TKR vs. SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, SWK, NDSN, ITT, WWD, LECO, and RBC
Should you be buying Timken stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Timken include Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Nordson (NDSN), ITT (ITT), Woodward (WWD), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and RBC Bearings (RBC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Timken vs.
Timken (NYSE:TKR) and Snap-on (NYSE:SNA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Timken currently has a consensus target price of $92.40, suggesting a potential upside of 20.30%. Snap-on has a consensus target price of $345.40, suggesting a potential downside of 0.80%. Given Timken's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Timken is more favorable than Snap-on.
Timken has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap-on has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Timken had 7 more articles in the media than Snap-on. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Timken and 5 mentions for Snap-on. Snap-on's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Timken's score of 0.17 indicating that Snap-on is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
89.1% of Timken shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.9% of Snap-on shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Timken shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Snap-on shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Timken received 37 more outperform votes than Snap-on when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.92% of users gave Timken an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave Snap-on an outperform vote.
Timken pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Snap-on pays an annual dividend of $8.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Timken pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Snap-on pays out 44.1% 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 increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Snap-on has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Snap-on is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Snap-on has a net margin of 22.13% compared to Timken's net margin of 7.41%. Snap-on's return on equity of 19.44% beat Timken's return on equity.
Summary
Snap-on beats Timken on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TKR) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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