Zacks Research Weighs in on Timken’s Q4 Earnings (NYSE:TKR)

The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for Timken in a research note issued on Wednesday, May 14th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.26 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.23. The consensus estimate for Timken’s current full-year earnings is $5.62 per share.

Timken (NYSE:TKR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The industrial products company reported $1.40 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.43 by ($0.03). Timken had a return on equity of 13.93% and a net margin of 7.71%. The business had revenue of $1.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.13 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.77 EPS. Timken’s revenue was down 4.2% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on the company. Oppenheimer decreased their target price on Timken from $90.00 to $88.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Citigroup lifted their target price on Timken from $70.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 8th. Bank of America raised Timken from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $73.00 to $78.00 in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their target price on Timken from $85.00 to $75.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 2nd. Finally, DA Davidson lifted their target price on Timken from $66.00 to $71.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, May 5th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $80.20.

Timken Trading Up 1.9%

Timken stock opened at $73.85 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 3.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69. Timken has a 52 week low of $56.20 and a 52 week high of $92.34. The company has a market capitalization of $5.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.30. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $67.49 and a 200 day moving average price of $73.52.

Institutional Trading of Timken

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Fairway Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Timken during the fourth quarter worth approximately $29,000. Amundi grew its holdings in Timken by 25.8% in the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 848 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $61,000 after buying an additional 174 shares in the last quarter. Parvin Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in Timken in the 4th quarter valued at $66,000. UMB Bank n.a. increased its stake in shares of Timken by 400.0% in the 1st quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,000 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $72,000 after acquiring an additional 800 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC increased its stake in shares of Timken by 282.3% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,147 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $82,000 after acquiring an additional 847 shares during the last quarter. 89.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Timken Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 13th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.90%. This is a boost from Timken’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.34. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 13th. Timken’s payout ratio is presently 30.17%.

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.