Rotork plc (LON:ROR) Receives Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

Key Points

• Rotork has a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating from seven brokerages, with four buy ratings and three holds. The average 12-month price target is GBX 433.50.
• Recent analyst actions were mixed: RBC downgraded the stock to “sector perform” while raising its target to GBX 503, Peel Hunt maintained a “hold” rating with a GBX 503 target, and JPMorgan raised its target to GBX 405 with an “overweight” rating.
• Rotork shares opened at GBX 484.20, near their 12-month high of GBX 489.20. The company reported quarterly EPS of GBX 7.40, a 15.75% net margin and a 21.48% return on equity.

Rotork plc (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the seven ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year price target among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 433.50.

Several research analysts have commented on ROR shares. Royal Bank Of Canada downgraded shares of Rotork to a "sector perform" rating and boosted their price objective for the company from GBX 400 to GBX 503 in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Peel Hunt reissued a "hold" rating and set a GBX 503 target price on shares of Rotork in a research note on Tuesday, August 4th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Rotork from GBX 390 to GBX 405 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 1st.

Rotork Price Performance

Rotork stock opened at GBX 484.20 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of £3.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.72, a P/E/G ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a quick ratio of 2.16, a current ratio of 2.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.01. Rotork has a twelve month low of GBX 286.40 and a twelve month high of GBX 489.20. The company's 50-day moving average price is GBX 436.28 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 363.79.

Rotork (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported GBX 7.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Rotork had a net margin of 15.75% and a return on equity of 21.48%. As a group, analysts expect that Rotork will post 16.4574899 EPS for the current year.

Rotork Company Profile

Rotork is a market-leading global provider of mission-critical intelligent flow control solutions for oil & gas, water and wastewater, power, chemical process and industrial applications. We help customers around the world to improve efficiency, reduce emissions, minimise their environmental impact and assure safety. Rotork employs about 3,200 people, has manufacturing facilities in more than 17 locations and serves 170 countries through a global service network. Its shares have a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange symbol: ROR and are a constituent of the FTSE 250 index.

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