Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Timken Q1 Earnings

The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) – DA Davidson issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Timken in a report issued on Monday, February 10th. DA Davidson analyst M. Shlisky forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $1.48 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $99.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Timken’s current full-year earnings is $5.60 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Timken’s FY2026 earnings at $6.61 EPS.

Timken (NYSE:TKR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The industrial products company reported $1.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.08 by $0.08. Timken had a return on equity of 13.93% and a net margin of 7.71%.

A number of other research firms have also recently weighed in on TKR. Evercore ISI raised shares of Timken from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $87.00 to $91.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Oppenheimer cut 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. KeyCorp restated a “sector weight” rating on shares of Timken in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Bank of America raised Timken from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $73.00 to $78.00 in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Citigroup reduced their target price on Timken from $90.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $91.60.

Timken Price Performance

Shares of NYSE TKR opened at $82.19 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $75.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is $79.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a current ratio of 3.07. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.76 billion, a PE ratio of 16.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.39. Timken has a fifty-two week low of $69.35 and a fifty-two week high of $94.71.

Insider Activity

In related news, CFO Philip D. Fracassa sold 5,000 shares of Timken stock in a transaction on Friday, February 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $81.50, for a total value of $407,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 90,541 shares in the company, valued at $7,379,091.50. This trade represents a 5.23 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 8.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Timken

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vestcor Inc purchased a new position in Timken during the third quarter worth about $560,000. TT International Asset Management LTD raised its stake in shares of Timken by 1,075.2% during the 3rd quarter. TT International Asset Management LTD now owns 39,274 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $3,310,000 after buying an additional 35,932 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC lifted its holdings in shares of Timken by 221.6% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 86,667 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $7,307,000 after buying an additional 59,716 shares during the period. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG purchased a new stake in shares of Timken in the third quarter valued at approximately $2,863,000. Finally, Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Timken by 29.2% during the fourth quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 60,625 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $4,327,000 after acquiring an additional 13,697 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.08% of the company’s stock.

About Timken

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.