Stock · ROK · Industrials
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1987 · Revenue 12 mo. $9B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Rockwell Automation, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides industrial automation and digital transformation solutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America.
Rockwell Automation, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides industrial automation and digital transformation solutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It operates in three segments: Intelligent Devices, Software & Control, and Lifecycle Services. The company offers drives, motion, advanced material handling, safety, sensing, industrial components, hardware, software, and configured-to-order products; and control and visualization software and hardware, digital twin, simulation and information software, network and security infrastructure, and custom-engineered systems. It also provides digital consulting, professional services, engineered-to-order solutions, recurring services, cybersecurity, safety, remote monitoring, customer technical support and repair, asset management and optimization consulting, and training, as well as spare parts. The company sells its products through independent distributors in relation to its direct sales force. It serves discrete end markets, including automotive, semiconductor, e-commerce, and warehouse automation; hybrid end markets, such as food and beverage, life sciences, and tire; and process end markets comprising energy, mining, and chemicals. The company was formerly known as Rockwell International Corporation and changed its name to Rockwell Automation, Inc. in February 2002. Rockwell Automation, Inc. was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Summary
41.3 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €1.2B (2025), it supports €13.5B. The remaining €30.2B of the market value assume it grows 16.3% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
16.3%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 24.4×, below its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 26.1× to 34.3×, median 28.8×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
2 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 23.78% | 13.10% | Rank 81 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 85.41% | 19.33% | Rank 93 |
| EBIT margin | 17.06% | 11.28% | Rank 73 |
| FCF margin | 16.28% | 8.50% | Rank 84 |
| Gross margin | 48.14% | 28.98% | Rank 87 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 0.97% | 5.15% | Rank 27 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −1.29% | 8.01% | Rank 28 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | −2.63% | 12.89% | Rank 10 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 2.23% | 4.02% | Rank 26 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 2.04% | 4.42% | Rank 11 |
| FCF yield | 2.79% | 3.98% | Rank 31 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 6.22 | 2.08 | Rank 11 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 36.47 | 19.47 | Rank 12 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −8.70% | −0.01% | Rank 36 |
| Share price, 6 months | −16.71% | −1.43% | Rank 23 |
| Share price, 3 months | −9.65% | 0.53% | Rank 28 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −24.08% | −16.36% | Rank 33 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −4.09% | 1.39% | Rank 92 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −1.22% | −0.44% | Rank 62 |
| Dividend streak in years | 23 | 5 | Rank 91 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −10.19% | 0.27% | Rank 3 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 32.57% | 39.65% | Rank 32 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 2.27 | 1.38 | Rank 29 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 1.00 | 0.61 | Rank 30 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 34.39% | 32.95% | Rank 44 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5.9 | 16.8% | $830.4M | 131M | $438.5M |
| 2017 | 6.3 | 16.4% | $892.3M | 130M | $432.9M |
| 2018 | 6.7 | 19.7% | $1.2B | 127M | $1.2B |
| 2019 | 6.7 | 20.1% | $1.0B | 119M | $1.2B |
| 2020 | 6.3 | 17.3% | $1.0B | 117M | $1.7B |
| 2021 | 7.0 | 10.4% | $1.1B | 117M | $3.7B |
| 2022 | 7.8 | 17.2% | $682.0M | 117M | $3.7B |
| 2023 | 9.1 | 18.7% | $1.2B | 116M | $2.3B |
| 2024 | 8.3 | 15.3% | $639.1M | 115M | $3.6B |
| 2025 | 8.3 | 17.1% | $1.4B | 113M | $3.2B |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Rockwell Automation Inc mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Rockwell Automation Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
5 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Rockwell Automation Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 48.9 | 22.5 |
| P/B ratio | 11.6 | 2.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 23.8% | 13.1% |
| Equity ratio | 32.6% | 39.7% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 1.00 | 0.61 |
| Dividend yield | 1.5% | 2.0% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| ROK | Rockwell Automation Incthis page | |
| AME | Ametek Inc | Low4.5 |
| CMI | Cummins Inc | Low2.7 |
| IR | Ingersoll Rand Inc | Low3.6 |
| OTIS | Otis Worldwide Corp | locked |
| DOV | Dover Corporation | locked |
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