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Rockwell Automation, Inc.

$ROK·$49B·Industrial - Machinery·Industrials
$424.43-1.5%YTD+13.6%1Y+25.6%
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2026-08-22: 1 posts270%
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ROROK
$ROKRockwell Automation, Inc.
$424.43-1.49%27 posts0%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $ROK, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-20

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Industrial-automation compounder finally re-rating on AI-data-center capex — beat-and-raise cadence is the tape driver.

Rockwell Automation is the pure-play US industrial-automation champion — controllers, drives, sensors, and the FactoryTalk software stack that manages plant-floor operations. The story is a demand cycle turning on two engines at once: AI-data-center capex driving new-plant investment and reshoring driving expansion of existing US manufacturing.

  • The Q3 print was the beat-and-raise moment: revenue grew 8% year-on-year to $2.31B (organic +10%) and adjusted EPS of $3.49 beat consensus by 3% — plus FCF of $654M (up 34% YoY) and a raised FY26 guide, the combination that pulls the multiple higher.
  • CEO Blake Moret is explicitly citing AI as the demand driver: 'AI data-center demand surge' called out in the earnings commentary, and Rockwell's positioning in industrial-scale motor controls and cooling automation makes it a direct beneficiary of the same capex cycle lifting the electrical-equipment names.
  • The valuation is now full but not stretched: 46x trailing earnings and 34x EV-to-EBITDA on FY26 consensus of $13.03 puts the forward multiple around 33x — high but consistent with mid-teens EPS growth trajectory and structurally-improving margins.

Trajectory is accelerating at 61% of the 52-week range with room to run; the Nov 5 fiscal-Q4 print needs another beat plus explicit FY27 guide-up commentary tied to data-center-and-reshoring — a soft order backlog print or an execution stumble on the FactoryTalk software transition breaks the setup and compresses the multiple back to 27x.

Agrees with X sentimentX's 'beat-and-raise' framing on the Q3 print with revenue $2.31B vs $2.25B est, adj EPS $3.49 vs $3.38 est, FCF $654M vs $541M, and the FY26 guide raise is on the fundamentals. The 'under-radar robotics play' framing is a reach but the AI-data-center demand callout from CEO Moret is the real tape driver.

What to watch: Nov 5 fiscal-Q4 earnings — another beat plus explicit FY27 guide-up tied to data-center-and-reshoring capex sustains the multiple; a soft order-backlog print or a FactoryTalk software transition stumble breaks the setup and compresses the multiple.

On the calendar: 2026-11-05 — Q4 fiscal-2026 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment40 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-11

Rockwell Automation posters cheer a Q3 beat-and-raise — revenue $2.31B vs $2.25B est (+8% YoY, organic +10%), adj EPS $3.49 vs $3.38 est (+22% YoY), FCF $654M vs $541M (+34%) — with FY26 guide raised. CEO Blake Moret cites AI data-center demand surge. Some frame ROK as an under-radar robotics play. Sentiment is decisively bullish.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Makes industrial PLCs, variable frequency drives, and MES software for factory automation and digital manufacturing.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Industrial - Machinery sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $ROK.

Industrial - Machinery · Industrials

Manufacturing reshoring and automation capex are the dual demand drivers; AI-powered robotics and CNC equipment are the fastest-growing segments. Order books remain healthy, though a soft global industrial PMI is a leading risk.

What this means for $ROK

Direct beneficiary — semiconductor products are directly in the AI capex supply chain; Rockwell Automation, Inc.

Industry benchmark

33-name peer basket
+25.1%YTD
+25.3%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
46.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
15.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
19.1%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
2.7%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
5.6Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
30.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
52.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 4, 2026$3.49$3.38+3.3%
Q1 2026May 5, 2026$3.30$2.88+14.6%
Q4 2025Feb 5, 2026$2.75$2.47+11.3%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$3.34$2.94+13.6%
Next earningsThu, Nov 5·consensus EPS $3.67

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$2.2B+11.8%50.2%20.9%$3.11$275.0M
Q1 FY26$2.1B+11.8%48.3%17.4%$2.71$170.0M
Q4 FY25$2.3B+13.8%69.4%19.8%$1.23$405.0M
Q3 FY25$2.1B+4.5%40.9%18.1%$2.61$489.0M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 20 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$9.0B$8.9B – $9.1B$13.03$12.76 – $13.4720
FY27$9.5B$9.2B – $9.6B$14.60$13.84 – $15.1820
FY28$10.1B$9.8B – $10.5B$16.26$15.26 – $17.1914
FY29$10.6B$10.4B – $10.9B$17.70$17.26 – $18.307
FY30$10.9B$10.7B – $11.2B$18.49$18.03 – $19.127

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.60%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-6.0%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+2.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 111.0M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.5% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.535-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 27Patricia A WatsonDirector1.1K sh$475KSellAug 20Christian E RotheCFO590 sh$256KSellJul 16Terry L. RiestererPresident281 sh$127KSellJun 4Matthew W. FordenwaltSVP Lifecycle Services377 sh$174KSellJun 2Matthew W. FordenwaltSVP Lifecycle Services218 sh$99KSellMay 20John M MillerVP and Chief IP Counsel1.1K sh$449KSellMay 7Terry L. RiestererPresident4.0K sh$1.8MSellMay 5Christopher NardecchiaSVP, Chief Information Officer2.5K sh$1.1MSellMay 5Scott GenereuxSr.VP, Chief Revenue Officer550 sh$246KSellMay 5Matthew W. FordenwaltSVP Lifecycle Services600 sh$270K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsApr 173
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ROK on 2026-04-17, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

8-KOfficer or director changeApr 178-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

ROK disclosed a personnel change (8-K Item 5.02, dated 2026-04-17). An executive departure and a new appointment are both reported. Personnel changes are generally administrative; materiality depends on seniority and circumstances.

+ 11 other (4 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 11-Ks) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

The $50 Trillion Robot Boom Starts at $10 an Hourinvestorplace.com·4d agoRockwell Automation Expands Remote Support with Launch of TechConnectIQprnewswire.com·5d agoKE or ROK: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?zacks.com·6d agoRockwell Automation CFO Sells 590 Sharesfool.com·6d agoRockwell Automation Announces Indinvest LT Strengthens Industrial Cybersecurity Strategy Through Risk Assessment Initiativeprnewswire.com·7d ago

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