Rotork plc (LON:ROR) Stock Rated "Moderate Buy" by Wall Street Analysts

Key Points

• Rotork has a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating from seven analysts, with four buys and three holds; the average 12-month price target is GBX 433.50.
• Shares opened at GBX 492.40, near their 12-month high of GBX 493.80, and have a market capitalization of approximately £4.01 billion.
• Rotork reported quarterly EPS of GBX 7.40, alongside a 21.48% return on equity and a 15.75% net margin; analysts expect full-year EPS of GBX 16.46.

Shares of Rotork plc (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) have received a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the seven brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 433.50.

ROR has been the subject of several research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada cut Rotork to a "sector perform" rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from GBX 400 to GBX 503 in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Rotork from GBX 390 to GBX 405 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Finally, Peel Hunt restated a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 503 price target on shares of Rotork in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th.

Rotork Price Performance

ROR stock opened at GBX 492.40 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 487.33 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 385.32. Rotork has a 12-month low of GBX 286.40 and a 12-month high of GBX 493.80. The company has a current ratio of 2.54, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.01. The company has a market cap of £4.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.27, a PEG ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.05.

Rotork (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported GBX 7.40 EPS for the quarter. Rotork had a return on equity of 21.48% and a net margin of 15.75%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Rotork will post 16.46 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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