Rockwell Automation (ROK): Today's Featured Wholesale Winner

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Rockwell Automation ( ROK) pushed the Wholesale industry higher today making it today's featured wholesale winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.7%. By the end of trading, Rockwell Automation rose $1.08 (1.1%) to $99.08 on light volume. Throughout the day, 589,764 shares of Rockwell Automation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 805,700 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $96.98-$99.49 after having opened the day at $97.93 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $98.00. Other companies within the Wholesale industry that increased today were: Bluelinx Holdings ( BXC), up 9.2%, Coast Distribution System ( CRV), up 8.2%, Forward Industries ( FORD), up 5.1% and Aegean Marine Petroleum Network ( ANW), up 3.6%.

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Rockwell Automation, Inc. provides industrial automation power, control, and information solutions. It operates in two segments, Architecture & Software and Control Products & Solutions. Rockwell Automation has a market cap of $13.5 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 16.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate Rockwell Automation a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Rockwell Automation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, revenue growth and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results.

You can view the full Rockwell Automation Ratings Report.

On the negative front, SED International Holdings ( SED), down 4.6%, Armco Metals Holdings ( CNAM), down 4.3%, Armco Metals Holdings ( AMCO), down 4.3% and Chefs Warehouse Holdings ( CHEF), down 2.9% , were all laggards within the wholesale industry with Hain Celestial Group ( HAIN) being today's wholesale industry laggard.

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