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. Investors 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 yield of 2.25%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 9th. View Rockwell Automation's Dividend History.

Rockwell Automation announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, September 6th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding 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 generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The industrial products company reported $2.40 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.29 by $0.11. The industrial products company earned $1.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.72 billion. Rockwell Automation had a net margin of 15.44% and a return on equity of 78.71%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company 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 (EPS) 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 brokerages 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 stock price to reach $170.92 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.7%. 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.

Media headlines about ROK stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Rockwell Automation earned a news impact score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely 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 shares of the stock are sold short. View Rockwell Automation's Current Options Chain.

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Rockwell Automation's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (2.77%), Cambiar Investors LLC (0.23%), Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. (0.22%), PGGM Investments (0.12%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (0.11%) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.11%). 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 Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., PGGM Investments, Sicart Associates LLC, Stephens Investment Management Group LLC, Rockland Trust Co., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and DNB Asset Management AS. 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 $172.10.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $20.14 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]