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Rockwell Automation (Rockwell Automation) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of May. 10, 2024)


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What is Rockwell Automation Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Rockwell Automation has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

ROK' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 9
Current: 7

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Rockwell Automation was 9. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Rockwell Automation Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rockwell Automation's Piotroski F-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 Piotroski F-Score Chart

Rockwell Automation Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.00 5.00 4.00 4.00 9.00

Rockwell Automation Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Piotroski F-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 6.00 7.00 9.00 9.00 7.00

Competitive Comparison of Rockwell Automation's Piotroski F-Score

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

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

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


How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* 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.

This Year (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Net Income was 400.2 + 193.5 + 215.2 + 266.2 = $1,075 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 281.7 + 839.5 + 32.6 + 119.8 = $1,274 Mil.
Revenue was 2238.7 + 2562.9 + 2052.1 + 2126 = $8,980 Mil.
Gross Profit was 915.4 + 1055.5 + 794.6 + 833.4 = $3,599 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(11469.1 + 11743.3 + 11304 + 11333.3 + 11367.3) / 5 = $11443.4 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was $11,469 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,918 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $4,114 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,703 Mil.
Net Income was 297.9 + 325.8 + 384 + 300.3 = $1,308 Mil.

Revenue was 1968.7 + 2126.3 + 1981 + 2275.4 = $8,351 Mil.
Gross Profit was 802.4 + 886.4 + 813.6 + 932.5 = $3,435 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(10715.5 + 10799.9 + 10758.7 + 11149.8 + 11469.1) / 5 = $10978.6 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was $10,716 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,123 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $4,101 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,794 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Rockwell Automation's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,075. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Rockwell Automation's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,274. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar23)
=1075.1/11469.1
=0.09373883

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=1308/10715.5
=0.12206617

Rockwell Automation's return on assets of this year was 0.09373883. Rockwell Automation's return on assets of last year was 0.12206617. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Rockwell Automation's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,075. Rockwell Automation's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,274. ==> 1,274 > 1,075 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=2917.7/11443.4
=0.25496793

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=3122.6/10978.6
=0.28442607

Rockwell Automation's gearing of this year was 0.25496793. Rockwell Automation's gearing of last year was 0.28442607. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Current Ratio (This Year: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=4114.2/3703
=1.1110451

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=4101/3794.2
=1.08086026

Rockwell Automation's current ratio of this year was 1.1110451. Rockwell Automation's current ratio of last year was 1.08086026. ==> This year's current ratio is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Rockwell Automation's number of shares in issue this year was 114.8. Rockwell Automation's number of shares in issue last year was 115.6. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=3598.9/8979.7
=0.40078176

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=3434.9/8351.4
=0.41129631

Rockwell Automation's gross margin of this year was 0.40078176. Rockwell Automation's gross margin of last year was 0.41129631. ==> Last year's gross margin is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Mar23)
=8979.7/11469.1
=0.78294722

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=8351.4/10715.5
=0.77937567

Rockwell Automation's asset turnover of this year was 0.78294722. Rockwell Automation's asset turnover of last year was 0.77937567. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+0+1+1+1+1+0+1
=7

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Rockwell Automation has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Rockwell Automation  (NYSE:ROK) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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Rockwell Automation (Rockwell Automation) Business Description

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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