The Timken Company (TKR) Key Metrics
TKR valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $7.79B
- Enterprise value
- $9.96B
- P/E (TTM)
- 30.5 10-yr median 14.4
- Forward P/E
- 15.4
- PEG ratio
- 1.28
- Price / sales
- 1.6 10-yr median 1.2
- Price / book
- 2.6 10-yr median 2.3
- EV / EBITDA
- 13.8 10-yr median 9.8
- Dividend yield
- 1.28% $1.44 a year
- Beta
- 1.18
TKR key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsTKR valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
TKR returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
TKR per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
TKR financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
TKR efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
TKR valuation history
TKR returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
TKR debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
TKR cash returned to shareholders
TKR price vs earnings per share
TKR key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $5.91B | $5.05B | $5.78B | $5.25B | $5.34B | $5.91B | $4.33B | $2.92B | $3.88B | $3.15B |
| Enterprise value | $7.68B | $6.92B | $7.91B | $6.99B | $6.67B | $7.29B | $5.99B | $4.45B | $4.70B | $3.64B |
| P/E ratio | 20.5 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 12.9 | 14.5 | 20.8 | 12.0 | 9.7 | 19.1 | 22.3 |
| Price / sales | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Price / book | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Price / free cash flow | 14.5 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 18.4 | 22.3 | 13.0 | 10.6 | 13.3 | 29.4 | 11.9 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 13.8 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 16.4 | 7.8 |
| EV / sales | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.3 | 8.3 | 12.0 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 11.0 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 11.0 | 11.1 |
| EV / free cash flow | 18.9 | 22.6 | 22.1 | 24.5 | 27.9 | 16.0 | 14.6 | 20.2 | 35.6 | 13.8 |
| Earnings yield | 4.9% | 7.0% | 7.1% | 7.8% | 6.9% | 4.8% | 8.4% | 10.4% | 5.2% | 4.5% |
| Free cash flow yield | 6.9% | 6.1% | 6.2% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 7.7% | 9.5% | 7.5% | 3.4% | 8.4% |
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 2.9% | 2.1% | 2.6% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 2.6% | 2.7% | 6.0% | 5.8% | 3.5% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 6.3% | 3.3% | 5.8% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $84.13 | $71.37 | $80.15 | $70.67 | $69.29 | $77.36 | $56.31 | $37.32 | $49.15 | $39.70 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $65.24 | $64.64 | $66.16 | $60.50 | $53.67 | $45.98 | $49.29 | $45.71 | $38.07 | $33.69 |
| Earnings per share | $4.11 | $4.99 | $5.66 | $5.48 | $4.79 | $3.72 | $4.71 | $3.87 | $2.58 | $1.78 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $7.89 | $6.72 | $7.56 | $6.24 | $5.03 | $7.56 | $7.15 | $4.24 | $3.00 | $5.07 |
| Free cash flow per share | $5.78 | $4.32 | $4.96 | $3.84 | $3.10 | $5.97 | $5.33 | $2.81 | $1.67 | $3.34 |
| Cash per share | $5.50 | $5.51 | $6.26 | $5.11 | $4.09 | $4.69 | $3.15 | $1.98 | $1.80 | $2.06 |
| Book value per share | $45.34 | $39.95 | $35.83 | $30.52 | $29.80 | $28.18 | $24.29 | $20.16 | $18.28 | $16.09 |
| Tangible book value per share | $9.91 | $6.17 | $2.52 | $5.45 | $7.84 | $4.76 | $1.51 | −$1.46 | $6.47 | $8.16 |
| Dividends per share | $1.40 | $1.36 | $1.30 | $1.23 | $1.20 | $1.14 | $1.10 | $1.09 | $1.06 | $1.03 |
| Capex per share | $2.11 | $2.40 | $2.61 | $2.40 | $1.93 | $1.59 | $1.83 | $1.44 | $1.33 | $1.74 |
| Debt per share | $30.71 | $31.98 | $35.78 | $28.49 | $21.38 | $22.81 | $24.72 | $21.47 | $12.19 | $8.32 |
