Rockwell Automation - ROK Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Rockwell Automation in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" ROK shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ROK, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Rockwell Automation's shares. Their ROK share price forecasts range from $185.00 to $290.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $240.56 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.8%.
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Rockwell Automation's stock was trading at $348.85 at the start of the year. Since then, ROK shares have decreased by 23.5% and is now trading at $266.75.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 26th 2023.
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Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE:ROK) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 2nd. The industrial products company reported $3.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.95 by $0.09. The industrial products company earned $2.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.12 billion. Rockwell Automation had a net margin of 12.01% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 38.84%. The business's revenue was up 17.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.33 earnings per share.
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Rockwell Automation declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $1.18 per share on Monday, December 12th. This represents a $4.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 10th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $1.12.
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Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) pays an annual dividend of $4.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.79%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 59.22%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ROK will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.34% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Rockwell Automation announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Tuesday, May 3rd 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Rockwell Automation updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of $10.20-$11.00 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.92. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.34 billion-$8.65 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.31 billion.

442 employees have rated Rockwell Automation Chief Executive Officer Blake Moret on Glassdoor.com. Blake Moret has an approval rating of 91% among the company's employees. This puts Blake Moret in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.75%), BlackRock Inc. (7.38%), State Street Corp (3.95%), UBS Group AG (1.49%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.31%) and Lazard Asset Management LLC (1.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Blake D Moret, Brian A Shepherd, Christopher Nardecchia, Cyril Perducat, Elik I Fooks, Elik I Fooks, Ernest Nicolas, Francis Wlodarczyk, Frank C Kulaszewicz, Frank C Kulaszewicz, Isaac Woods, James Phillip Holloman, John A Genovesi, John M Miller, Patricia A Watson, Patrick P Goris, Rebecca W House, Robert B Murphy, Steven W Etzel, Sujeet Chand, Terry L Riesterer, Thomas Donato and Veena M Lakkundi.
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Shares of ROK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ROK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $266.75.

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) has a market capitalization of $30.63 billion and generates $7.76 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $932.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.97 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 26,000 workers across the globe.

Rockwell Automation's mailing address is 1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI, 53204. The official website for the company is www.rockwellautomation.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (414) 382-2000, via email at njfranz@ra.rockwell.com, or via fax at 414-382-4444.