Rockwell Automation has published its first quarter 2025 results.
Takeaway Points
- Rockwell Automation has published its first quarter 2025 results.
- The fiscal 2025 first quarter Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation was $184 million, or $1.61 per share, compared to $215 million, or $1.86 per share, in the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
- Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) was 14.5 percent for the 12 months ended Dec 31, 2024, compared to 18.5 percent for the 12 months ended Dec 31, 2023.
- Rockwell Automation, Inc., is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation.
What did Rockwell Automation announce?
Rockwell Automation, Inc., said on Monday that it has reported its first quarter fiscal 2025 results. The company’s fiscal 2025 first quarter reported sales were $1,881 million, down (8.4) percent from $2,052 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2024. Organic sales decreased by 7.6 percent, and currency translation decreased sales by 0.9 points.
Blake Moret, Chairman and CEO, commented, “Q1 margins and EPS came in well above our expectations this quarter, reflecting some early benefits of Rockwell’s renewed focus on operational excellence and cost discipline. We continue to deliver on our cost reduction and margin expansion projects we outlined last year. From a demand perspective, we are encouraged by better-than-expected order performance in the quarter with sequential growth across all regions and business segments. While there is still some macroeconomic and policy uncertainty weighing on customers’ capex plans, Rockwell won multi-million dollar strategic orders across key industries, especially in the U.S., our home market.”
Moret added, We continue to expect gradual sequential improvement in our sales and margins as we move through this fiscal year, including potential impacts from tariffs. I’m pleased with the progress our teams are making toward our long-term productivity and margin expansion targets, and I’m confident we are making the right investments to drive sustained growth and profitability. Nobody is better positioned than Rockwell to help American manufacturers create the future of industrial operations.”
The Financial Report of the First Quarter 2025 Results
According to the company, the fiscal 2025 first quarter net income attributable to Rockwell Automation was $184 million or $1.61 per share, compared to $215 million or $1.86 per share in the first quarter of fiscal 2024. The decreases in net income attributable to Rockwell Automation and diluted EPS were primarily due to lower sales volume. Fiscal 2025 first quarter adjusted EPS was $1.83, down (10) percent compared to $2.04 in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, primarily due to lower sales volume.
ROIC
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) was 14.5 percent for the 12 months ended Dec 31, 2024, compared to 18.5 percent for the 12 months ended Dec 31, 2023. The decrease is mainly driven by lower pre-tax net income, the report stated.
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 27,000 problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100 countries as of fiscal year end 2024. To learn more about how we are bringing The Connected Enterprise ® to life across industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.
