Matheus De Viera Bulho Sells 400 Shares of Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) Stock

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE:ROK) SVP Matheus De Viera Bulho sold 400 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $420.14, for a total transaction of $168,056.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 867 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $364,261.38. The trade was a 31.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Rockwell Automation Price Performance

ROK stock opened at $428.58 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $454.75 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $428.14. Rockwell Automation, Inc. has a 1 year low of $332.71 and a 1 year high of $497.36. The stock has a market cap of $47.59 billion, a PE ratio of 40.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.52. The company has a current ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74.

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The industrial products company reported $3.49 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.38 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $2.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.24 billion. Rockwell Automation had a return on equity of 39.83% and a net margin of 13.39%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.82 earnings per share. Rockwell Automation has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.000-13.300 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Rockwell Automation, Inc. will post 13.22 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Rockwell Automation Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 10th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 17th will be given a dividend of $1.38 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 17th. This represents a $5.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. Rockwell Automation’s dividend payout ratio is 51.73%.

Rockwell Automation declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, June 9th that allows the company to buyback $1.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the industrial products company to purchase up to 2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC acquired a new position in shares of Rockwell Automation in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $281,000. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Rockwell Automation by 75.9% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 8,139 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,059,000 after acquiring an additional 3,513 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its position in shares of Rockwell Automation by 142.7% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 7,305 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,887,000 after acquiring an additional 4,295 shares in the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC increased its stake in Rockwell Automation by 233.6% in the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 1,878 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $484,000 after acquiring an additional 1,315 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jump Financial LLC bought a new position in Rockwell Automation in the second quarter valued at approximately $868,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 75.75% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently commented on ROK. Robert W. Baird set a $514.00 target price on shares of Rockwell Automation in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. DA Davidson lowered their price target on shares of Rockwell Automation from $500.00 to $490.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 21st. Citigroup cut their price target on shares of Rockwell Automation from $555.00 to $536.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Argus raised their price objective on Rockwell Automation from $465.00 to $530.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered Rockwell Automation from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and twelve have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Rockwell Automation presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $469.14.

Rockwell Automation Company Profile

Rockwell Automation is a global industrial automation and digital transformation company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm designs, manufactures and supports control systems, industrial control hardware and software, and related services that help manufacturers and industrial operators automate processes, improve productivity and enable data-driven decision making. Rockwell traces its heritage to the Allen-Bradley and Rockwell automation businesses and positions itself as a provider of integrated automation solutions across discrete and process industries.

The company’s product portfolio includes programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human-machine interfaces (HMIs), variable frequency drives, sensors, safety components and other industrial control hardware, often marketed under the Allen-Bradley brand.