What Rockwell Automation Investors Are Talking About Today.

By Blake Campbell • Thursday, August 31 09:48 • Permanent Link

Rockwell Automation logged a 0.2% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $310.3 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. ROK's trading volume is 28,705 compared to the stock's average volume of 751,680.

Rockwell Automation trades -2.19% away from its average analyst target price of $317.25 per share. The 20 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $220.0 to $375.0, and on average have given Rockwell Automation a rating of hold.

Anyone interested in buying ROK should be aware of the facts below:

Rockwell Automation's current price is 355.2% above its Graham number of $68.17, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Rockwell Automation has moved 29.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 15.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 12.26, Rockwell Automation has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
ROK has a forward P/E ratio of 23.3 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $13.32 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.62 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Rockwell Automation is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 10.66 compared to its sector average of 3.78
Rockwell Automation, Inc. provides industrial automation and digital transformation solutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America.
Based in Milwaukee, the company has 26,000 full time employees and a market cap of $35.65 Billion. Rockwell Automation currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.5%.

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