Rotork plc (LON:ROR) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Rotork plc (LON:ROR) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seven ratings firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 433.50.

ROR has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Rotork from GBX 390 to GBX 405 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Peel Hunt restated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 503 target price on shares of Rotork in a research note on Tuesday, August 4th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lowered Rotork to a “sector perform” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from GBX 400 to GBX 503 in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th.

Rotork Price Performance

Shares of LON:ROR opened at GBX 491 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of £4.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 485.86 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 386.18. Rotork has a 52-week low of GBX 286.40 and a 52-week high of GBX 491.40. The company has a quick ratio of 2.16, a current ratio of 2.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.01.

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

About Rotork

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.