Timken Company (TKR): Today's Featured Industrial Loser

Timken Company (TKR) pushed the Industrial industry lower today making it today's featured Industrial loser. The industry as a whole closed the day up 2%. By the end of trading, Timken Company fell 23 cents (-0.5%) to $45.72 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.6 million shares of Timken Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.2 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $45.34-$46.45 after having opened the day at $45.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $45.95. Other company's within the Industrial industry that declined today were: Presstek (PRST), down 5.8%, Magnetek (MAG), down 4.7%, Clean Diesel Technologies (CDTI), down 3.6%, and China Valves Technology (CVVT), down 3.5%.

The Timken Company develops, manufactures, markets, and sells anti-friction bearings and assemblies, alloy steels, and mechanical power transmission systems. It operates through four segments: Mobile Industries, Process Industries, Aerospace and Defense, and Steel. Timken Company has a market cap of $4.47 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 9.1, equal to the average industrial industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 18.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are eight analysts that rate Timken Company a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Timken Company as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and attractive valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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On the positive front, NF Energy Saving (NFEC), up 19.8%, Wowjoint Holdings (BWOW), up 10.3%, Exide Technologies (XIDE), up 8.8%, and A.M. Castle (CAS), up 8.6%, were all gainers within the industrial industry with General Electric (GE) being today's featured industrial industry winner.

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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the industrial industry could consider SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) while those bearish on the industrial industry could consider ProShares UltraShort Industrials (SIJ).

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