Earnings To Watch: Rockwell Automation (ROK) Reports Q2 Results Tomorrow

Industrials automation company Rockwell (NYSE:ROK) will be reporting results this Wednesday before the bell. Here’s what you need to know.

Rockwell Automation beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.00 billion, down 5.9% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Rockwell Automation’s revenue to be flat year on year at $2.07 billion, improving from the 8.4% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.67 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Rockwell Automation has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

Looking at Rockwell Automation’s peers in the electrical equipment segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Vontier delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 11.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 5.4%, and AMETEK reported revenues up 2.5%, topping estimates by 2.8%. Vontier traded up 1.6% following the results while AMETEK was also up 3%.

Read our full analysis of Vontier’s results here and AMETEK’s results here.

Investors in the electrical equipment segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices up 1.4% on average over the last month. Rockwell Automation is up 3.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $343 (compared to the current share price of $351.99).

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