Rotork PLC (ROR) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Nov 13, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of Rotork PLC stock £2.72, price £4.93, that is 44.9% below the price, quality 83 out of 100. Rating: strongly overvalued. Calculated from audited financials with 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year. As of Nov 12, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range £2.09 – £4.94 · fair‑value band £1.75 – £3.56 · the £4.93 price screens above the £2.72 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). As of Nov 12, 2026.
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Rotork plc manufactures industrial flow control and instrumentation solutions for the oil and gas, water and wastewater, power, chemical process, and industrial markets. It operates through three segments: Oils & Gas; Water & Power; and Chemical, Process & Industrial segments.
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The company provides electric industrial, electric intelligent, electro-hydraulic, heavy and light duty fluid, and precision modulating actuators; and flow pressure control and filtration, gearbox accessories, master station, networks and protocols, multi-turn gearboxes, valve positioners and controllers, part-turn gearboxes, HVAC actuators and sensors, instrumentation valves, electrical instrumentation, and limit switches and position transmitters.
It also provides integrated ethernet, packaged solutions, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen industrial gases, desalination, and methane emissions reduction solutions.
The company offers its products under the Bifold, Centork, Fairchild, Hanbay, Mastergear, Midland, M&M International, Remote Control, RotoHammer, Schischek, Soldo Controls, and YTC brand names.
It operates in the United Kingdom, the Asia Pacific, the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. Rotork plc was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Bath, the United Kingdom.
Stock analysis
Rotork PLC (ROR) currently trades at £4.93, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is £2.72, 45% below the price, so the stock looks overvalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Growth Earnings group reads highest at a median of £2.74 per share, and 0 of the 26 models we run sit above the £4.93 price.
Bear case: the Economic Profit group reads lowest at £1.54, and 26 of the 26 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is high.
Scenario range: £1.75 (bear) to £3.56 (bull), the price of £4.93 sits above it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 83/100 (high quality), in the Industrials sector.
Healthy Growth: Revenue growth appears healthy and is supported by profitability and cash-flow quality.
Rotork PLC reported revenue of £777M in FY2025 versus £569M in FY2021, a compound +8.1%/yr. Reported net income was £115M in FY2025, compounding +9.5%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap £4.1B Mid · P/E ratio 32.9 · P/S ratio 5.22 · EPS (TTM) £0.1500 · Dividend yield 1.7% · Net margin 15.8% · Return on equity 21.8% · Return on assets (EBIT) 18.9% (5-year average).
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 73 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades at its 52-week high and 72% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Industrials peers we cover trades at −48% fair-value upside, at −45%, ROR screens cheaper than that median.
Fair Value models
Bear£1.75Fair Value £2.72Bull£3.56
Price £4.93 · Downside -44.9%
Model ⓘEach model values the company its own way (discounted cash flow, earnings, assets, dividends). The fair value above starts from their evidence-weighted blend, not from a single model. In cyclical trough or peak years, after dilution or a stock split it is adjusted afterwards, so it can sit above or below the models. Based on fiscal year 2025 figures (about 10 months old). Earnings retained since then (£0.0578 per share) are deliberately not added.Bear ⓘBear = the cautious scenario: the same model computed with conservative anchors (lower growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bull it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target.BaseBull ⓘBull = the optimistic scenario: the same model computed with favourable anchors (higher growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bear it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target. If a model's bull case is above four times its base value, the table shows that limit with a > sign (like the overall Bull above): beyond it no assumption holds.Coverage ⓘCoverage = how well-backed THIS model's estimate is for this stock (0–100): how complete and reliable its input data are, and how well the model fits the company. The final Fair Value is an evidence-weighted blend, so better-evidenced models count more. Green ≥70, amber 50–69, grey below 50.
Growth Quality ⓘGrowth is valuable only when reinvestment earns attractive returns (Aswath Damodaran): sustainable growth depends on return on capital, reinvestment and efficiency. Basis: total company revenue over the periods shown on the cards (3Y/5Y/all years), not per share, so a merger can show up as a growth jump; per-share earnings growth is in the value-creation card.79/100
Revenue growth appears healthy and is supported by profitability and cash-flow quality.
