Rockwell Automation (ROK)
Industrials · $47.2B market cap · SEC CIK 0001024478
fundamentals score out of 100
Next reports on Nov 4, 2026, after the close, with analysts expecting $3.72 in earnings per share.
The case for ROK
- Earns 33% back on shareholder equity.
- Generated $1.4B of free cash flow in FY2025, 16% of revenue.
- Revenue growing 11.3% year over year.
- Pays a modest 1.8% dividend.
The case against
- Pricey at 39.3× earnings, against a long-run market average nearer 20×.
- Swings harder than the market (beta 1.51).
- Long-term debt of $2.6B against $444M of cash.
What the score is made of
Each factor is half a curve over reported figures and half a rank among the other Industrials companies (momentum is judged against fixed thresholds only), and the five are blended by weight. It describes the last filing and the current price. It is not a forecast.
| Valuewhat you pay for the earnings, sales, assets and cash | 26 |
|---|---|
| Growthhow fast revenue and earnings are moving, this year and over five | 61 |
| Profitabilityhow much of the revenue becomes profit, and how much of that is cash | 77 |
| Momentumhow the price has behaved lately | 53 |
| Stabilityhow violently it moves, what it owes and what it pays you | 50 |
- Each factor except momentum is half fixed thresholds, half rank among the 79 Industrials companies.
Key numbers
| Price / earnings | 39.3× |
|---|---|
| Price / book | 15.77× |
| Price / sales | 5.3× |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +11.3% |
| EPS growth (YoY) | +24.9% |
| Gross margin | 55% |
| Operating margin | 15% |
| Net margin | 13% |
| Return on equity | 33% |
| Debt / equity | 0.93× |
| Current ratio | 1.08 |
| Dividend yield | 1.83% |
| Beta | 1.51 |
| 52-week range | $332.71 – $497.36 |
| Position in that range | 57% of the way up |
| 3-month return | -10.3% |
| 1-year return | +22.2% |
Five years of financials, as filed
Pulled from Rockwell Automation's XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. Italic rows are derived from the rows above.
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.3B | $8.3B | $9.1B | $7.8B | $7.0B |
| Gross profit | $4.0B | $3.9B | $4.4B | $3.1B | $2.9B |
| Operating income | $1.7B | $1.6B | $1.9B | — | — |
| Net income | $869M | $953M | $1.4B | $932M | $1.4B |
| Operating cash flow | $1.5B | $864M | $1.4B | $823M | $1.3B |
| Capital expenditure | $186M | $225M | $161M | $141M | $120M |
| Total assets | $11.2B | $10.9B | $11.3B | $11.1B | $10.7B |
| Shareholder equity | $3.7B | $3.4B | $3.6B | $2.9B | $2.5B |
| Cash | $444M | $471M | $440M | $460M | $540M |
| Long-term debt | $2.6B | $2.6B | $2.9B | $2.9B | $3.5B |
| Free cash flow | $1.4B | $639M | $1.2B | $682M | $1.1B |
| Gross margin | 48.1% | 46.6% | 48.8% | 40.0% | 41.4% |
| Operating margin | 20.4% | 19.3% | 21.3% | — | — |
| Net margin | 10.4% | 11.5% | 15.3% | 12.0% | 19.4% |
| Diluted shares | 113M | 115M | 116M | 117M | 117M |
Share count is down 3.4% over 4 years. Buybacks have been shrinking the pie.
What Rockwell Automation says it does
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (Rockwell Automation or the Company) is the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation. We understand and simplify our customers’ complex production challenges and deliver the most valued solutions that combine technology and industry expertise. As a result, we make our customers more resilient, agile, and sustainable, creating more ways to win. See Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) for additional information on our business and long-term strategy. The Company continues the business founded as the Allen-Bradley Company in 1903. The privately-owned Allen-Bradley Company was a leading North American manufacturer of industrial automation equipment when the former Rockwell International Corporation (RIC) purchased it in 1985. The Company was incorporated in Delaware in connection with a tax-free…
Risk factors ROK lists in its 10-K
- Multiracial, Native American and Pacific Islander
- Adjusted Income, Adjusted EPS, and Adjusted Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation
- Purchase Accounting Depreciation and Amortization, and Impairment
- Legacy Asbestos and Environmental Charges
- Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
- Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
- Goodwill and Intangibles Valuation - Sensia Reporting Unit
- Change in Projected Benefit Obligation
- Change in Net Periodic Benefit Cost
- Acquisitions - Clearpath Intangible Assets Valuation
- Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
- Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
- (in millions, except per share amounts)
- Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc