Rotork plc (LON:ROR) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Shares of Rotork plc (LON:ROR) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the six ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 396.

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on ROR shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on shares of Rotork from GBX 420 to GBX 390 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Berenberg Bank cut their price objective on Rotork from GBX 430 to GBX 420 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th.

Rotork Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of Rotork stock opened at GBX 309.20 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.50, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.69. Rotork has a 12-month low of GBX 266.80 and a 12-month high of GBX 393.60. The company has a market cap of £2.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.43, a PEG ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 0.92. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 353.98 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 342.51.

Rotork (LON:ROR) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The company reported GBX 17 EPS for the quarter. Rotork had a net margin of 14.85% and a return on equity of 20.10%. Research analysts anticipate that Rotork will post 16.4574899 EPS for the current 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.