Revenue growth 1 year
+3.0%
Revenue growth 3 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+6.6%
Revenue growth 5 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+5.2%
Start year 2020 (pandemic). Over 10 years: +3.6% a year
Revenue growth 40 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+8.4%
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What shareholders gained per year (last 5 years) ⓘWhat the business itself delivers per year: earnings growth per share plus the dividend yield. This is what you get IF the market keeps valuing the stock the same way: it contains no assumption about the market changing its mind. Computed per share, so buybacks count and a merger does not pass as growth. For a company that pays no dividend it is pure earnings growth per share. Period: earnings growth per share as CAGR over the last 5 reported fiscal years (annual statements), plus the current dividend yield. The start value is the median of the three years around the start, so a single crisis year (a pandemic or a write-down) does not distort the rate.
+8.7%
Earnings growth per share plus dividend.
Earnings per share, growth per year+7.0%
Dividend (yield on the price)1.7%
Pace: 5 vs 10 years ⓘTwo data points, not a trend model: earnings growth per share over the last 5 fiscal years against the last 10. Labelled "steady" when both rates are within 3 percentage points of each other, otherwise picking up or flattening. Shown only when ten years of history exist.7.0% vs 4.8%, steady
Profit margin 2020 to 2025 ⓘOperating margin then vs now, from reported annual statements. A falling margin after a boom year is the classic peak-earnings signal: the growth rate then leans on an inflated base.20% → 24%
Pace: the 5-year rate starts in 2020 (pandemic)
Growth Forecast
A lot of optimism in the price
The price assumes more growth than the company has delivered so far and more than analysts expect.
What the price assumes ⓘThis turns our valuation around: instead of asking what the share is worth, it asks what growth the current price requires. It uses the cash the company keeps after all spending (free cash flow), the same discount rate as our models, five years of growth, then slowing evenly to 2 % a year by year ten. Compared with the analysts' sales forecasts extended to the same five years (at least three analysts, for context only, it does not enter the Fair Value): within 3 percentage points counts as "in line" (amber), below that little optimism (green), above that a lot of optimism (red).
+21.6%
Yearly growth needed for the next five years to justify today's price.
What forecasts expect ⓘAnalysts publish sales forecasts for the next two fiscal years. For the years after that, growth slows evenly to 2 % a year by year ten (2 % is the long-run rate our models use). Projected years are marked as such.
+3.8%
Yearly sales growth analysts expect, extended to five years.
After inflation (UK: IMF forecast 2.3% a year to 2030, 3.3% from 2016 to 2025) that is about +18.8% a year for the price and +1.5% for the forecasts.
News mood ⓘNews mood, the average tone of recent news (11 articles), rated against how stocks are usually covered. 🚀 Hype = unusually upbeat · 🙂 Positive = above average · 😐 Neutral = typical · 🙁 Negative = below average · 😨 Very negative = unusually downbeat. It reflects the tone of coverage, not our valuation.Hype
Recent news coverage is unusually upbeat, far more positive than stocks are typically covered.
AI conclusion: Rotork benefits from supplying mission-critical actuators and flow-control equipment for automation in energy, water and process industries, yet its primary weakness is the thin evidence across all assessment categories and limited public signals.
Main risk: The pending ABB acquisition poses the biggest risk as regulatory approvals and integration efforts could divert attention from specialised niches and reduce focus on organic growth in actuators and flow-control equipment.
Rotork supplies mission-critical actuators and flow-control equipment for automation across energy, water and process industries. The pending acquisition by ABB now makes regulatory approvals and integration the dominant variables rather than organic growth alone. Will the company expand its reach faster inside ABB’s global automation division or risk losing focus on its specialised niches?
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Specialty Industrial Machinery · 840 stocks
Beats the industry median on 7/15 measures
A mixed picture versus its industry peers.
