Zacks Research Issues Negative Forecast for TriMas Earnings

TriMas Co. (NASDAQ:TRS) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for TriMas in a report issued on Monday, March 10th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will earn $0.49 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.54. The consensus estimate for TriMas’ current full-year earnings is $1.69 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for TriMas’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.36 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.82 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.54 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $0.59 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on the stock. StockNews.com upgraded shares of TriMas from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. BWS Financial reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $40.00 price target on shares of TriMas in a research note on Friday, February 28th.

TriMas Stock Performance

Shares of TriMas stock opened at $24.46 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $992.66 million, a P/E ratio of 38.22 and a beta of 0.65. TriMas has a 52 week low of $19.33 and a 52 week high of $28.51. The company has a quick ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 2.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $23.56 and its two-hundred day moving average is $25.06.

Institutional Trading of TriMas

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Sterling Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of TriMas by 815.5% in the fourth quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 1,300 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 1,158 shares in the last quarter. State of Wyoming purchased a new stake in shares of TriMas in the fourth quarter valued at about $50,000. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS purchased a new stake in shares of TriMas in the fourth quarter valued at about $202,000. Intech Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of TriMas during the third quarter valued at approximately $269,000. Finally, ProShare Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of TriMas during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $281,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.42% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Shawn Sedaghat purchased 554,149 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 10th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $24.07 per share, with a total value of $13,338,366.43. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now directly owns 900,974 shares in the company, valued at $21,686,444.18. This trade represents a 159.78 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Scott A. Mell sold 2,218 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $22.54, for a total value of $49,993.72. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 26,288 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $592,531.52. This represents a 7.78 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders bought 806,246 shares of company stock valued at $19,338,213. 1.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

TriMas Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th were issued a $0.04 dividend. This represents a $0.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 28th. TriMas’s payout ratio is currently 27.12%.

About TriMas

TriMas Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of products for consumer products, aerospace, and industrial markets worldwide. The company operates through Packaging, Aerospace, and Specialty Products segments. The Packaging segment offers dispensing products, such as foaming and sanitizer pumps, lotion and hand soap pumps, beverage dispensers, perfume sprayers, and nasal and trigger sprayers; polymeric and steel caps and closures comprising food lids, flip-top and beverage closures, child resistance caps, drum and pail closures, and flexible spouts; polymeric jar products; integrated dispensers; bag-in-box products; and consumable vascular delivery and diagnostic test components under the Rieke, Taplast, Affaba & Ferrari, Intertech, Omega, and Rapak brands.