---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001024478-24-000105"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROK"
cik: "0001024478"
company_name: "ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T03:13:06.827197+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rockwell Automation Q4 sales down 21% YoY; FY2025 guide flat to down

## Summary
- Q4 adj. EPS $2.47 (-32% YoY); diluted EPS $2.09 on sales $2,036M (-21% organic).
- FY2024 adj. EPS $9.71 (-20%); sales $8,264M (-10% organic); free cash flow $639M (-47%).
- FY2025 guidance: diluted EPS $7.65-$8.85, adj. EPS $8.60-$9.80; sales growth -4% to 2%.
- Lifecycle Services Q4 sales +3% with margin 17.4%; Software & Control sales -39%.
- Total ARR +16% YoY; restructuring charges $97M in FY2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001024478-24-000105
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROK
- cik: 0001024478
- company_name: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447824000105/0001024478-24-000105-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447824000105/rok-20241107.htm

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