Rockwell Automation Stock Forecast, Price & News

20 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Rockwell Automation in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Rockwell Automation stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ROK, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Rockwell Automation is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 27th 2021.
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Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE:ROK) announced its earnings results on Monday, January, 25th. The industrial products company reported $2.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.89 by $0.49. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.57 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.61 billion. Rockwell Automation had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 81.39% and a net margin of 16.17%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.11 earnings per share.
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Rockwell Automation's stock was trading at $159.09 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ROK shares have increased by 59.1% and is now trading at $253.09.
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Rockwell Automation announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 16th will be paid a dividend of $1.07 per share on Wednesday, March 10th. This represents a $4.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 12th.
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Rockwell Automation pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.71%. Rockwell Automation has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Rockwell Automation is 55.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Rockwell Automation will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.48% next year. This indicates that Rockwell Automation will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Rockwell Automation issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $8.70-9.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $8.65. The company issued revenue guidance of +8.5-11.5% (implying $6.87-7.06 billion), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.79 billion.

20 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Rockwell Automation's stock. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $291.00. On average, they expect Rockwell Automation's share price to reach $234.47 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.4%.
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442 employees have rated Rockwell Automation CEO Blake Moret on Glassdoor.com. Blake Moret has an approval rating of 91% among Rockwell Automation's employees. This puts Blake Moret in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 BlackRock Inc. (7.45%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.15%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.11%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.59%), Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (1.45%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (1.24%). Company insiders that own Rockwell Automation stock include Blake D Moret, Christopher Nardecchia, David M Dorgan, Elik I Fooks, Ernest Nicolas, Francis Wlodarczyk, Frank C Kulaszewicz, Isaac Woods, James Phillip Holloman, John A Genovesi, John M Miller, Michael Laszkiewicz, Patrick P Goris, Rebecca W House, Robert B Murphy, Steven W Etzel, Sujeet Chand, Terry L Riesterer and Thomas Donato.
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ROK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Fort Pitt Capital Group LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Schroder Investment Management Group, Schroder Investment Management Group, and Panagora Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Rockwell Automation company stock in the last year include Blake D Moret, Christopher Nardecchia, Elik I Fooks, Francis Wlodarczyk, Frank C Kulaszewicz, Isaac Woods, James Phillip Holloman, John A Genovesi, John M Miller, Patrick P Goris, Rebecca W House, Robert B Murphy, Steven W Etzel, Sujeet Chand, and Thomas Donato.
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ROK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, BlackRock Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Blair William & Co. IL, PGGM Investments, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and State of Tennessee Treasury Department.
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Shares of ROK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ROK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $253.09.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $29.40 billion and generates $6.33 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $1.02 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.68 on an earnings per share basis.

Rockwell Automation employs 23,500 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Rockwell Automation: ASEM, Anorad Corporation, Automation Control Products, Avnet Cyber & Information Security, ESC Services, Emulate3D Ltd, Fiix Inc., Hiprom, ICS Triplex, Incuity Software, Jacobs Automation LLC, Kalypso, Lektronix, MESTECH, MagneMotion Inc., Maverick Technologies, Maverick Technologies Holdings, Maverick Technologies LLC, Nuad Corporation, Odos Imaging, Oylo, Pavilion Technologies, ProsCon Ltd, Rockwell Automation (China) Company Limited, Rockwell Automation (N.Z.) Ltd, Rockwell Automation (Xiamen) Ltd., Rockwell Automation Argentina S.A., Rockwell Automation Asia Pacific Business Center PTE. Ltd., Rockwell Automation Asia Pacific Limited, Rockwell Automation Australia Ltd., Rockwell Automation B.V., Rockwell Automation Canada Holdings Inc., Rockwell Automation Canada Ltd., Rockwell Automation Chile S. A., Rockwell Automation Control Solutions (Harbin) Co., Rockwell Automation Control Solutions (Harbin) Co. Ltd., Rockwell Automation Control Solutions (Shanghai) Limited, Rockwell Automation G.m.b.H., Rockwell Automation Germany G.m.b.H. & Co. KG, Rockwell Automation India Private Limited, Rockwell Automation International Holdings LLC, Rockwell Automation Japan Co., Rockwell Automation Korea Ltd., Rockwell Automation L.L.C., Rockwell Automation Limited, Rockwell Automation Manufacturing (Shanghai) Limited, Rockwell Automation Monterrey Manufacturing S de RL de CV, Rockwell Automation N.V., Rockwell Automation Proprietary Limited, Rockwell Automation S.r.l., Rockwell Automation Safety AG, Rockwell Automation Solutions G.m.b.H., Rockwell Automation Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd., Rockwell Automation Sp. z.o.o., Rockwell Automation Switzerland G.m.b.H, Rockwell Automation Taiwan Co., Rockwell Automation Taiwan Co. Ltd., Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc., Rockwell Automation de Mexico S.A. de C.V., Rockwell Automation do Brasil Ltda., Rockwell Automation of Ohio Inc., Rockwell European Holdings Ltd., Rutter Hinz Inc., SoftSwitching Technologies, ThinManager, and vMonitor.

Rockwell Automation was founded in 1903.

The official website for Rockwell Automation is www.rockwellautomation.com.

Rockwell Automation is headquartered at 1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI, 53204.

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]