Brokerages Set Rotork plc (LON:ROR) Price Target at GBX 433.50

Shares of Rotork plc (LON:ROR) have been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the seven brokerages that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 433.50.

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on ROR shares. Peel Hunt reiterated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 503 price target on shares of Rotork in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Rotork from GBX 390 to GBX 405 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 1st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada downgraded Rotork to a “sector perform” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from GBX 400 to GBX 503 in a report on Wednesday, August 5th.

Rotork Price Performance

Shares of LON:ROR opened at GBX 484.20 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 2.54, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.01. Rotork has a 1 year low of GBX 286.40 and a 1 year high of GBX 489.20. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 454.73 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 367.50. The firm has a market cap of £3.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.72, a P/E/G ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.05.

Rotork (LON:ROR) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported GBX 7.40 EPS for the quarter. Rotork had a return on equity of 21.48% and a net margin of 15.75%. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Rotork will post 16.4574899 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Rotork Company Profile

Rotork is a market-leading global provider of mission-critical intelligent flow control solutions for oil & gas, water and wastewater, power, chemical process and industrial applications. We help customers around the world to improve efficiency, reduce emissions, minimise their environmental impact and assure safety. Rotork employs about 3,200 people, has manufacturing facilities in more than 17 locations and serves 170 countries through a global service network. Its shares have a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: ROR) and are a constituent of the FTSE 250 index.