NYSE:ROKRockwell Automation Stock Price, Forecast & News

Rockwell Automation's stock was trading at $159.09 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ROK shares have increased by 32.6% and is now trading at $210.90. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Rockwell Automation in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Rockwell Automation.

Rockwell Automation is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Rockwell Automation.

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The industrial products company reported $2.43 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.82 by $0.61. The industrial products company earned $1.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.61 billion. Rockwell Automation had a return on equity of 118.85% and a net margin of 10.54%. Rockwell Automation's quarterly revenue was up 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.04 EPS. View Rockwell Automation's earnings history.

Rockwell Automation declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, August 17th will be given a dividend of $1.02 per share on Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $4.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 14th. View Rockwell Automation's dividend history.

Rockwell Automation declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, September 6th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 4.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Rockwell Automation updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 28th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.90-7.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.87. The company issued revenue guidance of decline of 3-6.5% to $6.26-6.46 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.20 billion.

19 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Rockwell Automation's stock. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $250.00. On average, they expect Rockwell Automation's stock price to reach $192.06 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.9%. View analysts' price targets for Rockwell Automation.

News headlines about ROK stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Rockwell Automation earned a media sentiment score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage 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 impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Rockwell Automation.

Rockwell Automation saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,930,000 shares, a decline of 13.1% from the June 15th total of 3,370,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,140,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 2.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View Rockwell Automation's Current Options Chain.

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

Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.11%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.10%), Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC (0.07%), Robecosam AG (0.05%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.05%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Rockwell Automation stock include Blake D Moret, David M Dorgan, Elik I Fooks, Ernest Nicolas, Francis Wlodarczyk, Frank C Kulaszewicz, James Phillip Holloman, John A Genovesi, John M Miller, 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 Robecosam AG, Rockland Trust Co., DNB Asset Management AS, Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, and Riverbridge Partners 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, Francis Wlodarczyk, Frank C Kulaszewicz, James Phillip Holloman, John A Genovesi, John M Miller, Patrick P Goris, Rebecca W House, Steven W Etzel, Sujeet Chand, and Terry L Riesterer. View insider buying and selling activity for Rockwell Automation.

ROK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Chemung Canal Trust Co., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Cypress Capital Group, OmniStar Financial Group Inc., Contravisory Investment Management Inc., and Traverso Chambers Private Wealth Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $210.90.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $24.43 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.

The official website for Rockwell Automation is 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]