| Shares outstanding | 70.2M | 70.8M | 72.1M | 74.3M | 77.0M | 76.4M | 76.9M | 78.3M | 78.9M | 79.2M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −0.7% | −1.8% | −3.0% | −3.5% | +0.8% | −0.6% | −1.8% | −0.7% | −0.4% | −6.4% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 9.6% | 13.0% | 16.8% | 17.9% | 16.6% | 14.2% | 21.0% | 20.0% | 15.0% | 10.8% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 8.9% | 9.9% | 11.6% | 12.0% | 11.5% | 9.5% | 12.3% | 12.7% | 11.6% | 9.4% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 4.4% | 5.4% | 6.6% | 7.4% | 7.2% | 5.7% | 7.8% | 7.7% | 6.6% | 5.1% |
| Return on tangible assets | 6.9% | 8.8% | 9.9% | 10.4% | 10.6% | 8.7% | 11.7% | 11.0% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| Free cash flow margin | 8.9% | 6.7% | 7.5% | 6.3% | 5.8% | 13.0% | 10.8% | 6.1% | 4.4% | 9.9% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.92 | 1.35 | 1.34 | 1.14 | 1.05 | 2.03 | 1.52 | 1.10 | 1.16 | 2.86 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $2.16B | $2.26B | $2.58B | $2.12B | $1.65B | $1.74B | $1.90B | $1.68B | $962.3M | $659.2M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $386.5M | $389.5M | $450.9M | $379.9M | $314.8M | $358.7M | $242.0M | $154.9M | $141.8M | $163.2M |
| Net debt | $1.77B | $1.87B | $2.13B | $1.74B | $1.33B | $1.38B | $1.66B | $1.53B | $820.5M | $496.0M |
| Debt / equity | 0.68 | 0.80 | 1.00 | 0.93 | 0.72 | 0.81 | 1.02 | 1.06 | 0.67 | 0.52 |
| Debt / assets | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.28 | 0.24 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.37 | 2.25 | 3.24 | 2.07 | 1.86 | 2.08 | 2.39 | 2.49 | 1.92 | 1.51 |
| Current ratio | 2.82 | 3.07 | 1.79 | 2.47 | 2.47 | 2.36 | 2.54 | 2.53 | 2.23 | 2.66 |
| Quick ratio | 1.47 | 1.61 | 0.96 | 1.30 | 1.31 | 1.37 | 1.40 | 1.31 | 1.13 | 1.45 |
| Interest coverage | 5.1 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 7.3 |
| Working capital | $1.68B | $1.70B | $1.16B | $1.49B | $1.32B | $1.15B | $1.14B | $1.05B | $828.4M | $751.3M |
| Invested capital | $4.95B | $4.70B | $4.71B | $4.01B | $3.63B | $3.54B | $3.53B | $3.11B | $2.26B | $1.77B |
| Tangible asset value | $857.0M | $594.3M | $301.4M | $489.3M | $686.2M | $436.2M | $202.6M | −$51.0M | $542.5M | $677.5M |
| Net current asset value | −$730.3M | −$910.0M | −$1.20B | −$915.5M | −$579.5M | −$816.1M | −$1.03B | −$1.07B | −$427.4M | −$248.3M |
| Graham number | $64.73 | $66.94 | $67.55 | $61.35 | $56.69 | $48.59 | $50.74 | $41.88 | $32.56 | $25.36 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$24.24 | −$25.94 | −$29.99 | −$24.77 | −$18.29 | −$19.87 | −$22.58 | −$22.11 | −$12.96 | −$8.68 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $98.3M | $96.1M | $94.0M | $91.7M | $92.2M | $87.0M | $84.9M | $85.7M | $83.3M | $81.6M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $57.4M | $40.5M | $250.9M | $211.6M | $93.0M | $49.3M | $62.7M | $98.5M | $43.4M | $101.0M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 34.1% | 27.2% | 23.0% | 22.5% | 25.0% | 30.6% | 23.4% | 28.3% | 41.0% | 58.0% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 38.3% | 44.7% | 96.5% | 106.3% | 77.5% | 29.9% | 36.0% | 83.8% | 95.9% | 69.0% |
| Capex / revenue | 3.2% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.7% | 3.1% | 3.5% | 5.2% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 26.7% | 35.7% | 34.4% | 38.5% | 38.3% | 21.1% | 25.6% | 33.9% | 44.2% | 34.2% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.64 | 0.77 | 0.93 | 1.09 | 0.88 | 0.73 | 0.88 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 1.04 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| R&D / revenue | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| SG&A / revenue | 16.3% | 16.4% | 15.0% | 14.2% | 14.0% | 15.2% | 16.3% | 16.2% | 17.4% | 17.9% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 65.0 | 64.7 | 62.0 | 62.3 | 62.8 | 71.0 | 64.4 | 60.6 | 58.5 | 61.0 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 136.2 | 141.5 | 133.1 | 129.3 | 115.5 | 123.1 | 115.8 | 113.1 | 107.0 | 101.2 |
