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. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.97 per share on Monday, December 10th. This represents a $3.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.46%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 8th. This is a positive change from Rockwell Automation's previous quarterly dividend of $0.92. View Rockwell Automation's Dividend History.

Rockwell Automation declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, September 6th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 4.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 7th. The industrial products company reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.02 by $0.09. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.73 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.77 billion. Rockwell Automation had a net margin of 8.03% and a return on equity of 57.53%. The firm's revenue was up 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm 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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Rockwell Automation's shares. Their predictions range from $145.00 to $205.00. On average, they anticipate Rockwell Automation's stock price to reach $178.2143 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.2% 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.

Press coverage about ROK stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Rockwell Automation earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by a variety of 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 $157.46.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $19.06 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]