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 announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.29%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 9th. View Rockwell Automation's Dividend History.

Rockwell Automation announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, September 6th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 4.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The industrial products company reported $2.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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%. The business's revenue was down 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.16 EPS. 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 updated 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 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Rockwell Automation's stock. Their predictions range from $142.00 to $214.00. On average, they expect Rockwell Automation's stock price to reach $170.92 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.0% 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.

Headlines about ROK stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of media 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 -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Rockwell Automation earned a coverage optimism score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Rockwell Automation.

Rockwell Automation saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 company's stock are sold short. View Rockwell Automation's Current Options Chain.

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Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Cambiar Investors LLC (0.23%), PGGM Investments (0.12%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (0.11%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.11%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.08%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.05%). 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 Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cambiar Investors LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and First Midwest Bank Trust Division. 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, Stephens Investment Management Group LLC, Rockland Trust Co., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, DNB Asset Management AS, Advisor Partners LLC, M. Kraus & Co and Brookstone Capital Management. 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 $169.19.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $19.80 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]