Rockwell Automation vs Western Digital Corp — how do they compare? Rockwell Automation trades at $447.95 (market cap $48.33B), while Western Digital Corp trades at $450.31 (market cap $151.09B). The key difference: Western Digital Corp is far larger — about 3.1× Rockwell Automation's market cap, and Rockwell Automation pays the higher dividend (1.27%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ROK | WDC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $48.33B | $151.09B |
Sector | Industrials | Technology |
52-Week High | $495.08 | $746.23 |
52-Week Low | $333.75 | $74.66 |
Enterprise Value | $51.46B | $150.56B |
Dividend Yield | 1.27% | 0.14% |
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Rockwell Automation is a pure-play automation competitor that is the successor entity to Rockwell International, which spun off its former Rockwell Collins avionics segment in 2001. As of fiscal 2021, the firm operates through three segments--intelligent devices, software and control, and lifecycle services. Intelligent devices contains its drives, sensors, and industrial components, software and control contains its information and network and security software, while lifecycle services contains its consulting and maintenance services as well as its Sensia JV with Schlumberger.
Read more on ROK →Western Digital is a vertically integrated supplier of data storage solutions, spanning both hard disk drives and solid-state drives. In the HDD market it forms a practical duopoly with Seagate, and it is the largest global producer of NAND flash chips for SSDs in a joint venture with competitor Kioxia.
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