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Rockwell Automation key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Rockwell Automation had return on equity of 24.3%, an operating margin of 20.4%, debt equal to 88.2% of equity and a current ratio of 1.14. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

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

Fiscal year2009Sept 20092010Sept 20102011Sept 20112012Sept 20122013Sept 20132014Sept 20142015Sept 20152016Sept 20162017Sept 20172018Sept 20182019Sept 20192020Sept 20202021Sept 20212022Sept 20222023Sept 20232024Sept 20242025Sept 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin36.2%39.9%39.8%40.3%40.5%41.6%42.9%42.1%42.3%43.3%43.3%41.0%41.4%40.0%48.8%46.6%48.1%49.1%
Operating margin——————————————21.3%19.3%20.4%22.7%
Net margin5.1%9.6%11.6%11.8%11.9%12.5%13.1%12.4%13.1%8.0%10.4%16.2%19.4%12.0%15.3%11.5%10.4%13.4%
Free-cash-flow margin9.9%8.1%8.7%9.3%13.7%13.5%16.9%14.1%14.1%17.6%15.7%15.9%16.3%8.8%13.4%7.7%16.3%16.8%
Return on equity16.8%33.4%43.5%40.9%34.1%31.5%33.7%34.4%35.5%25.0%68.8%142.9%79.5%36.4%44.1%27.0%24.3%33.6%
Return on assets5.1%10.3%13.9%13.5%13.2%13.7%13.1%10.8%11.6%8.0%11.2%15.3%15.1%8.7%12.6%8.5%7.7%10.8%
Asset turnover1.011.071.201.151.111.101.000.870.890.991.080.950.780.720.820.730.740.80
Current ratio2.252.122.312.212.382.332.942.122.061.271.541.481.021.011.461.081.141.08
Debt to equity68.7%62.0%51.8%57.4%41.9%46.1%66.5%98.7%69.2%109.8%558.4%194.5%166.6%140.7%83.3%104.0%88.2%93.2%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)——————————————14.3x10.4x10.9x14.7x
Effective tax rate20.4%19.1%19.7%23.7%22.9%27.1%26.6%22.6%20.4%59.8%22.8%9.9%11.9%14.4%20.5%13.8%18.3%17.0%
R&D as % of revenue3.9%4.1%4.1%4.0%4.1%4.4%4.9%5.4%5.5%5.6%5.7%5.9%6.0%5.7%7.8%8.0%8.1%8.0%
SG&A as % of revenue28.3%27.2%24.4%23.8%24.2%23.7%23.9%25.0%24.7%23.8%23.0%23.4%24.0%22.8%22.3%24.2%22.9%21.4%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.3%2.0%2.0%2.2%2.3%2.1%1.9%2.0%2.2%1.9%2.0%1.8%1.7%1.8%1.8%2.7%2.2%2.5%
Free cash flow ÷ net income194.1%85.0%75.0%78.6%114.8%107.9%128.7%113.8%108.1%219.3%150.8%98.4%84.0%73.2%87.5%67.1%156.3%125.2%
Dividends ÷ net income74.5%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 and buybacks ÷ free cash flow50.9%74.1%97.3%87.5%78.2%90.4%89.1%106.7%82.2%163.7%140.0%73.2%69.9%120.3%70.4%182.5%74.8%95.3%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

4 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $11.1bn
Short-term assets $3.9bnLonger-term assets $7.1bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $7.2bn
Short-term liabilities $3.7bnShareholders' equity $3.5bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $3.9bn of assets due within a year against $3.7bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $479m of cash against $2.6bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 74% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 138% to 74% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.7bn of operating cash flow against $2.6bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $2.0bn against $138m of interest.

From Rockwell Automation's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

78 /100

Strong moat

How hard Rockwell Automation's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 17.8% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 13 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 42.4%, moving by 4.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Net margin has been a median 12.5%; its worst year was 6.0%.

  • Cash conversion 18 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 15.2% of revenue.

  • Discipline 18 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 3.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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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.