Equities Analysts Set Expectations for Timken Q2 Earnings

The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Timken in a research report issued on Tuesday, March 11th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.50 per share for the quarter, down from their prior 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.

Timken (NYSE:TKR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The industrial products company reported $1.16 earnings per share 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%.

Several other equities research analysts have also weighed in on the company. 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 research report on Friday, December 6th. KeyCorp restated a “sector weight” rating on shares of Timken in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on Timken from $91.00 to $102.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. Bank of America upgraded Timken from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $73.00 to $78.00 in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Citigroup lowered their price objective on Timken from $90.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Timken has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $92.70.

Timken Price Performance

Shares of TKR stock opened at $73.41 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap 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. Timken has a fifty-two week low of $69.35 and a fifty-two week high of $94.71. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $77.97 and its 200-day moving average price is $78.88. 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 Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 7th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 25th were given a dividend of $0.34 per share. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 25th. Timken’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 27.25%.

Insider Activity at Timken

In related news, CFO Philip D. Fracassa sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on 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 in the company, valued at approximately $7,379,091.50. This represents a 5.23 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 8.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Timken

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Phocas Financial Corp. bought a new stake in Timken during the fourth quarter valued at about $3,623,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new position in shares of Timken in the fourth quarter worth about $4,310,000. Mackenzie Financial Corp bought a new position in shares of Timken in the fourth quarter worth about $510,000. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio boosted its stake in shares of Timken by 5.4% in the fourth quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 53,606 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $3,826,000 after acquiring an additional 2,763 shares during the period. Finally, CSS LLC IL bought a new position in shares of Timken in the fourth quarter worth about $208,000. 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.