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

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

Rockwell Automation announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 12th will be given a dividend of $0.97 per share on Monday, December 10th. This represents a $3.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 8th. This is a boost from Rockwell Automation's previous quarterly dividend of $0.92. View Rockwell Automation's Dividend History.

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

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 7th. The industrial products company reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.02 by $0.09. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.73 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.77 billion. Rockwell Automation had a return on equity of 57.53% and a net margin of 8.03%. Rockwell Automation's revenue was up 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.69 EPS. View Rockwell Automation's Earnings History.

Rockwell Automation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Rockwell Automation.

Rockwell Automation updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 7th. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.85-9.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $9.00. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.85-7.05 billion (+2.7-5.7%), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.04 billion.

16 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Rockwell Automation's stock. Their forecasts range from $145.00 to $205.00. On average, they anticipate Rockwell Automation's share price to reach $178.2143 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.0% from the stock's current price. 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 5 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Rockwell Automation.

Headlines about ROK stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Rockwell Automation earned a news sentiment score of 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

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Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.28%), Vanguard Group Inc (7.35%), Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (2.22%), Capital World Investors (1.90%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.50%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.19%). Company insiders that own Rockwell Automation stock include Betty C Alewine, Blake D Moret, David M Dorgan, Douglas M Hagerman, Elik I Fooks, Frank C Kulaszewicz, John M Miller, John P Mcdermott, Keith D Nosbusch, Kenneth M Champa, Lawrence D Kingsley, Patrick P Goris, Robert B Murphy, Steven W Etzel, Sujeet Chand, Susan Schmitt, Theodore D Crandall and William T Jr/Wi Mccormick. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Rockwell Automation.

ROK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, BlackRock Inc., Putnam Investments LLC, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Morgan Stanley. Company insiders that have sold Rockwell Automation company stock in the last year include Blake D Moret, David M Dorgan, Elik I Fooks, Frank C Kulaszewicz, John M Miller, John P Mcdermott, Keith D Nosbusch, Patrick P Goris, Robert B Murphy, Steven W Etzel, Sujeet Chand, Susan Schmitt and Theodore D Crandall. View Insider Buying and Selling for Rockwell Automation.

ROK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Credit Suisse AG, Victory Capital Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Man Group plc, Worldquant Millennium Quantitative Strategies LLC, First Trust Advisors LP and Franklin Resources 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ROK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $153.66.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $18.92 billion and generates $6.67 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $535.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.11 on an earnings per share basis. Rockwell Automation employs 23,000 workers across the globe.

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

Rockwell Automation's mailing address is 1201 SOUTH 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI, 53204. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 414-382-2000 or via email at [email protected]