Rotork plc (LON:ROR) Stock Has Consensus Price Target of GBX 433.50 According to Analysts

Key Points

• Rotork has a “Moderate Buy” consensus from seven analysts, with four buy ratings and three holds. The average 12-month price target is GBX 433.50, below the stock’s latest opening price of GBX 488.60.
• Recent analyst actions were mixed: Peel Hunt maintained a hold rating, RBC downgraded the stock to sector perform while raising its target to GBX 503, and JPMorgan increased its target to GBX 405 with an overweight rating.
• Rotork reported quarterly EPS of GBX 7.40, alongside a 15.75% net margin and 21.48% return on equity. Analysts expect full-year EPS of approximately GBX 16.46.

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

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a "hold" rating and set a GBX 503 price target on shares of Rotork in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. 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. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Rotork from GBX 390 to GBX 405 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 1st.

Rotork Stock Up 0.0%

ROR stock opened at GBX 488.60 on Friday. Rotork has a 52 week low of GBX 286.40 and a 52 week high of GBX 489.20. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 485.63 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 379.73. The company has a quick ratio of 2.16, a current ratio of 2.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.01. The company has a market cap of £3.98 billion, a PE ratio of 33.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.05.

Rotork (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Rotork will post 16.4574899 EPS for the current fiscal 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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