The industrial robot cycle

Close to the peak of the cycle, but automotive automation equipment more promising than electronics and P/B low across the board. Estimated reading time: 13 minutes

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Summary

• Factory automation stocks are capex proxies. Since factory capex is cyclical, stocks in the sector also tend to be cyclical.

• Industrial robots are one of the technologically most advanced segments of industrial automation. The hig…