TKR vs. RBC, ADT, FLS, ESAB, MLI, GTLS, AA, SON, ATKR, and SITE
Should you be buying Timken stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Timken include RBC Bearings (RBC), ADT (ADT), Flowserve (FLS), ESAB (ESAB), Mueller Industries (MLI), Chart Industries (GTLS), Alcoa (AA), Sonoco Products (SON), Atkore (ATKR), and SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Timken (NYSE:TKR) and RBC Bearings (NYSE:RBC) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
89.1% of Timken shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Timken shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of RBC Bearings shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
RBC Bearings has a net margin of 12.81% compared to Timken's net margin of 7.99%. Timken's return on equity of 17.98% beat RBC Bearings' return on equity.
Timken received 163 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.74% of users gave Timken an outperform vote while only 55.27% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.
Timken has higher revenue and earnings than RBC Bearings. Timken is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RBC Bearings, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Timken had 8 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Timken and 10 mentions for RBC Bearings. RBC Bearings' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Timken's score of 0.35 indicating that RBC Bearings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Timken currently has a consensus target price of $87.09, suggesting a potential downside of 3.90%. RBC Bearings has a consensus target price of $275.86, suggesting a potential downside of 4.64%. Given Timken's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Timken is more favorable than RBC Bearings.
Timken has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Timken beats RBC Bearings on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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