Rockwell Automation Inc (NYSE: ROK) is -0.92% 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 $253.05 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 30.12%.
Currently trading at $283.17, the stock is 16.49% and 11.25% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.25 million and changing 11.90% at the moment leaves the stock 4.56% off its SMA200. ROK registered 3.33% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 5.38%.
The stock witnessed a 24.40% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 4.66%, and is 14.33% up 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 2.28% over the week and 3.84% over the month.
Rockwell Automation Inc (ROK) has around 27000 employees, a market worth around $32.02B and $8.09B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 35.24 and Fwd P/E is 25.51. Profit margin for the company is 11.33%. Distance from 52-week low is 31.71% and -8.27% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (14.61%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -3.46% this year
The shares outstanding are 113.10M, and float is at 112.82M with Short Float at 1.69%.
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 12.3163 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 5.2645 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).
