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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 7.88%, EPS grew 40.4%, free cash flow grew 33.7% and total debt fell 1.79%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years.

426.23 4.20 +1.00%
Market cap
$46.9B
P/E
39.9×
Fwd P/E
36.1×
Dividend yield
1.30%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
4.93
Beneish M
−2.79
Dividend safety
73/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 64.14
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 24 1 6 1 4 5 2 1 3 1 —
Insider Ownership 0.25%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 46,870.00
Revenue 8,973.00
Net Income 1,091.00
Free Cash Flow 1,504.00
Net Debt 2,093.00
Current Ratio 1.08
Debt/Equity 0.74
P/E ratio 39.95 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 36.10 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 5.28
P/B ratio 13.55 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth (2.64%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 25.71% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 12.61%
Next Y revenue growth 8.58%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 16.40% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 78.51%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 91.04%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 66.79%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 90.34%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 67.60%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.52
Annual Dividend Rate 5.52
Annual Dividend Yield 1.30%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 5.54
1.38
1.38
1.38
2025 5.31
1.31
1.31
1.31
1.38
2024 5.06
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.31
2023 4.79
1.18
1.18
1.18
1.25
2022 4.54
1.12
1.12
1.12
1.18
2021 4.33
1.07
1.07
1.07
1.12
2020 4.13
1.02
1.02
1.02
1.07
2019 3.93
0.97
0.97
0.97
1.02
2018 3.65
0.84
0.92
0.92
0.97
2017 3.12
0.76
0.76
0.76
0.84
2016 2.94
0.73
0.73
0.73
0.76
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 1,072 471 468 479
Receivables 2,167 1,802 1,931 1,937
Inventory 1,405 1,293 1,247 1,243
Other 267 315 265 289
4,911 3,881 3,911 3,948
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,150 860 930 935
ST’ Debt 9 307 2 2
Other 2,112 1,666 1,905 2,049
3,365 3,604 3,445 3,672

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 2.83% 5.68% 2.44%
Cash Flow 2.66% 6.62% 23.33%
Earnings 0.47% (3.26%) (2.29%)
Book Value 5.10% 22.47% 7.15%

Revenue $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 2,105 2,239 2,313 — —
’25 1,881 2,001 2,144 2,316 8,342
’24 2,052 2,126 2,051 2,035 8,264
’23 1,981 2,275 2,239 2,563 9,058
’22 1,857 1,808 1,969 2,126 7,760
’21 1,565 1,776 1,848 1,808 6,997
’20 1,685 1,681 1,394 1,570 6,330
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 234 320 724 — —
’25 364 199 527 454 1,544
’24 33 120 279 432 864
’23 66 187 282 839 1,374
’22 (12) 91 345 399 823
’21 347 249 462 204 1,261
’20 231 217 346 326 1,121
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 170 275 654 — —
’25 293 171 489 405 1,358
’24 (35) 69 238 367 639
’23 42 156 240 775 1,213
’22 (49) 46 327 359 682
’21 320 224 437 160 1,141
’20 194 199 324 304 1,022
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 2.69 3.10 3.65 — —
’25 1.61 2.22 2.60 1.23 7.67
’24 1.86 2.31 2.02 2.09 8.28
’23 3.31 2.59 3.45 2.61 11.95
’22 2.05 0.46 2.55 2.91 7.97
’21 5.06 3.54 2.32 0.67 11.58
’20 2.66 1.13 2.73 2.25 8.77
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 87.53 135.18 141.46 143.91 115.38 237.14 190.08 252.19 242.81 215.00

