Recent Investment Analysts’ Ratings Updates for Rockwell Automation (ROK)

by · The Cerbat Gem

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

  • 5/13/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target raised by TD Cowen from $350.00 to $400.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
  • 5/6/2026 – Rockwell Automation was given a new $445.00 price target by Mizuho.
  • 5/6/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $466.00 to $500.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
  • 5/6/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target raised by KeyCorp from $470.00 to $510.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
  • 5/6/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Morgan Stanley. They now have a $525.00 price target on the stock.
  • 5/6/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target raised by Barclays PLC from $400.00 to $480.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
  • 5/6/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target raised by HSBC Holdings plc from $445.00 to $490.00.
  • 5/6/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $360.00 to $440.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
  • 5/6/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target raised by Rothschild & Co Redburn from $365.00 to $378.00.
  • 5/6/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $404.00 to $417.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
  • 5/6/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target raised by BNP Paribas Exane from $495.00 to $515.00.
  • 5/6/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target raised by Evercore Inc from $440.00 to $480.00.
  • 5/6/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target raised by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $448.00 to $487.00.
  • 5/2/2026 – Rockwell Automation was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
  • 4/7/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target lowered by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $458.00 to $448.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
  • 4/1/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target lowered by Barclays PLC from $450.00 to $400.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
  • 4/1/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target lowered by Wells Fargo & Company from $410.00 to $360.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
  • 3/31/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by Jefferies Financial Group Inc.. They now have a $380.00 price target on the stock, down from $490.00.
  • 3/30/2026 – Rockwell Automation had its price target lowered by Robert W. Baird from $435.00 to $410.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
  • 3/25/2026 – Rockwell Automation was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c+)” to “buy (b-)”.

Rockwell Automation Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Investors of record on Monday, May 18th will be paid a dividend of $1.38 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 18th. This represents a $5.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.3%. Rockwell Automation’s payout ratio is 57.38%.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Cyril Perducat sold 198 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $395.00, for a total value of $78,210.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 6,241 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,465,195. The trade was a 3.08% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, VP Terry L. Riesterer sold 4,024 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $451.97, for a total transaction of $1,818,727.28. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 134 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $60,563.98. The trade was a 96.78% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 59,087 shares of company stock worth $24,296,483 over the last three months. 0.76% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.

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