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 declared 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 1.99%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. View Rockwell Automation's Dividend History.

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

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The industrial products company reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $2.11. The industrial products company earned $1.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.63 billion. Rockwell Automation had a return on equity of 102.93% and a net margin of 13.75%. The company's revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $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 EPS guidance of $8.70-9.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Rockwell Automation's shares. 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 6.9%. 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.

Press coverage about ROK stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Rockwell Automation earned a media 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 press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Rockwell Automation.

Some companies that are related to Rockwell Automation include Emerson Electric (EMR), Eaton (ETN), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Generac (GNRC), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Acuity Brands (AYI), Regal Beloit (RBC), II-VI (IIVI), EnerSys (ENS), Brady (BRC), Franklin Electric (FELE), Vicor (VICR), Belden (BDC) and Encore Wire (WIRE).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Rockwell Automation investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Starbucks (SBUX), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Micron Technology (MU), AbbVie (ABBV) and Boeing (BA).

Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.24%), Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (2.68%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.79%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.79%), Schroder Investment Management Group (1.04%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.04%). 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 Capital World Investors, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Credit Suisse AG, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Schroder Investment Management Group and Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt. 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 purchased 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., Man Group plc, Fred Alger Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Smith Asset Management Group LP. 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 $205.31.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $23.85 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]