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, October 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 12th will be paid a dividend of $1.02 per share on Tuesday, December 10th. This represents a $4.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.07%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 8th. This is a boost from Rockwell Automation's previous quarterly dividend of $0.97. View Rockwell Automation's Dividend History.

Rockwell Automation announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, September 6th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 4.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 12th. The industrial products company reported $2.01 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.92 by $0.09. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.73 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.66 billion. Rockwell Automation had a return on equity of 99.27% and a net margin of 10.39%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.11 EPS. View Rockwell Automation's Earnings History.

Rockwell Automation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Rockwell Automation.

Rockwell Automation issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $8.70-9.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $8.52. The company issued revenue guidance of $$6.829-7.03 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$6.6 billion.

14 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Rockwell Automation's stock. Their forecasts range from $150.00 to $217.00. On average, they expect Rockwell Automation's share price to reach $188.33 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Rockwell Automation.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Rockwell Automation in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Rockwell Automation.

Media coverage about ROK stock has trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 coverage optimism score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Rockwell Automation.

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Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (2.68%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.24%), Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. (0.19%), Huntington National Bank (0.15%), Heathbridge Capital Management Ltd. (0.14%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.14%). 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 Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., PGGM Investments, Everence Capital Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Private Trust Co. NA and Davis R M Inc.. 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Dupont Capital Management Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH. 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 $196.67.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $22.72 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 +1 414-382-2000 or via email at [email protected]