NYSE:ROK - Rockwell Automation Stock Price, Forecast & News

Rockwell Automation trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ROK."

Rockwell Automation announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be given a dividend of $1.02 per share on Tuesday, March 10th. This represents a $4.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. View Rockwell Automation's Dividend History.

Rockwell Automation announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, September 6th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 4.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The industrial products company reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $2.11. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.63 billion. Rockwell Automation had a net margin of 13.75% and a return on equity of 102.93%. The business's revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.21 EPS. View Rockwell Automation's Earnings History.

Rockwell Automation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Rockwell Automation.

Rockwell Automation issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $8.70-9.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $8.82. The company issued revenue guidance of +2-5% to ~$6.83-7.03 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.70 billion.

16 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Rockwell Automation's stock. Their forecasts range from $150.00 to $220.00. On average, they expect Rockwell Automation's share price to reach $191.07 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Rockwell Automation.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Rockwell Automation in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Rockwell Automation.

News stories about ROK stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Rockwell Automation earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Rockwell Automation.

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Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.24%), Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (2.68%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.79%), Schroder Investment Management Group (1.04%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.04%) and Champlain Investment Partners LLC (1.02%). Company insiders that own Rockwell Automation stock include Blake D Moret, David M Dorgan, Elik I Fooks, Ernest Nicolas, Frank C Kulaszewicz, John M Miller, John P Mcdermott, Keith D Nosbusch, Michael Laszkiewicz, Patrick P Goris, Rebecca W House, Robert B Murphy, Steven W Etzel, Sujeet Chand, Susan Schmitt, Terry L Riesterer and Theodore D Crandall. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Rockwell Automation.

ROK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Credit Suisse AG, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Schroder Investment Management Group, Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have sold Rockwell Automation company stock in the last year include Blake D Moret, David M Dorgan, Elik I Fooks, Ernest Nicolas, Frank C Kulaszewicz, John M Miller, Michael Laszkiewicz, Patrick P Goris, Rebecca W House, Robert B Murphy, Steven W Etzel and Terry L Riesterer. View Insider Buying and Selling for Rockwell Automation.

ROK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., FMR LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Fred Alger Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Smith Asset Management Group LP and Johanson Financial Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Rockwell Automation.

Shares of ROK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ROK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $200.68.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $23.32 billion and generates $6.69 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $695.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.67 on an earnings per share basis. Rockwell Automation employs 23,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Rockwell Automation.

The official website for Rockwell Automation is http://www.rockwellautomation.com/.

Rockwell Automation's mailing address is 1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI, 53204. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 414-382-2000 or via email at [email protected]