Rockwell Automation dips after Q4 sales miss

By Reuters News

** Shares of industrial automation products maker Rockwell Automation ROK.N fall 7.71% to $400.65

** Q4 sales rose to $2.33 bln but missed analysts' avg. expectation of $2.41 bln - data compiled by LSEG

** Co says it will refund customers that paid tariff-related price increases, accruing to $85 mln, that knocked off sales growth by 4 percentage points in Q4

** Adjusted Q4 EPS rose 16% to $3.88 vs analyst expectations of $3.69; tariff-related refunds added $0.11 per share to earnings

** Co expects FY2027 organic sales growth of 6%-9%, though a divestiture is expected to reduce reported sales growth by about 1.5 percentage points

** Average rating of 16 of 29 analysts is "hold", 8 say "buy" and 5 "strong buy"; their median PT is $485 - LSEG data

** Including session's move, stock has risen 5.34% YTD

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