Rockwell Automation's gross profit for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2024 was $771 Mil. Rockwell Automation's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $3,193 Mil.
Rockwell Automation had a gross margin of 37.86% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 => Competition eroding margins
During the past 13 years, the highestGross Margin % of Rockwell Automation was 43.32%. The lowest was 38.64%. And the median was 41.76%.
Warning Sign:
Rockwell Automation Inc gross margin has been in long-term decline. The average rate of decline per year is -1.7%.
Rockwell Automation Gross Profit Historical Data
The historical data trend for Rockwell Automation's Gross Profit 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.
Competitive Comparison of Rockwell Automation's Gross Profit
For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Rockwell Automation's Gross Profit, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Profit 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 Gross Profit Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Rockwell Automation's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Rockwell Automation's Gross Profit falls into.
Rockwell Automation Gross Profit Calculation
Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.
Rockwell Automation's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as
Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3,193 Mil.
Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.
* 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.
A positive Gross Profit is only the first step for a company to make a net profit. The gross profit needs to be big enough to also cover related labor, equipment, rental, marketing/advertising, research and development and a lot of other costs in selling the products.
Warren Buffett believes that firms with excellent long term economics tend to have consistently higher margins.
Durable competitive advantage creates a high Gross Margin % because of the freedom to price in excess of cost. Companies can be categorized by their Gross Margin %
1. Greater than 40% = Durable competitive advantage
2. Less than 40% = Competition eroding margins
3. Less than 20% = no sustainable competitive advantage
Consistency of Gross Margin is key
Rockwell Automation had a gross margin of 37.86% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 => Competition eroding margins
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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 & 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.
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