Rotork (LON:ROR) Sets New 52-Week Low - Here's What Happened

Rotork plc (LON:ROR - Get Free Report)'s share price hit a new 52-week low on Friday . The company traded as low as GBX 296.80 ($3.79) and last traded at GBX 298.20 ($3.81), with a volume of 242150 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 306.20 ($3.91).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued an "overweight" rating and issued a GBX 390 ($4.98) price objective on shares of Rotork in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd.

Rotork Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of £2.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.97, a P/E/G ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a quick ratio of 2.16, a current ratio of 3.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.97. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 324.14 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 322.77.

Rotork (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 15.90 ($0.20) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Rotork had a net margin of 15.98% and a return on equity of 19.42%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Rotork plc will post 16.4574899 EPS for the current 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.