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Rockwell Automation Inc (ROK) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Rockwell Automation Inc

ROK in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Rockwell Automation supplies industrial automation and digital-transformation equipment across three segments: Intelligent Devices, Software & Control, and Lifecycle Services. It makes drives, motion, safety and sensing hardware, control and visualisation software, digital-twin and simulation tools, and offers consulting, cybersecurity and repair services. Products reach customers through distributors and a direct sales force, serving discrete markets such as automotive, semiconductor and warehouse automation, hybrid markets like food and life sciences, and process markets including energy and mining. It is based in Milwaukee.
Where it sits in the stack
Rockwell Automation carries no seat in our index; the diary places it in the Industrials sleeve of the US universe, alongside other scored industrial names. Its factory-floor software and digital-twin tools connect physical production data to automation systems, which is why the diary follows it as a bridge between plant equipment and the software layer above it.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group compares it with other scored US industrials — Nordson, Cintas, Applied Industrial Technologies, Verisk Analytics and Allegheny Technologies among them — grouped simply by sector and country rather than by product overlap; the market itself more often names Siemens as its closest automation rival.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score, strongest on quality and weakest on valuation. The diary has quoted it in a dossier on industrial and physical-AI dependencies for its factory-twin software, in a Midday 10 note on an earnings reaction, and in a Daily Pulse piece describing it as a name positioned in the physical-AI layer of factories and data centres. It holds no seat in our index.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether demand from semiconductor and warehouse-automation customers continues to firm after the raised full-year guidance, and whether the weak valuation score narrows as results are absorbed.

Rockwell Automation Inc (ROK) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 52/100 composite (momentum 47, quality 70, valuation 30) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for ROK, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Morgan Stanley, 2026-09-02

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for ROK from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Morgan Stanley — target 545 from 525 Target raised to $545 from $525 (+29.6% to spot) 2026-09-02
  • Price target DA Davidson — target 490 from 500 Target cut to $490 from $500 (+12.7% to spot) 2026-08-21

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Industrials · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Industrials · US

Scored names in the same sector and country from the Closelook universe.

Compared against ROK on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelook index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-09-17

DayWeekMonth3 months
ROK−1.2%−2.7%−5.4%−10.6%
Robotics & Automation−0.2%−1.8%−6.8%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+1.5%−2.2%−2.9%—

Against the index: 0.5 pts behind on the week, 2.5 pts behind on the month; against its Robotics & Automation sleeve 1.4 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: −1.8% week · −9.5% month · −6.0% quarter · −5.2% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Rockwell Automation Inc (ROK)?

Rockwell Automation Inc trades as ROK on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is ROK in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Rockwell Automation Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

What is Rockwell Automation Inc's Closelook composite score?

52 out of 100, with momentum 47, quality 70 and valuation 30 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ROK trade against its moving averages?

In a correction — 17.6% off its high: 17.6% below its 52-week high and under its 50-day — a textbook 10-to-20% correction. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is ROK doing against its Closelook index?

Over the past month Rockwell Automation Inc is −5.4% against −2.9% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 2.5 points behind its index, as of 2026-09-17. Its Robotics & Automation sleeve is −6.8% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Rockwell Automation Inc do?

Rockwell Automation supplies industrial automation and digital-transformation equipment across three segments: Intelligent Devices, Software & Control, and Lifecycle Services. It makes drives, motion, safety and sensing hardware, control and visualisation software, digital-twin and simulation tools, and offers consulting, cybersecurity and repair services. Products reach customers through distributors and a direct sales force, serving discrete markets such as automotive, semiconductor and warehouse automation, hybrid markets like food and life sciences, and process markets including energy and mining. Closelook's peer group compares it with other scored US industrials — Nordson, Cintas, Applied Industrial Technologies, Verisk Analytics and Allegheny Technologies among them — grouped simply by sector and country rather than by product overlap; the market itself more often names Siemens as its closest automation rival.

Where does Rockwell Automation Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Rockwell Automation carries no seat in our index; the diary places it in the Industrials sleeve of the US universe, alongside other scored industrial names. Its factory-floor software and digital-twin tools connect physical production data to automation systems, which is why the diary follows it as a bridge between plant equipment and the software layer above it. It carries a Closelook score, strongest on quality and weakest on valuation. The diary has quoted it in a dossier on industrial and physical-AI dependencies for its factory-twin software, in a Midday 10 note on an earnings reaction, and in a Daily Pulse piece describing it as a name positioned in the physical-AI layer of factories and data centres. It holds no seat in our index.

What has Wall Street done on Rockwell Automation Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Rockwell Automation Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Morgan Stanley on 2026-09-02 (target 545 from 525). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelook written about Rockwell Automation Inc?

Rockwell Automation Inc appears in 3 Closelook pieces, most recently Midday 10: Palantir +27%, and the market buys back the exact corner it sold (2026-08-04); Daily Pulse: Rockwell Automation: A Physical AI Winner Breaking Out (2026-06-12); Dossier: Industrial & Physical AI: Global Dependencies 2026–2030 (2026-03-06). What Closelook said most recently: ROK is down about 6.7% at 449 after adjusted earnings of $3.49 against $3.38 expected, revenue of $2.31bn up 8% against $2.24bn, and a raised full year on both lines — EPS to $13.00–13.30 and sales to $8.97–9.13bn. (Midday 10, 2026-08-04). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ROK, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 3 pieces · newest: Midday 10, “Palantir +27%, and the market buys back the exact corner it sold” (2026-08-04)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where ROK appears in the diary — 3 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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Long reads

Dailies

  • Palantir +27%, and the market buys back the exact corner it soldMidday 10 · 4 Aug 2026ROK is down about 6.7% at 449 after adjusted earnings of $3.49 against $3.38 expected, revenue of $2.31bn up 8% against $2.24bn, and a raised full year on both lines — EPS to $13.00–13.30 and sales to $8.97–9.13bn.
  • Rockwell Automation: A Physical AI Winner Breaking OutDaily Pulse · 12 Jun 2026Rockwell Automation (ROK) is starting to look like one of the cleaner second-wave AI stocks — not because it makes GPUs or runs cloud models, but because it sits in the physical AI layer: factories, warehouses, data centers, semiconductor…

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