NYSE:ROK - Rockwell Automation Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Rockwell Automation announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 13th will be given a dividend of $0.92 per share on Monday, September 10th. This represents a $3.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 10th. View Rockwell Automation's Dividend History.

Rockwell Automation announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Wednesday, January 24th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 25th. The industrial products company reported $1.89 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $0.07. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.66 billion. Rockwell Automation had a return on equity of 42.38% and a net margin of 6.34%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.55 EPS. View Rockwell Automation's Earnings History.

Rockwell Automation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Rockwell Automation.

Rockwell Automation updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.70-8.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.81. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.59-6.78 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.72 billion.

14 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Rockwell Automation's shares. Their forecasts range from $173.00 to $210.00. On average, they expect Rockwell Automation's stock price to reach $188.1667 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Rockwell Automation.

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News stories about ROK stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Rockwell Automation earned a news impact score of 0.03 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the industrial products company an impact score of 46.17 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.87%), UBS Group AG (4.08%), Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (1.89%), Northern Trust Corp (1.27%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.18%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (1.12%). 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 Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Millennium Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Reynders McVeigh Capital Management LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Wells Fargo & Company MN and Northern Trust Corp. 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, Lawrence D Kingsley, Patrick P Goris, Robert B Murphy, Steven W Etzel, Sujeet Chand and Theodore D Crandall. View Insider Buying and Selling for Rockwell Automation.

ROK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American Century Companies Inc., Summit Trail Advisors LLC, UBS Group AG, Westfield Capital Management Co. LP, Eaton Vance Management, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Neuberger Berman Group LLC and Legal & General Group Plc. 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 $170.82.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $21.38 billion and generates $6.31 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $825.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.76 on an earnings per share basis. Rockwell Automation employs 22,000 workers across the globe.

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]