Rockwell Automation Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:ROK)

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

Rockwell Automation declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 5th. Investors of record on Monday, August 12th will be given a dividend of $0.97 per share on Tuesday, September 10th. This represents a $3.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.27%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 9th. View Rockwell Automation's Dividend History.

Rockwell Automation declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, September 6th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding 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 programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The industrial products company reported $2.40 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.29 by $0.11. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.72 billion. Rockwell Automation had a return on equity of 78.71% and a net margin of 15.44%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.16 earnings per share. View Rockwell Automation's Earnings History.

Rockwell Automation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Rockwell Automation.

Rockwell Automation updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.50-8.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $8.82. The company issued revenue guidance of down 0.5% yr/yr to ~$6.67 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.79 billion.

16 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Rockwell Automation's stock. Their predictions range from $142.00 to $214.00. On average, they anticipate Rockwell Automation's stock price to reach $170.92 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.0%. 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 3 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Rockwell Automation.

News stories about ROK stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Rockwell Automation earned a coverage optimism score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Rockwell Automation.

Rockwell Automation saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,730,000 shares, an increase of 11.4% from the August 30th total of 2,450,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,000,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 2.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Rockwell Automation's Current Options Chain.

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

Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (2.77%), Cambiar Investors LLC (0.23%), Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. (0.22%), PGGM Investments (0.12%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (0.11%) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.11%). Company insiders that own Rockwell Automation stock 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, Michael Laszkiewicz, Patrick P Goris, Robert B Murphy, Steven W Etzel, Sujeet Chand, Susan Schmitt 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 Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cambiar Investors LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and First Midwest Bank Trust Division. Company insiders that have sold Rockwell Automation company stock in the last year include Blake D Moret, Elik I Fooks, Frank C Kulaszewicz, John M Miller, Keith D Nosbusch, Michael Laszkiewicz, 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., PGGM Investments, Sicart Associates LLC, Stephens Investment Management Group LLC, Rockland Trust Co., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and DNB Asset Management AS. 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 $170.98.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $20.01 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.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]