Zacks Research Has Pessimistic Outlook of Timken Q3 Earnings

The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Timken in a report issued on Wednesday, February 19th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.38 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.58. The consensus estimate for Timken’s current full-year earnings is $5.62 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Timken’s FY2027 earnings at $6.85 EPS.

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

A number of other equities research analysts have also commented on TKR. KeyCorp reiterated a “sector weight” rating on shares of Timken in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on shares of Timken from $91.00 to $102.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Timken from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $80.00 to $95.00 in a report on Friday, December 6th. Oppenheimer decreased their price objective on shares of Timken from $102.00 to $97.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, DA Davidson decreased their price objective on shares of Timken from $103.00 to $99.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $92.70.

Timken Trading Up 0.7 %

NYSE:TKR opened at $83.79 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $76.49 and a 200 day moving average of $79.33. Timken has a 52 week low of $69.35 and a 52 week high of $94.71. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 3.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.79, a P/E/G ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.39.

Institutional Trading of Timken

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Coastline Trust Co purchased a new stake in Timken during the 3rd quarter valued at about $29,000. Fairway Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Timken during the 4th quarter valued at about $29,000. Amundi grew its position in Timken by 25.8% during the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 848 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $61,000 after purchasing an additional 174 shares during the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group purchased a new stake in Timken during the 3rd quarter valued at about $74,000. Finally, Parvin Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in Timken during the 4th quarter valued at about $66,000. 89.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Philip D. Fracassa sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $81.50, for a total transaction of $407,500.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 90,541 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,379,091.50. This represents a 5.23 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 8.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Timken Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 7th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be paid a $0.34 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 25th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.62%. Timken’s payout ratio is 27.25%.

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.