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. Shareholders 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 2.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 9th. View Rockwell Automation's Dividend History.

Rockwell Automation announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, September 6th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 4.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is 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, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.29 by $0.11. The industrial products company earned $1.67 billion during 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%. Rockwell Automation's revenue was down 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 25th. The company provided earnings per share 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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Rockwell Automation's stock. Their forecasts range from $142.00 to $214.00. On average, they expect Rockwell Automation's share price to reach $170.92 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.6% from the stock's current price. 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 headlines about ROK stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Rockwell Automation earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several 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 daily volume of 1,000,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 2.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Rockwell Automation's Current Options Chain.

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Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include PGGM Investments (0.12%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.08%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.03%), M. Kraus & Co (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd (0.02%). 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Exane Derivatives, Cerebellum GP LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Marketfield Asset Management LLC and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd. 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 PGGM Investments, Rockland Trust Co., DNB Asset Management AS, Advisor Partners LLC, M. Kraus & Co, Pacer Advisors Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd and Diversified Trust Co. 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 $164.95.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $19.30 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]