---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001024478-24-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROK"
cik: "0001024478"
company_name: "ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T15:23:37.400496+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rockwell Automation cuts FY2024 guidance; CFO retires; Q2 sales down 6.6% YoY

## Summary
- Q2 sales $2,126M (down 6.6% YoY); organic sales down 8.1%; diluted EPS $2.31, adjusted EPS $2.50.
- FY2024 guidance slashed: reported sales growth (6.0)% to (4.0)% (prior 0.5%-6.5%); adjusted EPS $10.00-$11.00 (prior $12.00-$13.50).
- Segment operating margin fell to 19.0% from 21.3% a year ago on lower sales volume.
- CFO Nicholas Gangestad to retire; search for successor underway; he will serve until replacement appointed.
- Total ARR up 20% YoY; free cash flow $68.6M vs $156M in prior-year quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001024478-24-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROK
- cik: 0001024478
- company_name: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447824000050/0001024478-24-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447824000050/rok-20240507.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001024478-24-000050.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC reported quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $2,126 million, net income $266 million, EPS $2.31 per share.
  - Period: quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $2,126 million
  - Net income: $266 million
  - EPS: $2.31 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: important product lines and in North America, our largest market," said Blake Moret, Chairman and CEO. Fiscal Q2 2024 Financial Results Fiscal 2024 second quarter sales were $2,126 million, down 6.6% from $2,275 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2023. Organic sales decreased 8.1%, currency translation increased sales by 0.1%, and acquisitions increased sales
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447824000050/0001024478-24-000050-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC updated its fiscal year ended September 30, 2024 guidance (lowered).
  - Period: fiscal year ended September 30, 2024
  - Guidance: lowered
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Updates fiscal 2024 reported sales growth guidance to (6.0)% - (4.0)%; organic sales growth to (8.0)% - (6.0)%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447824000050/0001024478-24-000050-index.htm

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