Rockwell Automation, Inc.

NYSE:ROK Stock Report

Market Cap: US$32.3b

Rockwell Automation Valuation

Is ROK undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ROK when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ROK ($283.13) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($1310.53)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ROK is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ROK?

Key metric: As ROK is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ROK. This is calculated by dividing ROK's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ROK's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio33.7x
EarningsUS$948.20m
Market CapUS$32.31b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ROK's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ROK vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average47.6x
AME AMETEK
33.6x9.8%US$44.7b
HUBB Hubbell
31.8x10.3%US$23.5b
VRT Vertiv Holdings Co
79.4x30.7%US$45.4b
EMR Emerson Electric
45.5x18.8%US$72.3b
ROK Rockwell Automation
33.7x11.2%US$32.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ROK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.7x) compared to the peer average (47.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ROK's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Electrical Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
KRFG OneSolution Technology
0.9xn/aUS$867.63k
No more companies available in this PE range
ROK 33.7xIndustry Avg. 23.3xNo. of Companies5PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ROK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.7x) compared to the US Electrical industry average (23.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ROK's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ROK PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio33.7x
Fair PE Ratio26.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ROK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.8x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ROK forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$283.13
US$282.78
-0.1%
10.7%US$345.00US$215.00n/a25
Nov ’25US$268.72
US$278.65
+3.7%
10.5%US$356.00US$215.00n/a24
Oct ’25US$265.26
US$272.50
+2.7%
11.2%US$356.00US$215.00n/a23
Sep ’25US$272.03
US$272.02
-0.003%
11.3%US$356.00US$215.00n/a22
Aug ’25US$264.62
US$285.52
+7.9%
10.9%US$368.00US$220.00n/a22
Jul ’25US$265.52
US$287.02
+8.1%
10.8%US$368.00US$220.00n/a21
Jun ’25US$257.53
US$288.40
+12.0%
10.4%US$361.00US$220.00n/a21
May ’25US$269.75
US$289.61
+7.4%
9.8%US$361.00US$220.00n/a22
Apr ’25US$283.37
US$292.57
+3.2%
10.1%US$366.00US$220.00n/a23
Mar ’25US$289.05
US$292.57
+1.2%
10.6%US$366.00US$220.00n/a23
Feb ’25US$263.01
US$294.53
+12.0%
10.6%US$366.00US$220.00n/a23
Jan ’25US$310.48
US$296.87
-4.4%
10.7%US$357.00US$220.00n/a23
Dec ’24US$281.47
US$291.31
+3.5%
9.7%US$337.00US$220.00n/a23
Nov ’24US$266.98
US$309.45
+15.9%
10.7%US$375.00US$220.00US$268.7222
Oct ’24US$285.87
US$312.95
+9.5%
12.5%US$375.00US$210.00US$265.2623
Sep ’24US$314.05
US$313.60
-0.1%
12.5%US$375.00US$210.00US$272.0323
Aug ’24US$310.91
US$312.74
+0.6%
13.2%US$375.00US$210.00US$264.6223
Jul ’24US$329.45
US$296.67
-10.0%
11.2%US$336.00US$210.00US$265.5224
Jun ’24US$280.47
US$292.21
+4.2%
10.6%US$336.00US$210.00US$257.5324
May ’24US$282.65
US$291.04
+3.0%
11.4%US$336.00US$210.00US$269.7523
Apr ’24US$293.45
US$281.35
-4.1%
12.2%US$335.00US$200.00US$283.3723
Mar ’24US$292.65
US$279.36
-4.5%
12.1%US$335.00US$200.00US$289.0522
Feb ’24US$282.87
US$275.73
-2.5%
12.3%US$335.00US$200.00US$263.0122
Jan ’24US$257.57
US$252.64
-1.9%
12.6%US$306.00US$195.00US$310.4822
Dec ’23US$266.75
US$249.95
-6.3%
12.6%US$306.00US$195.00US$281.4722
Nov ’23US$255.65
US$244.26
-4.5%
14.2%US$301.00US$180.00US$266.9823

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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