than Snap-on when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.80% of users gave Timken an outperform vote while only 61.70% of users gave Snap-on an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Snap-on	Outperform Votes 377 61.70%	Underperform Votes 234 38.30%
Timken	Outperform Votes 412 62.80%	Underperform Votes 244 37.20%

Is SNA or TKR more profitable?

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-on	21.71%	19.20%	13.13%
Timken	7.71%	13.93%	6.23%

Does the media refer more to SNA or TKR?

In the previous week, Snap-on had 10 more articles in the media than Timken. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Snap-on and 17 mentions for Timken. Snap-on's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Timken's score of 0.89 indicating that Snap-on is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Snap-on	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Timken	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Snap-on beats Timken on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.