Rockwell Automation, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
ROK · Industrials
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 84 days, change +5 days YoY
AR growth 7.2% vs revenue growth 0.9%
Revenue 0.9%, CFFO 78.7%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory -3.6% vs COGS -2.0%. Normal
CapEx growth -17.3% vs revenue 0.9%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 47.7%. Normal
Gross margin 48.1%, change +1.5pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.78. Profits backed by cash
FCF $1.4B, FCF/NI = 1.56
Accruals ratio = -6.0%. Low accruals
Cash $0.5B covers only 13% of debt $3.6B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $4.7B = 129% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 2.6x. Healthy
Other assets grew 40.7% vs revenue 0.9%
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -7% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.70 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
Beneish M-Score
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-09