For the quarter ended June 2025, Rockwell Automation (ROK) reported revenue of $2.14 billion, up 4.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.82, compared to $2.71 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.67% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.07 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.69, the EPS surprise was +4.83%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Rockwell Automation performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Organic Sales - Total Growth: -4% versus -0.5% estimated by four analysts on average.
- Sales- Intelligent Devices: $896 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $930.34 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -6.4%.
- Sales- Lifecycle Services: $537 million compared to the $552.24 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -7.6% year over year.
- Sales- Software & Control: $568 million compared to the $585.5 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +10.9% year over year.
- Operating earnings- Intelligent Devices: $159 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $182.98 million.
- Operating earnings- Lifecycle Services: $78 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $85.83 million.
- Operating earnings- Software & Control: $171 million versus $165.25 million estimated by four analysts on average.
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Shares of Rockwell Automation have returned +2.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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