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 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.32%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 9th. View Rockwell Automation's Dividend History.

Rockwell Automation announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Thursday, September 6th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 4.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The industrial products company reported $2.40 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.29 by $0.11. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.72 billion. Rockwell Automation had a net margin of 15.44% and a return on equity of 78.71%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business 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 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 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.

17 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Rockwell Automation's shares. Their predictions range from $142.00 to $214.00. On average, they expect Rockwell Automation's stock price to reach $169.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Rockwell Automation.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Rockwell Automation in the last year. There are currently 4 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 trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news 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 negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Rockwell Automation earned a media sentiment score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. 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 trading volume, of 1,000,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 2.4% of the shares of the stock 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.03%), M. Kraus & Co (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Rockland Trust Co. (0.02%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Exane Derivatives, Cerebellum GP LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rockland Trust Co., M. Kraus & Co, Pacer Advisors Inc., Diversified Trust Co and Manning & Napier Group LLC. 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 $167.37.

Rockwell Automation has a market capitalization of $19.58 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]