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Rockwell Automation - ROK Competitors

$287.53
+2.99 (+1.05%)
(As of 03/30/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$286.44
$287.86
50-Day Range
$270.00
$305.56
52-Week Range
$190.08
$309.36
Volume
430,471 shs
Average Volume
735,651 shs
Market Capitalization
$33.00 billion
P/E Ratio
31.15
Dividend Yield
1.64%
Price Target
$263.24

ROK vs. GWW, JCI, IR, PH, DOV, XYL, CTAS, IEX, BALL, and TS

Should you be buying Rockwell Automation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockwell Automation include W.W. Grainger (GWW), Johnson Controls International (JCI), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Dover (DOV), Xylem (XYL), Cintas (CTAS), IDEX (IEX), Ball (BALL), and Tenaris (TS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.

Rockwell Automation vs.

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) and W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.

Rockwell Automation presently has a consensus target price of $263.24, suggesting a potential downside of 8.45%. W.W. Grainger has a consensus target price of $688.88, suggesting a potential upside of 2.93%. Given W.W. Grainger's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe W.W. Grainger is more favorable than Rockwell Automation.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rockwell Automation
4 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.07
W.W. Grainger
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Rockwell Automation has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W.W. Grainger has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

77.7% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of W.W. Grainger shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of W.W. Grainger shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Rockwell Automation pays an annual dividend of $4.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. W.W. Grainger pays an annual dividend of $6.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Rockwell Automation pays out 51.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W.W. Grainger pays out 22.9% 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.

In the previous week, Rockwell Automation had 3 more articles in the media than W.W. Grainger. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Rockwell Automation and 6 mentions for W.W. Grainger. W.W. Grainger's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Rockwell Automation's score of 0.92 indicating that W.W. Grainger is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Rockwell Automation
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
W.W. Grainger
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Rockwell Automation has a net margin of 13.63% compared to W.W. Grainger's net margin of 10.14%. W.W. Grainger's return on equity of 60.13% beat Rockwell Automation's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rockwell Automation 13.63% 38.70% 10.54%
W.W. Grainger 10.14% 60.13% 21.13%

Rockwell Automation received 67 more outperform votes than W.W. Grainger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.39% of users gave Rockwell Automation an outperform vote while only 54.88% of users gave W.W. Grainger an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Rockwell AutomationOutperform Votes
596
56.39%
Underperform Votes
461
43.61%
W.W. GraingerOutperform Votes
529
54.88%
Underperform Votes
435
45.12%

W.W. Grainger has higher revenue and earnings than Rockwell Automation. W.W. Grainger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockwell Automation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rockwell Automation$7.76 billion4.25$932.20 million$9.2331.15
W.W. Grainger$15.23 billion2.21$1.55 billion$30.0722.26

Summary

Rockwell Automation and W.W. Grainger tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ROK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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ROK vs. The Competition

MetricRockwell AutomationMeasuring & controlling devices IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$33.00B$19.41B$7.34B$14.46B
Dividend Yield1.70%4.67%2.05%3.88%
P/E Ratio31.1519.5118.2022.87
Price / Sales4.253.514.1110.56
Price / Cash23.8623.0068.2924.50
Price / Book11.002.743.466.80
Net Income$932.20M$568.62M$366.46M$867.48M
7 Day Performance3.27%2.76%2.40%3.41%
1 Month Performance-2.51%-1.99%-5.33%-4.83%
1 Year Performance2.43%-21.14%-6.49%-13.51%

Rockwell Automation Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GWW
W.W. Grainger
2.6137 of 5 stars
$675.04
-0.1%
$688.88
+2.0%
+28.5%$33.93B$15.23B22.4526,000
JCI
Johnson Controls International
2.8296 of 5 stars
$59.56
+1.1%
$70.36
+18.1%
-11.3%$36.82B$25.30B32.37102,000Short Interest ↓
IR
Ingersoll Rand
2.2805 of 5 stars
$56.70
+1.3%
$58.50
+3.2%
+12.9%$22.96B$5.92B38.3117,000Short Interest ↓
PH
Parker-Hannifin
2.2083 of 5 stars
$334.17
+2.0%
$363.25
+8.7%
+15.4%$42.86B$15.86B34.5255,090
DOV
Dover
2.6719 of 5 stars
$146.96
+1.8%
$159.75
+8.7%
-7.7%$20.54B$8.51B19.7825,000Short Interest ↓
XYL
Xylem
2.5282 of 5 stars
$101.48
+1.5%
$114.80
+13.1%
+16.2%$18.29B$5.52B51.7817,800Short Interest ↑
CTAS
Cintas
2.4322 of 5 stars
$465.15
+4.9%
$479.00
+3.0%
+8.2%$47.27B$7.85B37.8543,000Earnings Report
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Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
IEX
IDEX
2.3805 of 5 stars
$226.07
+1.4%
$239.91
+6.1%
+16.2%$17.07B$3.18B29.328,868
BALL
Ball
1.6254 of 5 stars
$53.90
+1.1%
$58.31
+8.2%
N/A$16.95B$15.35B24.1721,000
TS
Tenaris
2.2473 of 5 stars
$28.61
-0.7%
$40.35
+41.0%
-6.7%$16.89B$11.76B6.6123,000Short Interest ↑
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This page (NYSE:ROK) was last updated on 3/31/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff