Rockwell Automation dividend history

Rockwell Automation's dividend was $5.24 a share in fiscal 2025, up 4.8% on the year before. That was 68.0% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2009, as far back as our figures go.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $823M
Dividends (TTM): $611M
Returned to shareholders: 95%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $1.3B
Diluted share count: −0.9%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 2.9%; dividends 1.2% + buybacks 1.7% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 51%; of net income paid out
R&D spending: 8.0%; of revenue
Sales & admin spending: 21.4%; of revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Rockwell Automation: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Sept 2009	2010Sept 2010	2011Sept 2011	2012Sept 2012	2013Sept 2013	2014Sept 2014	2015Sept 2015	2016Sept 2016	2017Sept 2017	2018Sept 2018	2019Sept 2019	2020Sept 2020	2021Sept 2021	2022Sept 2022	2023Sept 2023	2024Sept 2024	2025Sept 2025	LTMJun 2026
Dividend per share	$1.16	$1.22	$1.48	$1.75	$1.98	$2.32	$2.60	$2.90	$3.04	$3.51	$3.88	$4.08	$4.28	$4.48	$4.72	$5.00	$5.24	—
Dividend per share growth	—	+5.2%	+20.9%	+18.3%	+13.5%	+17.2%	+12.1%	+11.5%	+4.8%	+15.5%	+10.5%	+5.2%	+4.9%	+4.7%	+5.4%	+5.9%	+4.8%	—
Dividends paid	165	174	211	247	276	321	350	378	391	441	460	473	497	519	542	571	591	611
Share buybacks	54	119	299	259	403	486	598	508	343	1,482	1,009	264	300	301	312	595	425	823
Dividends ÷ net income	74.5%	37.4%	30.2%	33.6%	36.5%	38.8%	42.3%	51.8%	47.3%	82.3%	66.1%	46.2%	36.6%	55.7%	39.1%	59.9%	68.0%	50.9%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	38.4%	44.0%	40.3%	42.7%	31.8%	35.9%	32.9%	45.5%	43.8%	37.5%	43.8%	47.0%	43.6%	76.2%	44.7%	89.4%	43.5%	40.6%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

Recent dividend announcements

October 30, 2026 Rockwell Automation Increases Quarterly Dividend to $1.45 Per Share on Common Stock Source

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Figures from Rockwell Automation's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Rockwell Automation.