Valuation
Quality Score83 · Top 25%
Fair Value upside−44.9% · Below median
Profitability
Return on equity (12 months)21.8% · Top 25%
Return on assets14.2% · Top 25%
Net margin (12 months)15.8% · Top 25%
Operating margin (12 months)21.9% · Top 25%
Growth and dividend
Revenue growth (quarter YoY)0.0% · Below median
Dividend yield (12 months)1.7% · Above median
Balance sheet
Debt / equity0.04× · Below median
Valuation Multiplesvs Specialty Industrial Machinery median · lower = cheaper
P/E (12 months)32.9× · Pricier than median
P/B6.97× · Priciest 25%
P/S (12 months)5.22× · Priciest 25%
Price / free cash flow (fiscal year)34.9× · Pricier than median
EV/EBITDA19.8× · Pricier than median
PEG3.87× · Priciest 25%
Strength profile in five axes (Snowflake)
This stockSector peers
VALUE (fair-value potential)0· sector 0
FUTURE (revenue growth)0· sector 31
PAST (return on equity)87· sector 27
HEALTH (low debt)98· sector 95
DIVIDEND (yield)34· sector 28
VALUE 0: the price sits above our fair-value range.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Rotork PLC (ROR) overvalued or undervalued?
As of Nov 12, 2026, our model estimates a fair value of £2.72 versus a price of £4.93, about 45% lower (overvalued).
What is the fair value of ROR?
Our model-based fair value for Rotork PLC is £2.72 (as of Nov 12, 2026), built from audited fundamentals. The current price: £4.93.
What is the quality score of ROR?
Rotork PLC has a Quality Score of 83/100. It measures business quality (profitability, growth, cash flow, balance-sheet strength, investment discipline, share issuance). Market factors such as price momentum and volatility do not enter the number; they are shown separately in the detail view.
What is the price target for Rotork PLC (ROR)?
Our model-based price target is the fair value of £2.72 (as of Nov 12, 2026) from 26 valuation models. Cautious scenario £1.75, optimistic scenario £3.56. It is a calculation from audited fundamentals, not an analyst target.
What is the Rotork PLC stock forecast for 2026?
Our models put fair value at £2.72, about 45% lower versus a price of £4.93 (overvalued). Cautious scenario £1.75, optimistic scenario £3.56. The calculation is refreshed regularly with new filings.
What is the revenue of Rotork PLC (ROR)?
Rotork PLC reported trailing-twelve-month revenue of about £777M (latest available figure, as of Nov 12, 2026).
Does Rotork PLC pay a dividend?
Rotork PLC currently shows a dividend yield of 1.69% relative to its recent price (as of Nov 12, 2026).
How much is the dividend of Rotork PLC (ROR) and when is the ex-dividend date?
Rotork PLC pays a dividend of £0.0835 per share a year, a dividend yield of 1.7%. The last ex-dividend date was Aug 13, 2026. A dividend has been paid every year since at least 1993. The payout ratio is 45.5% of earnings (on adjusted earnings, reported 55.7%). Free cash flow covers the dividend 1.71 times. Our assessment: Well covered. A low payout and the dividend is fully funded by free cash flow, a comfortable, sustainable dividend.
What growth is priced into Rotork PLC (ROR)?
For today's price to be fair in a discounted-cash-flow model, Rotork PLC would have to grow free cash flow by +21.6 % per year for five years (discount rate 10.4 %, then slowing evenly to 2 % perpetual growth by year ten). Over the last 5 years revenue grew +5.2 % per year. As of Nov 12, 2026.
What discount rate (WACC) does the fair value of ROR use?
Our models discount Rotork PLC at 10.4 %: a base by market capitalisation (mid), damped by beta 1.06, country premium for United Kingdom. The same rate applies in all 26 models.
What is a reverse DCF?
A reverse DCF turns the usual calculation around. Instead of deriving a value from assumptions, it takes today's price as given and asks: what free-cash-flow growth would a company have to deliver for exactly this price to be fair? The result is not a forecast but the expectation already priced in. For Rotork PLC that is +21.6 % per year for five years, then slowing evenly to 2 % by year ten, using the same discount rate (10.4 %) and the same formula as our fair value.
