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
AMETEK (NYSE:AME) and Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) 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 media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
AMETEK has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Rockwell Automation had 1 more articles in the media than AMETEK. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Rockwell Automation and 29 mentions for AMETEK. AMETEK's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Rockwell Automation's score of 1.31 indicating that AMETEK is being referred to more favorably in the 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.
AMETEK currently has a consensus price target of $205.45, suggesting a potential upside of 9.78%. Rockwell Automation has a consensus price target of $340.16, suggesting a potential downside of 0.12%. Given AMETEK's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe AMETEK is more favorable than Rockwell Automation.
87.4% of AMETEK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.8% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of AMETEK shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AMETEK pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Rockwell Automation pays an annual dividend of $5.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. AMETEK pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rockwell Automation pays out 61.5% 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. AMETEK has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Rockwell Automation has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Rockwell Automation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
AMETEK has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rockwell Automation has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Rockwell Automation beats AMETEK on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:ROK) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
