Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of Timken Q2 Earnings

The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) – Research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Timken in a report released on Tuesday, January 7th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.68 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.65. The consensus estimate for Timken’s current full-year earnings is $5.61 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Timken’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.59 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.33 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.33 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.84 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.75 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.71 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.51 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.80 EPS.

TKR has been the topic of several other research reports. Oppenheimer cut their price objective on Timken from $102.00 to $97.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of 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 research report on Tuesday, December 17th. 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 research note on Wednesday, November 13th. DA Davidson cut their target price on shares of Timken from $103.00 to $99.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Citigroup raised Timken from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $85.00 to $90.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $92.90.

Timken Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of NYSE TKR opened at $73.93 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.62, a current ratio of 3.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. Timken has a 12 month low of $69.35 and a 12 month high of $94.71. The company has a market cap of $5.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.37, a P/E/G ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.39. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $75.01 and a 200-day simple moving average of $79.99.

Timken (NYSE:TKR) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 company had revenue of $1.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.12 billion. Timken had a net margin of 7.41% and a return on equity of 14.82%. Timken’s revenue was down 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.55 EPS.

Timken Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed 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. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, November 19th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.84%. Timken’s payout ratio is 28.27%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Timken

In other Timken news, Director Richard G. Kyle sold 30,000 shares of Timken stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.59, for a total value of $2,297,700.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 194,485 shares in the company, valued at $14,895,606.15. The trade was a 13.36 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 8.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of TKR. American Century Companies Inc. increased its position in 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 worth $225,750,000 after buying an additional 128,791 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its holdings in shares of Timken by 4.2% during the 3rd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 2,679,790 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $225,880,000 after acquiring an additional 107,350 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake 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 valued at $168,667,000 after acquiring an additional 97,550 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in Timken by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,953,838 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $164,689,000 after purchasing an additional 66,208 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC boosted its position 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 purchasing an additional 434,800 shares during the period. Institutional investors 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.