Equities Analysts Set Expectations for Timken Q2 Earnings

The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) – Analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Timken in a research note issued on Tuesday, March 11th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.50 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.51. The consensus estimate for Timken’s current full-year earnings is $5.62 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Timken’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.72 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.62 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $6.50 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $6.84 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also issued reports on TKR. Evercore ISI raised their price target on Timken from $91.00 to $102.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. KeyCorp reaffirmed a “sector weight” rating on shares of Timken in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Bank of America upgraded Timken from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $73.00 to $78.00 in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Citigroup cut their price target on Timken from $90.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upgraded Timken from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $80.00 to $95.00 in a report on Friday, December 6th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $92.70.

Timken Price Performance

Shares of TKR stock opened at $73.41 on Thursday. Timken has a 52-week low of $69.35 and a 52-week high of $94.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 3.07. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.71, a P/E/G ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.37. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $77.97 and a 200 day moving average price of $78.88.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Timken

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. M&T Bank Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Timken by 0.6% in the 3rd quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 24,482 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,064,000 after buying an additional 144 shares during the period. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Timken by 8.7% in the 4th quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 1,981 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $141,000 after buying an additional 158 shares during the period. Amundi lifted its holdings in shares of 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 during the period. WESCAP Management Group Inc. raised its holdings in Timken by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. WESCAP Management Group Inc. now owns 17,433 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,469,000 after purchasing an additional 186 shares during the period. Finally, Ethic Inc. raised its holdings in Timken by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Ethic Inc. now owns 6,882 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $491,000 after purchasing an additional 188 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.08% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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

Timken Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 7th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 25th were given a dividend of $0.34 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 25th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.85%. Timken’s dividend payout ratio is currently 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.