Rockwell Automation, Inc.

ROK Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery

Rockwell Automation, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $8.3 billion, up 0.94% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+7.88%
EPS
+40.4%
Free cash flow
+33.7%
Total debt
−1.79%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

380.27 63.61 −14.33%
Market cap
$42.3B
P/E
35.6×
Fwd P/E
33.8×
Dividend yield
1.45%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
4.93
Beneish M
−2.79
Dividend safety
73/100

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK) Return on invested capital

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Rockwell Automation, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 14.7%, up 4.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.78%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.78% (fiscal 2025) to 43.8% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 5.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 9.78% (1.54)
FY2024 11.3% (6.81)
FY2023 18.1% 6.95
FY2022 11.2% (6.15)
FY2021 17.3% (8.67)
FY2020 26.0% (8.28)
FY2019 34.3% 0.80
FY2018 33.5% (6.51)
FY2017 40.0% 1.37
FY2016 38.6% (5.19)

Against its own ten years

Low 9.78% High 43.8%
Ten-year median 26.0%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare 67.7%
ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc. compare 23.7%
CMI Cummins Inc. compare 16.5%
ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc. 14.7%
DOV Dover Corporation compare 9.93%
EMR Emerson Electric Co. compare 9.71%
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. compare 8.25%
AME AMETEK, Inc. compare 7.53%
XYL Xylem Inc. compare 6.88%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 5.00%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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