How much growth has Rotork PLC (ROR) delivered so far?
Over the past 5 years revenue at Rotork PLC grew +5.2 % a year. The price currently implies free-cash-flow growth of +21.6 % per year. Comparing the two shows how much confidence is in the price: if it demands more than has been delivered, the business has to accelerate for the maths to work.
How fast is the sector of Rotork PLC (ROR) growing?
The median revenue growth in the sector is +7.9 % a year. That is the yardstick for the growth priced into Rotork PLC (+21.6 % per year): it shows whether the expectation is within the usual range or beyond it.
What is the free cash flow yield of Rotork PLC (ROR)?
The free-cash-flow yield on the price is 2.87 %: that much free cash flow Rotork PLC produces per unit of market value. When it exceeds the discount rate of our models (10.4 %), the business already earns more than its cost of capital demands, and the price needs little additional growth.
What is the intrinsic value of Rotork PLC (ROR)?
Intrinsic value and fair value mean the same thing: what the business is worth on its numbers, independent of the share price. For Rotork PLC it is £2.72 per share (as of Nov 12, 2026), against a price of £4.93. It is the blended result of 26 valuation models in 8 families (DCF Models, Earnings-Based, Dividend Discount, Multiples, Asset-Based, Growth DCF, Economic Profit, Growth Earnings).
Is Rotork PLC stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
As of Nov 12, 2026, ROR trades above its calculated fair value: price £4.93, fair value £2.72, a gap of about −45% (overvalued). The calculation is refreshed with each new quarterly report, so the verdict can change during the year.
Is fair value the same as the market price of ROR?
No. The price is what the market pays today (£4.93); the fair value is what the company's own numbers justify (£2.72). For Rotork PLC the two are £2.21 per share apart. That gap is exactly why we show both numbers side by side.
How much is Rotork PLC worth?
The market values Rotork PLC at about £4.1B (market capitalisation, as of Nov 12, 2026). Per share that is £4.93; our models calculate a fair value of £2.72 per share.
What do the bullish and bearish scenarios say about ROR?
Our models span a range for Rotork PLC: cautious scenario £1.75, base £2.72, optimistic £3.56 per share (as of Nov 12, 2026, price £4.93). The range comes from different growth and margin assumptions, not from analyst opinions.
What is the P/E ratio of ROR?
Rotork PLC trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.9 (as of Nov 12, 2026). A P/E on its own says little: it compares the price with ONE year of profit, while our fair value of £2.72 is built from several models across several years. Excluding one-off items of fiscal year 2025 it is 29.2 (reported for FY2025: 35.7). Median P/E at fiscal year-end, 10 fiscal years (2016 to 2025), reported earnings, FY2025 ex one-offs: 29.7. Other multiples: PEG 3.9, P/B 7.0, P/S 5.2, EV/EBITDA 19.8.
What is the PEG ratio of ROR?
The PEG ratio of Rotork PLC is 3.87 (P/E divided by earnings growth, as of Nov 12, 2026). That is above 1, so the growth is already paid for in the price.
How solid is the balance sheet of Rotork PLC (ROR)?
Balance-sheet figures for Rotork PLC (as of Nov 12, 2026): return on equity 21.8%, debt of 0.04 per unit of equity. They feed the Quality Score of 83/100, which measures business quality independently of the share price.
How far is ROR from its 52-week high?
Rotork PLC trades at £4.93, at its 52-week high of £4.94 and 72% above the low of £2.87 (as of Nov 13, 2026). Distance from the high says nothing about value: that is what the fair value of £2.72 is for.
Which stocks are comparable to Rotork PLC?
From the same area (Industrials) we also value SIE, GE Vernova Inc, Eaton Corporation, Parker-Hannifin Corporation, among others. Each of them has its own fair-value calculation on this site using the same models, so the comparison is like for like.
Is Rotork PLC stock attractive at the current price?
