About Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK) is a Healthcare company in the Measuring & Controlling Devices, NEC industry with a market capitalisation of $48.4B. The stock trades at 40.68x trailing earnings and yields 1.27%.
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Measuring & Controlling Devices, NEC
- Market cap
- $48.4B
- P/E ratio
- 40.68
- EPS (TTM)
- $7.67
- Revenue (TTM)
- $8.3B
- Free cash flow
- $1.4B
- Profit margin
- 10.4%
- Dividend yield
- 1.27%
- Shares outstanding
- 111M
Financial health: Fair7/10
5 strengths, 1 concern. Weakest points: earnings growth.
- Debt to equity: 0.72 (Watch, benchmark < 0.5) — Debt of 0.72x equity is moderate against the 0.5x benchmark. It has deteriorated over the last 4 years.
- Net debt vs cash flow: 1.6y (Strong, benchmark < 4 years) — Net debt of $2.1B is 1.6x annual free cash flow — about 2 years of cash flow to repay.
- Current ratio: 1.14 (Watch, benchmark > 1.5) — Short-term assets cover 1.14x short-term liabilities, against Graham's 1.5x floor. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Return on equity: 23.8% (Strong, benchmark > 15%) — Earns 23.8% on shareholder equity, comfortably past the > 15% mark.
- Gross margin: 48.1% (Strong, benchmark > 40%) — Keeps 48.1% of revenue after the direct cost of sales, comfortably past the > 40% mark.
- Net margin: 10.4% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Turns 10.4% of revenue into profit, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- Free cash flow: $1.4B (Strong, benchmark positive) — Generated $1.4B of free cash flow after capital spending. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Revenue growth: 0.9% (Watch, benchmark > 10%) — Revenue changed 0.9% year on year, short of the > 10% mark.
- Earnings growth: -8.8% (Concern, benchmark > 10%) — Earnings changed -8.8% year on year, well short of the > 10% mark.
- Payout ratio: 68.0% (Watch, benchmark < 60%) — Pays out 68.0% of earnings as dividends — above the level usually considered sustainable.