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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001024478-21-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROK"
cik: "0001024478"
company_name: "ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T02:02:00.124540+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rockwell Automation Q3 sales up 32.6%, adjusted EPS $2.31 (+75% YoY); raises FY2021 guidance

## Summary
- Q3 sales $1,848M (+32.6% YoY); organic sales +26.4%; record orders >$2B.
- GAAP diluted EPS $2.32; adjusted EPS $2.31, up 75% from $1.32 YoY.
- Raises FY2021 guidance: reported sales growth ~12%, organic ~8%; adjusted EPS $9.10-$9.30.
- Segment margins all improved: Intelligent Devices 21.9%, Software & Control 25.2%, Lifecycle Services 10.3%.
- Free cash flow $437M; conversion 161%; repurchased $60.5M in shares in Q3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001024478-21-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROK
- cik: 0001024478
- company_name: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447821000033/0001024478-21-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447821000033/rok-20210727.htm

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