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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.99%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 8th. This is an increase from Rockwell Automation's previous quarterly dividend of $0.97. View Rockwell Automation's Dividend History.

Rockwell Automation declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase 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 repurchase up to 4.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board 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 (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.92 by $0.09. The industrial products company earned $1.73 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.66 billion. Rockwell Automation had a return on equity of 99.27% and a net margin of 10.39%. The firm's revenue was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Rockwell Automation issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $8.70-9.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Rockwell Automation's stock. Their forecasts range from $150.00 to $217.00. On average, they anticipate Rockwell Automation's share price to reach $188.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.0%. 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.

News coverage about ROK stock has trended very negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news 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 daily sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Rockwell Automation.

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Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Huntington National Bank (0.15%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.14%), Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.13%), PGGM Investments (0.09%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.08%) and Hemenway Trust Co LLC (0.06%). 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 PGGM Investments, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Private Trust Co. NA, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Boenning & Scattergood Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Ellenbecker Investment Group and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, DNB Asset Management AS, Hemenway Trust Co LLC, Sciencast Management LP and Huntington National Bank. 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 $204.74.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $23.66 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]