Rockwell Automation Inc (NYSE: ROK) is -19.47% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $215.00 and a high of $308.70 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The ROK stock was last observed hovering at around $242.43 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -12.27%.
Currently trading at $230.16, the stock is -8.98% and -14.91% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.5 million and changing -5.06% at the moment leaves the stock -15.80% off its SMA200. ROK registered -19.76% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -13.53%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $270.504 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $273.3563.
The stock witnessed a -12.15% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -17.67%, and is -3.76% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 8.93% over the week and 4.18% over the month.
Rockwell Automation Inc (ROK) has around 27000 employees, a market worth around $26.02B and $8.09B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 28.64 and Fwd P/E is 20.83. Profit margin for the company is 11.33%. Distance from 52-week low is 7.05% and -25.44% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (14.61%).
with sales reaching $1.97B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -4.42% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -2.45% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -7.32% in year-over-year returns.
1624.0 institutions hold shares in Rockwell Automation Inc (ROK), with institutional investors hold 87.18% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 113.10M, and float is at 112.82M with Short Float at 1.89%. Institutions hold 87.00% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 14.0 million shares valued at $3.85 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.2516 of the ROK Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 9.06 million shares valued at $2.5 billion to account for 7.9725 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ which holds 5.99 million shares representing 5.2368 and valued at over $1.65 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.0776 of the shares totaling 4.64 million with a market value of $1.28 billion.
Rockwell Automation Inc (ROK) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Bulho Matheus De A G Viera, the company’s SVP Software and Control. SEC filings show that Bulho Matheus De A G Viera sold 293 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 02 ’25 at a price of $257.68 per share for a total of $75500.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 1922.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 25 ’25, Lakkundi Veena M (Former Affiliate) Proposed Sale 5,185 shares at an average price of $271.78 for $1.41 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Rockwell Automation Inc (ROK).