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 139.64 210.72 209.38 207.11 267.48 354.99 349.00 348.52 310.00 415.89
People
People Employees 22,000 22,000 23,000 23,000 23,500 24,500 26,000 29,000 27,000 26,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.27 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.27 0.29 0.30 0.31 0.31 0.32
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 5,880 6,311 6,666 6,695 6,330 6,997 7,760 9,058 8,264 8,342
Gross margin, % 42.10 42.27 43.28 43.32 41.00 41.41 39.97 48.83 46.60 48.14
EBT 943 1,037 1,331 901 1,136 1,526 1,074 1,608 1,100 917
EBT margin, % 16.04 16.44 19.96 13.46 17.95 21.81 13.83 17.75 13.31 10.99
Net income 730 826 536 696 1,023 1,344 919 1,278 948 749
Depreciation 172 169 165 152 173 190 239 408 317 549
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 45.16 49.15 53.16 56.59 54.66 60.32 66.96 78.90 72.49 74.02
Earnings 5.56 6.35 4.21 5.83 8.77 11.58 7.97 11.95 8.28 7.67
Cash flow 7.28 8.05 10.37 9.99 9.68 10.87 7.10 11.97 7.58 13.70
Capex (0.89) (1.09) (1.00) (1.08) (0.85) (1.04) (1.22) (1.40) (1.97) (1.65)
Free cash flow 6.38 6.96 9.37 8.91 8.82 9.83 5.88 10.57 5.61 12.05
Book value 15.28 20.74 12.90 3.42 11.63 23.23 26.03 32.61 32.24 32.93
Shares, m 130 128 125 118 116 116 116 115 114 113
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 21.96 28.50 43.62 28.36 25.16 25.37 26.99 23.74 32.42 45.63
P/S 2.71 3.68 3.54 2.91 4.04 4.87 3.21 3.60 3.70 4.72
P/B 8.00 8.71 14.58 48.23 18.97 12.66 8.26 8.71 8.33 10.61
EV/Sales 2.55 3.51 3.62 3.10 4.26 5.28 3.60 3.80 3.99 4.98
EV/FCF 18.07 24.80 20.55 19.68 26.37 32.36 40.93 28.36 51.65 30.59
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 947 1,034 1,300 1,182 1,121 1,261 823 1,374 864 1,544
Capex (116) (141) (125) (128) (99) (120) (141) (161) (225) (186)
Free cash flow 831 893 1,175 1,054 1,022 1,141 682 1,213 639 1,358
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 2,209 2,275 594 1,049 875 71 39 1,546 277 466
Total debt 1,965 1,493 1,776 2,257 2,089 3,471 3,477 2,872 2,868 2,616
Net debt (464) (1,042) 867 1,239 1,384 2,809 2,986 1,800 2,397 2,148
Shareholders’ equity 1,990 2,664 1,618 404 1,347 2,694 3,017 3,743 3,675 3,711
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 10.81 11.58 7.98 11.25 15.30 15.12 8.66 12.52 8.41 7.72
ROIC 38.62 39.99 33.48 34.28 26.00 17.33 11.18 18.13 11.32 9.78
ROE 34.36 35.49 25.02 68.83 116.89 67.22 32.55 40.86 25.56 23.48
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Rockwell Automation, Inc. vs peers in Specialty Industrial Machinery (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
EMR Emerson Electric Co. $90.5B 35.3× 28.3× +7.03% (above 0%: growing) +23.08% (above 0%: growing) +35.31% (above 0%: growing) 54.48% 26.92% Compare
ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc. $77.2B 24.6× 22.3× +6.12% (above 0%: growing) +10.47% (above 0%: growing) +39.74% (above 0%: growing) 44.13% 26.67% Compare
CMI Cummins Inc. $73.3B 27.0× 23.2× +9.42% (above 0%: growing) +4.64% (above 0%: growing) +125.63% (above 0%: growing) 26.07% 13.52% Compare
AME AMETEK, Inc. $57.0B 36.1× 31.3× +14.98% (above 0%: growing) +14.84% (above 0%: growing) +36.95% (above 0%: growing) 35.95% 25.84% Compare
ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc. $46.9B 39.9× 36.1× +7.88% (above 0%: growing) +40.38% (above 0%: growing) +33.74% (above 0%: growing) 49.46% 21.75%
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. $30.2B 31.7× 29.8× +8.52% (above 0%: growing) n/m +28.33% (above 0%: growing) 42.10% 18.56% Compare
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation $26.8B 18.2× 17.1× +7.34% (above 0%: growing) +12.00% (above 0%: growing) +4.69% (above 0%: growing) 29.44% 14.90% Compare
DOV Dover Corporation $26.1B 23.4× 23.7× +6.85% (above 0%: growing) +14.29% (above 0%: growing) +22.65% (above 0%: growing) 40.21% 17.89% Compare
XYL Xylem Inc. $24.1B 24.8× 24.1× +1.52% (above 0%: growing) +19.35% (above 0%: growing) +1.93% (above 0%: growing) 41.22% 16.70% Compare
Median of peers $43.6B 25.9× 23.9× +7.19% +14.29% +31.82% 40.72% 18.23%

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ROK metrics, ten years each

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $749.0 million, or $7.67 per share (basic), a net margin of 10.4%.
  • Strength: Rockwell Automation, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $8.3 billion, up 0.94% from fiscal 2024.
  • Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK) is a Specialty Industrial Machinery company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, ROK traded at $426.23, a market capitalization of $46.9 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 39.9× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 5.3× sales; its P/E is higher than 79% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Rockwell Automation, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $5.52 per share, a yield of 1.30%, with a payout ratio of 51.7%.
  • Return on equity was 23.5% and debt-to-equity 0.74.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.93 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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