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ROK (Rockwell Automation) Altman Z-Score : 4.96 (As of Jul. 03, 2025)


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What is Rockwell Automation Altman Z-Score?

The Altman Z-Score is a model designed to predict the likelihood of a company going bankrupt within the next two years. Created by American finance professor Edward Altman in 1968, the model is specifically designed for publicly traded manufacturing companies with assets greater than $1 million.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 4.92 is strong.

Rockwell Automation has a Altman Z-Score of 4.96, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Altman Z-Score is strong.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z-Score <= 1.8, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z-Score >= 3, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z-Score is between 1.8 and 3, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for Rockwell Automation's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

ROK' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.7   Med: 5.2   Max: 6.34
Current: 4.92

During the past 13 years, Rockwell Automation's highest Altman Z-Score was 6.34. The lowest was 3.70. And the median was 5.20.


Rockwell Automation Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rockwell Automation's Altman Z-Score 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 Altman Z-Score Chart

Rockwell Automation Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.55 4.76 4.11 5.23 4.74

Rockwell Automation Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Altman Z-Score 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 5.04 4.79 4.74 4.42 4.14

Competitive Comparison of Rockwell Automation's Altman Z-Score

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Rockwell Automation's Altman Z-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z-Score 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 Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Rockwell Automation's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Rockwell Automation's Altman Z-Score falls into.


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Rockwell Automation Altman Z-Score Calculation

Altman Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

Rockwell Automation's Altman Z-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=1.2*X1+1.4*X2+3.3*X3+0.6*X4+1.0*X5
=1.2*0.0169+1.4*0.4808+3.3*0.1093+0.6*5.3061+1.0*0.7248
=4.96

* 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. GuruFocus does not calculate Altman Z-Score when X4 or X5 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025:
Total Assets was $10,993 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $3,770 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,584 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $5,285 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 299 + 213 + 274.1 + 255 = $1,041 Mil.
Interest Expense was -39 + -39 + -41.1 + -41 = $-160 Mil.
Revenue was 2001 + 1881 + 2035.5 + 2050.6 = $7,968 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $39,202 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $7,388 Mil.

* Note that for stock reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data.

X1=Working Capital/Total Assets
=(Total Current Assets - Total Current Liabilities)/Total Assets
=(3770 - 3584)/10993
=0.0169

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=5285/10993
=0.4808

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(1041.1 - -160.1)/10993
=0.1093

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=39201.660/7388
=5.3061

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=7968.1/10993
=0.7248

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones

Rockwell Automation has a Altman Z-Score of 4.96 indicating it is in Safe Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


Rockwell Automation  (NYSE:ROK) Altman Z-Score Explanation

X1: The Working Capital/Total Assets (WC/TA) ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Ordinarily, a firm experiencing consistent operating losses will have shrinking current assets in relation to total assets. Altman found this one proved to be the most valuable liquidity ratio comparing with the current ratio and the quick ratio. This is however the least significant of the five factors.

X2: Retained Earnings/Total Assets: the RE/TA ratio measures the leverage of a firm. Retained earnings is the account which reports the total amount of reinvested earnings and/or losses of a firm over its entire life. Those firms with high RE, relative to TA, have financed their assets through retention of profits and have not utilized as much debt.

X3, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets (EBIT/TA): This ratio is a measure of the true productivity of the firm's assets, independent of any tax or leverage factors. Since a firm's ultimate existence is based on the earning power of its assets, this ratio appears to be particularly appropriate for studies dealing with corporate failure. This ratio continually outperforms other profitability measures, including cash flow.

X4, Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities (MVE/TL): The measure shows how much the firm's assets can decline in value (measured by market value of equity plus debt) before the liabilities exceed the assets and the firm becomes insolvent.

X5, Revenue/Total Assets (S/TA): The capital-turnover ratio is a standard financial ratio illustrating the sales generating ability of the firm's assets.

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Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Rockwell Automation Business Description

Address
1201 South Second Street, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 53204
With roots tracing back to the early 1900s, Rockwell Automation is the successor to Rockwell International, which spun off its avionics segment in 2001. It is a pure-play industrial automation company that operates through three segments. Its largest segment by revenue, intelligent devices, sells factory floor-level devices such as motors, drives, sensors, relays, and actuators. Its software and control segment sells visualization, simulation, and human-machine interface software and control products such as programmable controllers, computers, and operator terminals. Its smallest segment, lifecycle services, offers digital consulting, engineered-to-order services, and other outsourced services such as remote monitoring, cybersecurity, and asset and plant maintenance and optimization.
Executives
John M Miller officer: VP and Chief IP Counsel C/O ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., 1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Robert L. Buttermore officer: SVP,Chief Supply Chain Officer 1201 S. 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Rebecca W House officer: SVP, CLO and Secretary 1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Terry L. Riesterer officer: Vice President and Controller 1201 S. 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Matthew W. Fordenwalt officer: SVP Lifecycle Services 1201 S. 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Scott Genereux officer: Sr.VP, Chief Revenue Officer 26650 ALISO VIEJO PARKWAY, ALISO VIEJO CA 92656
Tessa M. Myers officer: SVP, Intelligent Devices 4545 W BROWN DEER ROAD, P.O. BOX 245036, MILWAUKEE WI 53224
Isaac Woods officer: Vice President and Treasurer 1201 S 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Christopher Nardecchia officer: SVP, Chief Information Officer 1201 S. 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Blake D. Moret director, officer: President and CEO C/O ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., 1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Veena M Lakkundi officer: SVP, Strategy & Corp Developmt 3M COMPANY, 3M CENTER, BLDG 220 09 E-02, ST. PAUL MN 55144-1000
Cyril Perducat officer: SVP, Technology 1201 S. 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
James P Keane director
Nicholas C Gangestad officer: Sr. VP and CFO 3M CENTER-OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, ST. PAUL MN 55144-1000
Brian A Shepherd officer: Sr. VP Software and Control 1201 S 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204