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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001024478-22-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROK"
cik: "0001024478"
company_name: "ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T14:36:47.396277+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rockwell Automation Q1 sales up 18.7% to $1.86B; record orders $2.5B

## Summary
- Record quarterly orders of $2.5B (+40% YoY); reported sales $1.86B (+18.7% YoY); organic sales +16.8%.
- Diluted EPS $2.05 (GAAP); Adjusted EPS $2.14, down 10.1% YoY but up 11% excluding prior-year legal settlement gain.
- All segments delivered double-digit sales growth: Intelligent Devices +24.7%, Software & Control +16.5%, Lifecycle Services +10.1%.
- Fiscal 2022 guidance: reaffirms reported sales growth 16-19% and organic 14-17%; raises diluted EPS guidance to $10.01-$10.61.
- Free cash flow -$49M vs $319M prior year; driven by bonus payout, working capital, and income tax timing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001024478-22-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROK
- cik: 0001024478
- company_name: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-27T23:59:59+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/1024478/000102447822000007/0001024478-22-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447822000007/rok-20220127.htm

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