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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 12th will be given a dividend of $0.97 per share on Monday, December 10th. This represents a $3.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.26%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 8th. This is a boost from Rockwell Automation's previous quarterly dividend of $0.92. View Rockwell Automation's Dividend History.

Rockwell Automation announced that its board has authorized a share 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 often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 7th. The industrial products company reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.02 by $0.09. The industrial products company earned $1.73 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.77 billion. Rockwell Automation had a net margin of 8.03% and a return on equity of 57.53%. Rockwell Automation's revenue for the quarter was up 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.69 earnings per share. View Rockwell Automation's Earnings History.

Rockwell Automation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Rockwell Automation.

Rockwell Automation updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 7th. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.85-9.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $9.00. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.85-7.05 billion (+2.7-5.7%), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.04 billion.

15 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Rockwell Automation's stock. Their forecasts range from $150.00 to $205.00. On average, they anticipate Rockwell Automation's stock price to reach $179.1667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Rockwell Automation.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Rockwell Automation in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Rockwell Automation.

Media stories about ROK stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing 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 news sentiment score of 1.8 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 impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.28%), Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (2.22%), Capital World Investors (1.90%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.50%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.19%) and Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (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 Capital World Investors, BlackRock Inc., Putnam Investments LLC, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Korea Investment 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, Patrick P Goris, Robert B Murphy, 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 Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Credit Suisse AG, Victory Capital Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Man Group plc, Worldquant Millennium Quantitative Strategies LLC, First Trust Advisors LP and Franklin Resources Inc.. 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 $171.60.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $20.71 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 22,000 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]