Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
Rockwell Automation, Inc. ROK
$454.35 +2.69% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $50.56B
High qualityStrong trendExpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 10 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +10.7%).
- The shares trade at 42.7× trailing earnings, higher than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $10.64, up 24.9% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth55Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 38%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 33%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 47%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 40%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 42%
Quality96Exceptional
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 7%
- Gross marginTop 8%
- Operating marginTop 8%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 46%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
- Interest coverTop 17%
Value20Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 46%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 47%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 28%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 13%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 21%
Momentum83Strong
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 37%
- 6-month returnTop 24%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 31%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 13%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Revisions39Weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 37%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 11%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 11%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 15%
Stability84Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 16%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 12%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 10.5% | 11.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 21.2% | 24.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 39.3% | 54.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 16.9% | 21.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 16.4% | 16.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.3% | 10.5% | ↑ | Top 38% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 24.9% | 21.2% | ↑ | Top 33% |
| Gross margin | 54.5% | 39.3% | ↑ | Top 8% |
| Operating margin | 21.7% | 16.9% | ↑ | Top 8% |
| Net margin | 13.4% | 12.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 16.8% | 16.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 19.7% | — | Top 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.4% | — | Bottom 40% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.44×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- -0.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -7.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.77×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 14.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.21%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.63%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.84%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 10
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +10.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $489.89
- Target vs current price
- +7.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 41
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 27%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +3.3% | -7.4% | -9.5% | -11.8% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +14.6% | +8.9% | +14.1% | +15.8% | +17.7% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | +11.3% | -5.4% | -5.4% | -11.9% | -5.2% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +13.6% | +2.7% | +8.8% | +11.4% | +18.7% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +5.6% | -5.0% | -1.8% | -2.1% | +6.4% |
| May 7, 2025 | +16.7% | +11.9% | +21.9% | +26.0% | +36.1% |
| Feb 10, 2025 | +14.4% | +12.6% | +9.7% | +0.7% | -5.7% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +2.5% | -5.8% | -2.5% | +1.1% | -8.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $3.49 | $3.38 | +3.3% | $2.31B |
| May 5, 2026 | $3.30 | $2.88 | +14.6% | $2.24B |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $2.75 | $2.47 | +11.3% | $2.10B |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $3.34 | $2.94 | +13.6% | $2.32B |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $2.82 | $2.67 | +5.6% | $2.14B |
| May 7, 2025 | $2.45 | $2.10 | +16.7% | $2.00B |
| Feb 10, 2025 | $1.83 | $1.60 | +14.4% | $1.88B |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $2.47 | $2.41 | +2.5% | $2.04B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 42.7× | 33.5× | 86th | Bottom 46% |
| P/E (forward) | 34.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 30.2× | — | — | Bottom 28% |
| EV / Sales | 5.98× | — | — | Bottom 13% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.97% | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| Earnings yield | 2.34% | — | — | Bottom 46% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 22.3× – 51.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +30.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +24.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +8.4%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 10
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +3.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +7.2%
- RSI (14)
- 66.8
- Relative volume
- 1.03×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 27.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 37th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.99
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.54
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -8.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -29.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2021 | Jun 17, 2022 | -45.6% | 127 days | 770 days (Jul 16, 2025) |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | -19.0% | 38 days | 25 days (May 5, 2026) |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | -17.2% | 55 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 2, 2021 | Oct 4, 2021 | -10.5% | 21 days | 21 days (Nov 2, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $50.56B
- P/E (TTM)
- 42.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $10.64
- Revenue (TTM)
- $8.97B
- Dividend yield
- 1.21%
- 52-week range
- $332.71 – $497.36
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $7.00B | $7.76B | $9.06B | $8.26B | $8.34B |
| Gross profit | $2.90B | $3.10B | $3.72B | $3.68B | $4.02B |
| Operating income | $729.9M | $1.34B | $1.69B | $1.26B | $1.42B |
| Net income | $1.36B | $932.2M | $1.39B | $952.5M | $869.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $11.58 | $7.96 | $11.95 | $8.28 | $7.67 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.04B | $1.88B | $2.00B | $2.14B | $2.32B | $2.10B | $2.24B | $2.31B |
| Net income | $239.1M | $184.0M | $252.0M | $295.0M | $138.0M | $305.0M | $350.0M | $408.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.09 | $1.61 | $2.22 | $2.60 | $1.23 | $2.69 | $3.10 | $3.62 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.26B | $823.1M | $1.37B | $863.8M | $1.54B |
| Capital expenditure | -$120.3M | -$141.1M | -$160.5M | -$224.7M | -$186.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.14B | $682.0M | $1.21B | $639.1M | $1.36B |
| Dividends paid | -$497.1M | -$519.4M | -$542.4M | -$571.0M | -$591.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$299.7M | -$301.3M | -$311.5M | -$594.9M | -$425.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $479.0M
- Total assets
- $11.09B
- Total liabilities
- $7.59B
- Total debt
- $3.61B
- Net debt
- $3.13B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.49B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | $1.38 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| May 18, 2026 | $1.38 | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $1.38 | Mar 10, 2026 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | $1.38 | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Aug 18, 2025 | $1.31 | Sep 10, 2025 |
| May 19, 2025 | $1.31 | Jun 10, 2025 |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $1.31 | Mar 10, 2025 |
| Nov 18, 2024 | $1.31 | Dec 10, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,780,867
- Days to cover
- 5.24
- Change vs previous report
- +3.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 14, 1987
- 2-for-1
- Jun 20, 1983
- 2-for-1
- Jun 16, 1980
- 2-for-1