The short version

From the latest prices and each company's SEC filings. Who's ahead on each measure, not which to buy.

  • Snap-On is the larger company, worth $18.3B, about 2.4 times Timken.
  • Timken grew revenue faster over the last year (+7.5% vs +4.2%).
  • Snap-On keeps more of each dollar of revenue as operating profit (25.4% vs 10.6%).
  • On earnings, Snap-On is the cheaper stock (18.3x vs 24.7x).
  • Timken's price assumes faster free cash flow growth: about 4% a year, against 4% for Snap-On (reverse DCF).

Side by side

The stronger figure is shaded where higher (or, for valuation multiples, lower) reads as better. How the implied growth works.

MeasureSNATKR
Market cap$18.3B$7.5B
Share price$360.37$114.91
Revenue (last fiscal year)$5.2B$4.6B
Free cash flow (last fiscal year)$1.0B$406M
Revenue growth, last year+4.2%+7.5%
Revenue growth per year, last 5 fiscal years+2.9%+2.6%
Operating margin25.4%10.6%
Net margin19.6%5.4%
Return on equity17.1%8.1%
P/E (trailing)18.3x24.7x
Price / free cash flow18.2x18.6x
EV / EBITDA12.4x13.5x
FCF growth the price implies3.8%4.0%
Dividend yield2.6%1.3%
Debt / equity0.43x1.08x
Fundamental gradeBC
Superinvestors holding it46
Insider purchases, last 12 months00

Results from SEC filings

Revenue and free cash flow by fiscal year, from each company's 10-K filings.

Snap-On

YearRevenueFree cash flowOp. margin
2021$4.6B$896M24.4%
2022$4.8B$591M24.9%
2023$5.1B$1.1B25.7%
2024$5.1B$1.1B26.3%
2025$5.2B$1.0B25.8%

Timken

YearRevenueFree cash flowOp. margin
2021$4.1B$239M12.4%
2022$4.5B$285M13.5%
2023$4.8B$357M13.8%
2024$4.6B$306M13.4%
2025$4.6B$406M11.8%

Where the revenue comes from

Snap-On · by segments, 2025

Snap-on Tools Group$2.0B34%
Repair Systems & Information Group$1.9B33%
Commercial & Industrial Group$1.5B26%
Financial Services$413M7%

Timken · by segments, 2025

Engineered Bearings$3.0B66%
Industrial Motion$1.6B34%
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Questions

Which is bigger, Snap-On or Timken?

Snap-On (SNA), at $18.3B against $7.5B.

Is SNA or TKR cheaper?

By trailing P/E, Snap-On (18.3x) is cheaper than Timken (24.7x). A lower multiple can also mean the market expects less growth.

Which grows faster, SNA or TKR?

Timken: revenue grew +7.5% over the last year, against +4.2%.

Prices and ratios as of the last daily update; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice.