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Rockwell Automation (Rockwell Automation) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 30.02 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Rockwell Automation Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-28), Rockwell Automation's current share price is $280.12. Rockwell Automation's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $9.33. Rockwell Automation's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 30.02.

The historical rank and industry rank for Rockwell Automation's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

ROK' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 18.81   Med: 30.39   Max: 42.55
Current: 30.01

During the past years, Rockwell Automation's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 42.55. The lowest was 18.81. And the median was 30.39.

ROK's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
53.44% of 1016 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 32.505 vs ROK: 30.01

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Rockwell Automation's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.306. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $9.33 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Rockwell Automation Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rockwell Automation's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Rockwell Automation Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Rockwell Automation Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.78 30.30 35.69 23.95 29.92

Rockwell Automation Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 28.99 32.55 36.30 29.92 33.27

Competitive Comparison of Rockwell Automation's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Rockwell Automation's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Rockwell Automation's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Rockwell Automation's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Rockwell Automation's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Rockwell Automation Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Rockwell Automation's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=280.12/9.33
=30.02

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Rockwell Automation's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Rockwell Automation's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=-0.306/129.4194*129.4194
=-0.306

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Rockwell Automation Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 1.285 99.695 1.668
201406 1.884 100.560 2.425
201409 2.027 100.428 2.612
201412 1.667 99.070 2.178
201503 1.965 99.621 2.553
201506 1.927 100.684 2.477
201509 2.292 100.392 2.955
201512 1.090 99.792 1.414
201603 1.539 100.470 1.982
201606 1.905 101.688 2.425
201609 1.809 101.861 2.298
201612 2.093 101.863 2.659
201703 2.095 102.862 2.636
201706 2.196 103.349 2.750
201709 0.484 104.136 0.602
201712 1.393 104.011 1.733
201803 2.796 105.290 3.437
201806 2.549 106.317 3.103
201809 2.562 106.507 3.113
201812 1.399 105.998 1.708
201903 0.874 107.251 1.055
201906 2.727 108.070 3.266
201909 3.847 108.329 4.596
201912 1.665 108.420 1.987
202003 1.696 108.902 2.016
202006 2.671 108.767 3.178
202009 2.599 109.815 3.063
202012 2.728 109.897 3.213
202103 1.912 111.754 2.214
202106 3.735 114.631 4.217
202109 1.370 115.734 1.532
202112 -0.419 117.630 -0.461
202203 0.392 121.301 0.418
202206 2.803 125.017 2.902
202209 3.089 125.227 3.192
202212 0.365 125.222 0.377
202303 1.346 127.348 1.368
202306 2.077 128.729 2.088
202309 6.715 129.860 6.692
202312 -0.306 129.419 -0.306

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Rockwell Automation  (NYSE:ROK) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Rockwell Automation (Rockwell Automation) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1201 South Second Street, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 53204
Rockwell Automation is a pure-play automation competitor that is the successor entity to Rockwell International, which spun off its former Rockwell Collins avionics segment in 2001. As of fiscal 2021, the firm operates through three segments--intelligent devices, software and control, and lifecycle services. Intelligent devices contains its drives, sensors, and industrial components, software and control contains its information and network and security software, while lifecycle services contains its consulting and maintenance services as well as its Sensia JV with SLB.
Executives
Matthew W. Fordenwalt officer: SVP Lifecycle Services 1201 S. 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Christopher Nardecchia officer: SVP, Chief Information Officer 1201 S. 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Rebecca W House officer: SVP, CLO and Secretary 1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Frank C Kulaszewicz officer: SVP C/O ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., 1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Blake D. Moret director, officer: President and CEO C/O ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., 1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
John M Miller officer: VP and Chief IP Counsel C/O ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., 1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Terry L. Riesterer officer: Vice President and Controller 1201 S. 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Nicholas C Gangestad officer: Sr. VP and CFO 3M CENTER-OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, ST. PAUL MN 55144-1000
Veena M Lakkundi officer: SVP, Strategy & Corp Developmt 3M COMPANY, 3M CENTER, BLDG 220 09 E-02, ST. PAUL MN 55144-1000
Isaac Woods officer: Vice President and Treasurer 1201 S 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Scott Genereux officer: Sr.VP, Chief Revenue Officer 26650 ALISO VIEJO PARKWAY, ALISO VIEJO CA 92656
Brian A Shepherd officer: Sr. VP Software and Control 1201 S 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Robert L. Buttermore officer: SVP,Chief Supply Chain Officer 1201 S. 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Cyril Perducat officer: SVP, Technology 1201 S. 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Tessa M. Myers officer: SVP, Intelligent Devices 4545 W BROWN DEER ROAD, P.O. BOX 245036, MILWAUKEE WI 53224