ROK vs. ETN, EMR, ROP, AME, AYI, GNRC, ENPH, BDC, FELE, and ENS
Should you be buying Rockwell Automation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockwell Automation include Eaton (ETN), Emerson Electric (EMR), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Acuity Brands (AYI), Generac (GNRC), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Belden (BDC), Franklin Electric (FELE), and EnerSys (ENS). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Rockwell Automation vs. Its Competitors
Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) and Eaton (NYSE:ETN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
75.8% of Rockwell Automation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Eaton shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Rockwell Automation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Eaton shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Eaton has higher revenue and earnings than Rockwell Automation. Eaton 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, Eaton had 34 more articles in the media than Rockwell Automation. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Eaton and 21 mentions for Rockwell Automation. Eaton's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Rockwell Automation's score of 1.30 indicating that Eaton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eaton received 296 more outperform votes than Rockwell Automation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.31% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote while only 55.12% of users gave Rockwell Automation an outperform vote.
Rockwell Automation pays an annual dividend of $5.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Eaton pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Rockwell Automation pays out 66.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eaton pays out 42.0% 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. Rockwell Automation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Rockwell Automation has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rockwell Automation currently has a consensus price target of $317.79, indicating a potential downside of 2.54%. Eaton has a consensus price target of $368.78, indicating a potential upside of 7.34%. Given Eaton's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eaton is more favorable than Rockwell Automation.
Eaton has a net margin of 15.55% compared to Rockwell Automation's net margin of 11.38%. Rockwell Automation's return on equity of 30.16% beat Eaton's return on equity.
Summary
Eaton beats Rockwell Automation on 15 of the 22 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 6/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
