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UK maker of actuators and flow-control instruments that automate valves in oil & gas, water and industrial plants.
UK maker of actuators and flow-control instruments that automate valves in oil & gas, water and industrial plants.
Sells actuators, the motors that open and close valves, to valve makers and plant operators on new projects, then earns recurring revenue from spares, upgrades and servicing across plants where its equipment stays installed for decades. Oil and gas has long been the largest end market, with water and power also growing.
In one line: A UK valve-actuator specialist, like a smaller Emerson valve-automation unit.
Moat: narrow (installed base, switching costs, customer qualification). Long-life actuators installed across plants create recurring service/replacement revenue and switching costs.
Headquarters: Bath, UK · Founded: 1957 · Employees: 3,585
Size Rotork (ROR.L) is a United Kingdom Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $5.40B, the 89th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £493.00 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 64.8%, against -11.7% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +14.2%); the operating margin is 23.5% (peer median 14.3%).
Valuation It trades at 27.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.9× (5th most expensive of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 28% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is +22 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 9.9 points above its cost of capital (15.6% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 2 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £777M | £777M | £754M | £719M | £642M |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | +5% | +12% | — |
| Gross profit | £386M | £383M | £366M | £335M | £283M |
| EBITDA | £205M | £206M | £178M | £180M | £160M |
| Net income | £122M | £115M | £104M | £113M | £93.2M |
| Free cash flow | £110M | £116M | £137M | £121M | £51.2M |
| Capital expenditure | £12.3M | £14.4M | £19.9M | £11.8M | £12.9M |
| Total debt | n/a | £44.7M | £24.6M | £12.0M | £8.84M |
The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.
| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotork ROR.L | $5.40B | +65% | +2% | 24% | 27.9× | 27.6% |
| Emerson Electric EMR | $90.6B | +15% | +5% | 21% | 22.3× | 19.9% |
| Flowserve FLS | $10.2B | +13% | 0% | 14% | 17.8× | 15.0% |
| IMI IMI.L | $8.81B | +3% | +8% | 21% | 19.9× | 14.3% |
| Curtiss-Wright CW | $17.1B | -36% | +11% | 19% | 27.4× | 16.2% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | ROR.L | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +0.4% | -12.2% | 9th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +64.8% | -11.7% | 2nd highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -0.4% | -28.9% | highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.2% | +14.2% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 23.5% | 14.3% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 27.9× | 19.9× | 5th most expensive of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 27.6% | 10.5% | 3rd most demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +5.2% | +12.3% | 4th lowest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +22.4 pp | -2.9 pp | 4th most demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +9.9 pp | +3.8 pp | 6th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 19.5× | 12.4× | 3rd most expensive of 14 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.1× | 0.4× | 8th least indebted of 15 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotork ROR.L | United Kingdom | $5.40B | +65% | +2% | 24% | 27.9× | 27.6% | +5.2% |
| LandMark Optoelectronics 3081.TWO | Taiwan | $5.38B | -32% | +105% | 38% | 54.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Shuanghuan Driveline 002472.SZ | China | $5.46B | +9% | +15% | 15% | 26.9× | 11.0% | +20.0% |
| Enpro NPO | United States | $5.47B | -16% | +16% | 16% | 23.2× | 26.1% | +1.3% |
| Mycronic MYCR.ST | Sweden | $5.57B | -4% | +17% | 29% | 24.9× | 10.1% | +15.6% |
| Georg Fischer GF.SW | Switzerland | $5.65B | +32% | -20% | 3% | 19.9× | 29.2% | -1.2% |
| ESAB ESAB | United States | $5.15B | -18% | +11% | 13% | 14.0× | 12.7% | +7.8% |
| Kion KGX.DE | Germany | $5.05B | -25% | +3% | 6% | 10.4× | n/a | n/a |
| HOSHIZAKI 6465.T | Japan | $4.93B | +5% | +12% | 10% | 17.8× | -4.5% | +15.3% |
| Valmet VALMT.HE | Finland | $5.97B | +30% | +3% | 10% | 13.8× | 2.1% | +6.8% |
| Horiba 6856.T | Japan | $4.79B | -17% | +12% | 17% | 14.4× | 11.2% | +12.2% |
| Airtac International 1590.TW | Taiwan | $6.11B | -30% | +23% | 33% | 15.8× | 5.0% | +12.4% |
| Welspun WELCORP.NS | India | $6.13B | +70% | +14% | 12% | 25.5× | 24.9% | +19.0% |
| Shanghai BOCHU Electronic Technology 688188.SS | China | $6.16B | 0% | +20% | 44% | 29.6× | 18.0% | +30.9% |
| UBTECH ROBOTICS 9880.HK | Hong Kong | $4.73B | -41% | +90% | -21% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Middleby MIDD | United States | $6.17B | +3% | -7% | 17% | 18.5× | 6.9% | +5.0% |
| AAON AAON | United States | $4.72B | -59% | +54% | 11% | 20.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Hangcha 603298.SS | China | $4.71B | -12% | +7% | 12% | 13.3× | 2.9% | +9.1% |
| Wuhan DR Laser Technology 300776.SZ | China | $4.69B | -24% | -23% | 19% | 37.9× | 51.8% | +13.6% |
| Circuit Fabology Microelectronics Equipment 9630.HK | Hong Kong | $4.68B | n/a | +103% | 27% | 36.1× | 8.5% | +34.4% |
| MISUMI 9962.T | Japan | $6.25B | +3% | +24% | 13% | 17.9× | 9.3% | +7.3% |