Zacks Research Issues Negative Outlook for Timken Earnings

The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Timken in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, May 14th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.37 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.48. The consensus estimate for Timken’s current full-year earnings is $5.62 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Timken’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.32 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.35 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.57 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.52 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.41 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $6.12 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.70 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $6.47 EPS.

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

Several other brokerages also recently weighed in on TKR. Loop Capital cut their price objective on shares of Timken from $85.00 to $65.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. Evercore ISI raised their target price on shares of Timken from $91.00 to $102.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on shares of Timken from $85.00 to $75.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 2nd. DA Davidson lifted their price objective on shares of Timken from $66.00 to $71.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, May 5th. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of Timken from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $73.00 to $78.00 in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $80.20.

Timken Trading Up 1.9%

Timken stock opened at $73.85 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $67.49 and its 200-day moving average is $73.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 3.07. Timken has a 1 year low of $56.20 and a 1 year high of $92.34. The company has a market cap of $5.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.80, a PEG ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.30.

Timken Increases Dividend

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

Institutional Trading of Timken

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in TKR. Barclays PLC boosted its holdings in shares of Timken by 221.6% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 86,667 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $7,307,000 after purchasing an additional 59,716 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its stake in Timken by 0.5% in the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 41,373 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $3,502,000 after acquiring an additional 222 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in Timken by 15.3% in the fourth quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 6,684 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $477,000 after acquiring an additional 885 shares during the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its stake in Timken by 13.6% in the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 3,093 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $221,000 after acquiring an additional 371 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sheets Smith Wealth Management lifted its stake in Timken by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. Sheets Smith Wealth Management now owns 5,856 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $418,000 after acquiring an additional 190 shares during the last quarter. 89.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.