profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Rockwell Automation
$402.46-0.43% today
+6.0% in 1 year
1-year low $348.511-year high $495.08
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $31.72 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Rockwell Automation sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $9.06 billion in 2023 to $8.99 billion in 2026, with $1.41 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Rockwell Automation handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $1.3B$618M
Free cash flow 2026$1.7B
Bought back its own shares$1.3B
Paid as dividends$618M
Cash vs. debt$433M vs. $3.7B
Rockwell Automation vs. similar companies
Rockwell Automation grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwell Automation | 31.7× · Expensive | ||
 GE Vernova | 43.5× · Expensive | ||
 Schneider Electric S.E. | 34.4× · Expensive | ||
 Eaton | 33.6× · Expensive | ||
 Siemens Energy | 79.0× · Very expensive |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Rockwell Automation's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,997 | 7,760 | 9,058 | 8,264 | 8,342 | 8,989 | |
| 2,898 | 3,102 | 4,423 | 3,851 | 4,016 | 4,495 | |
| – | 1,335 | 1,693 | 1,192 | 1,423 | – | |
| 1,811 | 1,436 | 1,993 | 1,571 | 1,398 | 2,133 | |
| 1,358 | 932 | 1,387 | 953 | 869 | 1,409 | |
| 11.58 | 7.97 | 11.95 | 8.28 | 7.67 | 12.54 | |
| 41.4% | 40.0% | 48.8% | 46.6% | 48.1% | 50.0% | |
| – | 17.2% | 18.7% | 14.4% | 17.1% | – | |
| 19.4% | 12.0% | 15.3% | 11.5% | 10.4% | 15.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 10,702 | 10,759 | 11,304 | 11,232 | 11,219 | 11,268 |
| Cash | 662 | 491 | 1,072 | 471 | 468 | 433 |
| Total debt | 4,385 | 4,183 | 3,335 | 4,085 | 3,647 | 3,650 |
| Total liabilities | – | 7,742 | 7,561 | 7,557 | 7,508 | – |
| 2,390 | 2,726 | 3,562 | 3,498 | 3,654 | 3,552 | |
| 117 | 117 | 116 | 115 | 113 | 112 | |
| 18.9% | 13.7% | 20.0% | 13.1% | 11.6% | 20.0% | |
| 56.8% | 34.2% | 38.9% | 27.2% | 23.8% | 39.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,261 | 823 | 1,374 | 864 | 1,544 | 1,958 | |
| 120 | 141 | 161 | 225 | 186 | 257 | |
| 1,141 | 682 | 1,213 | 639 | 1,358 | 1,701 | |
| Dividends paid | 497 | 519 | 542 | 571 | 591 | 618 |
| 300 | 301 | 312 | 595 | 425 | 1,256 | |
| 52 | 68 | 88 | 100 | 85 | 92 |
Valuation
- 31.7×
- 33.2×
- 19.76
- 11.6×
- 5.0×
- 26.3×
- 22.5×
- 3.8%
- 3.2%
- 1.2%
Profitability
- 50.0%
- 17.1%
- 15.7%
- 17.7%
- 11.9%
- 15.0%
- 30.3%
- 9.7%
- 22.4%
- 11.7%
Growth
- +5.1%
- +1.6%
- +112.5%
- +5.2%
- −1.0%
Financial health
- 1.5×
- 1.00
- 36.0%
- 6.9×
- 1.14
- 0.76
- 0.78
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 26%of 982
Top 16%of 991
Bottom 27%of 875
Bottom 43%of 988
Top 50%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $436.56
- Range
- $391.00 – $470.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | 3.30 | 2.88 | +14.6% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 2.75 | 2.47 | +11.3% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 3.34 | 2.94 | +13.6% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 2.82 | 2.67 | +5.6% |
| May 7, 2025 | 2.45 | 2.10 | +16.7% |
| Feb 10, 2025 | 1.83 | 1.60 | +14.4% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | 2.47 | 2.41 | +2.5% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 2.71 | 2.08 | +30.3% |
1.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$12a year at today's yield, before tax
+5.2%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$2.68 in 2015 → $5.31 in 2025
How safe it looks
43.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 36.3%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
51No pass
Benjamin Graham
41No pass
Philip Fisher
55No pass
Peter Lynch
24No pass
Joel Greenblatt
20No pass
Charlie Munger
55No pass
Terry Smith
55No pass
Questions about Rockwell Automation
Is Rockwell Automation a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Rockwell Automation AI analysis
What does Rockwell Automation do?
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 is in Specialty Industrial Machinery, based in Milwaukee, WI, United States, with 26,000 employees.
Does Rockwell Automation pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.2% a year, about 44% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $618 million in dividends.
Is Rockwell Automation stock halal?
Yes. Rockwell Automation passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 8% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Rockwell Automation stock done over the past year?
Up 6.0% over the past twelve months, to $402.46. It traded between $348.51 and $495.08 and is 18.7% below its high.
Who are Rockwell Automation's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are GE Vernova, Schneider Electric S.E., Eaton and Siemens Energy. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Rockwell Automation's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.