# Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK) — Stock CV

Rockwell Automation, Inc. is a $48.0B technology company. Revenue grew 11.3% over the last year, it keeps 13¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and its net debt equals ~1.8 years of free cash flow. It trades at 40.0× earnings — in the most expensive third of its own history.

> With roots tracing back to the early 1900s, Rockwell Automation is the successor to Rockwell International, which spun off its avionics segment in 2001. It is a pure-play industrial automation company that operates through three segments.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: ROK
- **Sector**: Technology
- **Industry**: Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec
- **Headquarters**: MILWAUKEE, WI
- **Employees**: 26 000
- **Website**: https://www.rockwellautomation.com
- **Market cap**: $48.0B
- **Last price**: $432.59
- **Financial profile**: Mixed

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $8.97B
- **Net income**: $1.20B
- **Free cash flow**: $1.50B
- **Net debt**: $2.75B
- **P/E**: 40.0
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 11.3%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 34 |
| Growth | 31 |
| Profitability | 69 |
| Health | 49 |
| Quality | 95 |
| Moat | 81 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 9 of 11 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +11.3% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $1.20B TTM
- [ ] Profit growing — -1.3% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $1.50B TTM
- [x] Debt under control — ~1.8y of cash flow to repay
- [x] Established company — $48.0B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — -3.0% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 10/10 profitable years
- [ ] Financially stable — health score 37/100
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 1.27%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 40.0

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2023** — Best year on record: $1.39B net income
- **2019** — Rockwell Automation and Schlumberger entered a joint venture to create Sensia, the oil and gas…
- **FY2016** — Profitable every year on record: 10 consecutive profitable years in our data
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $1B: $5.88B in first reported year
- **FY2016** — Positive free cash flow every year since: 10-year streak
- **2007** — Reliance Electric Drives and Dodge Bearings were spun off from the company
- **1985** — Rockwell International purchased Allen-Bradley for $1.651 billion
- **1981** — The company introduced a new line of programmable logic controllers
- **1909** — The company was renamed the Allen-Bradley Company
- **1904** — 19-year-old Harry Bradley joined his brother in the business

## Strengths

- High gross margin (54.5%)
- Revenue growing 11.3% year over year
- Strong cash conversion — FCF is 16.8% of revenue
- Piotroski F-Score 8/9 — fundamentally strong checklist

## Watch-outs

- None stand out in the data.

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $7.00B | $1.36B | $1.14B |
| FY2022 | $7.76B | $932M | $682M |
| FY2023 | $9.06B | $1.39B | $1.21B |
| FY2024 | $8.26B | $953M | $639M |
| FY2025 | $8.34B | $869M | $1.36B |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/ROK — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.