---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001024478-24-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROK"
cik: "0001024478"
company_name: "ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T12:41:23.791961+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rockwell Automation Q1 sales up 3.6% but diluted EPS falls 44% to $1.86; guidance narrowed

## Summary
- Reported sales $2.05B (+3.6% YoY), organic +1.0%; diluted EPS $1.86, adj. EPS $2.04 (down 17% YoY).
- Total segment operating margin 17.3% vs 20.2% a year ago; free cash flow negative $(35.3)M.
- FY2024 diluted EPS guidance narrowed to $11.24-$12.74 (from $11.49-$12.99); adj. EPS reaffirmed $12.00-$13.50.
- Intelligent Devices sales down 1.0% (organic -4.5%); Software & Control up 5.3%; Lifecycle Services up 10.5%.
- Total ARR grew 20% (organic 18%); share repurchases $120.3M in Q1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001024478-24-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROK
- cik: 0001024478
- company_name: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1024478/000102447824000006/0001024478-24-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447824000006/rok-20240131.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC reported first quarter fiscal 2024 results: revenue $2,052 million, net income $215 million, EPS $1.86. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first quarter fiscal 2024
  - Revenue: $2,052 million
  - Net income: $215 million
  - EPS: $1.86
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: the growing value of our recurring software and services," said Blake Moret, Chairman and CEO. Fiscal Q1 2024 Financial Results Fiscal 2024 first quarter sales were $2,052 million, up 3.6% from $1,981 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2023. Organic sales increased 1.0%, currency translation increased sales by 1.2%, and acquisitions increased sales by
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447824000006/0001024478-24-000006-index.htm

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