| Days payables outstanding | 37.7 | 40.2 | 42.4 | 48.3 | 47.9 | 47.8 | 39.7 | 38.7 | 36.8 | 31.2 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 163.5 | 166.0 | 152.7 | 143.3 | 130.4 | 146.3 | 140.5 | 135.0 | 128.7 | 131.0 |
| Receivables turnover | 5.61 | 5.64 | 5.89 | 5.86 | 5.81 | 5.14 | 5.67 | 6.03 | 6.24 | 5.98 |
| Payables turnover | 9.68 | 9.08 | 8.61 | 7.56 | 7.62 | 7.64 | 9.20 | 9.44 | 9.93 | 11.69 |
| Inventory turnover | 2.68 | 2.58 | 2.74 | 2.82 | 3.16 | 2.97 | 3.15 | 3.23 | 3.41 | 3.61 |
| Asset turnover | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0.77 | 0.82 | 0.81 | 0.71 | 0.81 | 0.91 | 0.98 | 0.96 |
| Average receivables | $816.2M | $810.8M | $809.9M | $767.2M | $711.5M | $683.1M | $668.8M | $594.0M | $481.4M | $446.3M |
| Average payables | $337.4M | $344.4M | $385.6M | $416.9M | $390.7M | $326.6M | $287.4M | $269.2M | $220.7M | $167.9M |
| Average inventory | $1.22B | $1.21B | $1.21B | $1.12B | $942.0M | $841.6M | $838.9M | $787.3M | $642.4M | $544.5M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 37.3% | 37.3% | 36.7% | 32.3% | 32.7% | 35.5% | 36.1% | 38.1% | 27.4% | 22.8% |
Computed from TKR's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 13, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
TKR valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Timken traded at 20.5 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 14.4. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 30.5 and the forward P/E is 15.4. Timken earned a return on equity of 9.6% and a return on invested capital of 8.9% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $2.2 billion of debt and $386.5 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $1.8 billion. It returned $155.7 million to shareholders: $98.3 million in dividends and $57.4 million in share buybacks, 38% of free cash flow. The share count fell 11.4% from 79.2M to 70.2M over 9 years.
See the TKR income statement, the TKR chart for price history, or the TKR stock overview for the latest quote and news.
TKR key metrics FAQ
What is Timken's P/E ratio?
Timken's trailing P/E ratio is 30.5 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 15.4. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 20.5, compared with a 10-year median of 14.4.
What is Timken's EV/EBITDA?
Timken's enterprise value was 10.3 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $7.7 billion, EBITDA $746.1 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 13.8.
What is Timken's return on equity?
Timken's return on equity (ROE) was 9.6% in fiscal 2025: net income of $288.4 million on average shareholders' equity of $3.0 billion.
What is Timken's ROIC?
Timken's return on invested capital was 8.9% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Timken have?
Timken had total debt of $2.2 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68 and $1.8 billion of net debt (2.37 times EBITDA).
What is Timken's dividend yield?
Timken's forward dividend yield is 1.28%. Timken paid $98.3 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($1.40 per share), a payout ratio of 34.1%.
Does Timken buy back its shares?
Yes. Timken spent $57.4 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −0.7% over the year, to 70.2M..
What is Timken's free cash flow yield?
Timken generated $406.1 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 6.9% on its market value at year-end ($5.9 billion).
What is Timken's current ratio?
Timken's current ratio was 2.82 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 2.82 times current liabilities.