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 Wednesday, February 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.97 per share on Monday, March 11th. This represents a $3.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 15th. View Rockwell Automation's Dividend History.

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

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 29th. The industrial products company reported $2.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.99 by $0.22. The industrial products company earned $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.63 billion. Rockwell Automation had a net margin of 12.68% and a return on equity of 66.47%. Rockwell Automation's revenue for the quarter was up 3.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.96 EPS. View Rockwell Automation's Earnings History.

Rockwell Automation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Rockwell Automation.

Rockwell Automation issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $8.85-9.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $8.96. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.81-7.01 billion (+2.2-5.2% previously saw +2.7-5, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.93 billion.

17 brokers have issued twelve-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 $172.9333 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Rockwell Automation.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Rockwell Automation in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 6 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 neutral this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Rockwell Automation earned a daily sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.27%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (4.28%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.42%), Northern Trust Corp (1.21%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.04%) and Swedbank (0.82%). Company insiders that own Rockwell Automation stock include Betty C Alewine, Blake D Moret, David M Dorgan, 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 Congress Asset Management Co. MA, Eaton Vance Management, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Voloridge Investment Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., State of Tennessee Treasury Department and Natixis Advisors L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Rockwell Automation company stock in the last year include Blake D Moret, Elik I Fooks, Frank C Kulaszewicz, John P Mcdermott, Keith D Nosbusch, Patrick P Goris, Steven W Etzel, Sujeet Chand, Susan Schmitt and Theodore D Crandall. View Insider Buying and Selling for Rockwell Automation.

ROK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, BlackRock Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Bank of Montreal Can and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 $177.39.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $21.21 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]