Zacks Research Has Bullish Estimate for Timken Q1 Earnings

The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Timken in a report issued on Wednesday, December 18th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will earn $1.74 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.73. The consensus estimate for Timken’s current full-year earnings is $5.61 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Timken’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.65 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.32 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.30 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.79 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.73 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.68 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.70 EPS.

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

A number of other research analysts have also recently commented on TKR. Evercore ISI raised shares of 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. KeyCorp reissued a “sector weight” rating on shares of Timken in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Timken from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $82.00 to $93.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th. DA Davidson dropped their price target on Timken from $103.00 to $99.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Oppenheimer reduced their price objective on Timken from $102.00 to $97.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Timken has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $92.90.

Timken Price Performance

Timken stock opened at $71.83 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $78.13 and a 200-day moving average of $80.83. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.38. 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 52 week low of $70.20 and a 52 week high of $94.71.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in TKR. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Timken by 34.3% during the third quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 1,700,979 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $143,376,000 after acquiring an additional 434,800 shares in the last quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC boosted its holdings in Timken by 3,179.1% in the third quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC now owns 193,858 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $16,340,000 after acquiring an additional 187,946 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. increased 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 valued at $225,750,000 after acquiring an additional 128,791 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its position in shares of Timken by 4.2% during the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 2,679,790 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $225,880,000 after purchasing an additional 107,350 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in shares of Timken by 4.9% in the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,104,910 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $168,667,000 after purchasing an additional 97,550 shares in the last quarter. 89.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

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 shares were sold at an average price of $76.59, for a total transaction of $2,297,700.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 194,485 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $14,895,606.15. This represents a 13.36 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 8.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Timken Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 29th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 19th were given a dividend of $0.34 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, November 19th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.89%. Timken’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 28.27%.

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.