ROK vs. AME, DOV, EMR, GGG, IR, ITT, ITW, PH, TEL, and WTS
Should you be buying Rockwell Automation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockwell Automation include AMETEK (AME), Dover (DOV), Emerson Electric (EMR), Graco (GGG), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Parker-Hannifin (PH), TE Connectivity (TEL), and Watts Water Technologies (WTS).
Rockwell Automation vs. Its Competitors
Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) and AMETEK (NYSE:AME) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
AMETEK has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rockwell Automation. AMETEK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockwell Automation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
75.8% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of AMETEK shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AMETEK shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Rockwell Automation presently has a consensus target price of $340.16, suggesting a potential upside of 0.06%. AMETEK has a consensus target price of $205.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.19%. Given AMETEK's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AMETEK is more favorable than Rockwell Automation.
Rockwell Automation has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMETEK has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rockwell Automation pays an annual dividend of $5.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. AMETEK pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Rockwell Automation pays out 61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AMETEK pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Rockwell Automation has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and AMETEK has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Rockwell Automation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Rockwell Automation had 12 more articles in the media than AMETEK. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Rockwell Automation and 12 mentions for AMETEK. AMETEK's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Rockwell Automation's score of 1.13 indicating that AMETEK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AMETEK has a net margin of 20.60% compared to Rockwell Automation's net margin of 12.03%. Rockwell Automation's return on equity of 30.14% beat AMETEK's return on equity.
Summary
Rockwell Automation beats AMETEK on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ROK) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff