Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of Timken Q1 Earnings

The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Timken in a report released on Wednesday, December 18th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.74 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate 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.

A number of other research analysts have also commented on TKR. KeyCorp reaffirmed a “sector weight” rating on shares of Timken in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Morgan Stanley raised Timken from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price target for the company from $82.00 to $93.00 in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. DA Davidson decreased their price objective on Timken from $103.00 to $99.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded Timken from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the company from $80.00 to $95.00 in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Oppenheimer decreased their price target on shares of Timken from $102.00 to $97.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $92.90.

Timken Price Performance

Shares of Timken stock opened at $71.63 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 3.00 and a quick ratio of 1.62. The company has a market cap of $5.02 billion, a PE ratio of 14.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.38. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $78.66 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $81.03. Timken has a fifty-two week low of $70.20 and a fifty-two week high of $94.71.

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

Timken Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 29th. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 19th were given a dividend of $0.34 per share. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, November 19th. Timken’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 28.27%.

Insider Activity at Timken

In related news, Director Richard G. Kyle sold 30,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.59, for a total transaction of $2,297,700.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 194,485 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,895,606.15. This trade represents a 13.36 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 8.70% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Timken

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Coastline Trust Co bought a new position in shares of Timken in the third quarter valued at about $29,000. Livelsberger Financial Advisory bought a new position in shares of Timken in the third quarter worth about $32,000. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its position in shares of Timken by 64.1% during the third quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 430 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 168 shares in the last quarter. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Timken during the second quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group acquired a new stake in shares of Timken in the third quarter valued at approximately $74,000. Institutional investors own 89.08% of the company’s stock.

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.