The data as of Nov 12, 2026: price £4.93, calculated fair value £2.72 (−45%), Quality Score 83/100, from 26 models. Whether that fits your horizon and risk tolerance is your call. We provide the calculation, not investment advice.
How is the fair value of ROR calculated?
We run Rotork PLC through 26 models from 8 families: DCF Models, Earnings-Based, Dividend Discount, Multiples, Asset-Based, Growth DCF, Economic Profit, Growth Earnings. Every model gets the same audited fundamentals; the fair value of £2.72 builds on their evidence-weighted average, with the spread shown as a cautious and an optimistic scenario.
Is it still worth investing in stocks now?
The global stock market currently sits 13.9% above its aggregate fair value. Rotork PLC itself currently trades above fair value. An expensive market is no reason to stay out and no reason to buy everything at once: keep a broad savings plan running, buy single stocks only with money you can do without, and hold part of your money liquid while the market is high. The full picture including sectors is on is it worth investing now.
What is the share price of Rotork PLC (ROR)?
The closing price on Nov 13, 2026 was £4.93. Our model-based fair value is £2.72, about 45% lower (overvalued). We carry closing prices from our data provider, not a live tick.
What should I pay attention to with Rotork PLC right now?
A high-quality business (quality 83/100), yet the market already pays well above fair value. Quality at a full price, with little margin of safety. The price sits above even our optimistic bull case (£3.56). The favourable scenario is already priced in. A fairly wide model range (£1.75 to £3.56) leaves room in how you read the outcome.
Where does the earnings growth of Rotork PLC (ROR) come from?
Earnings per share at Rotork PLC grew +3.7 % a year from 2014 to 2025. Broken into its drivers: revenue per share +3.2 %, EBIT margin +0.7 %, tax rate +0.2 %, residual (interest, one-offs) −0.4 %. The four rates multiply to the earnings growth rate, they do not add up. Start and end are three-year averages so a single exceptional year does not distort the result.
Key figures of Rotork PLC
How large is the market capitalisation of Rotork PLC (ROR)?
The market capitalisation of Rotork PLC is £4.1B. The stock-market value of the whole company: share price times number of shares. It is what the market asks for the entire business today.
What is the P/S ratio of Rotork PLC (ROR)?
The price-to-sales ratio of Rotork PLC is 5.22 (last twelve months). Price to sales: market value relative to yearly revenue. Useful when profit is thin or distorted.
What are the earnings per share of Rotork PLC (ROR)?
Earnings per share at Rotork PLC are £0.1500 (price ÷ EPS = P/E 32.9). Earnings per share over the last twelve months: total profit spread across every single share.
What is the dividend yield of Rotork PLC (ROR)?
The dividend yield of Rotork PLC is 1.7% (payout 45.5%, on adjusted earnings, reported 55.7%). Yearly dividend relative to the share price. 3% pays 3 per 100 invested. Below: how much of profit is used for it.
What is the net margin of Rotork PLC (ROR)?
The net margin of Rotork PLC is 15.8% (last twelve months). How much of every unit of revenue ends up as profit. 10% means 10 cents of profit per dollar of sales.
What is the return on equity of Rotork PLC (ROR)?
The return on equity (ROE) of Rotork PLC is 21.8% (last twelve months). Profit relative to shareholders' equity, how efficiently the company works with its owners' money.
What is the EBIT return on assets of Rotork PLC (ROR)?
On an EBIT basis the return on assets of Rotork PLC is 18.9% (avg 5y). Operating profit (EBIT) relative to everything the company owns, as a multi-year average. It describes the business model rather than one good or bad year.
What is the operating margin of Rotork PLC (ROR)?
The operating margin of Rotork PLC is 21.9% (last twelve months). Profit from the core business (before interest and taxes) relative to revenue.
How fast are earnings growing at Rotork PLC (ROR)?
Earnings per share at Rotork PLC are growing +19.5% versus a year earlier. How much earnings per share grew versus a year earlier.
How much net cash does Rotork PLC (ROR) hold?
Rotork PLC holds more cash than debt, £65.3M net (fiscal year 2025). The company holds more cash than debt, a safety cushion.
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