TTM
19.1%
YoY change
+1.75pp
Trough year (2001)
5.9%
Peak year (1995)
23.5%
Latest annual
17.1%
Operating Margin history chart for Rockwell Automation (ROK) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 17.1%
Operating Margin change chart for Rockwell Automation (ROK) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: +1.75pp
Operating Margin history table for Rockwell Automation (ROK) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 17.1% | +1.75pp | ||
| 2024 | 15.3% | -3.39pp | ||
| 2023 | 18.7% | +1.49pp | ||
| 2022 | 17.2% | +6.78pp | ||
| 2021 | 10.4% | -6.82pp | ||
| 2020 | 17.2% | -2.83pp | ||
| 2019 | 20.1% | +0.43pp | ||
| 2018 | 19.7% | +3.21pp | ||
| 2017 | 16.4% | -0.35pp | ||
| 2016 | 16.8% | -1.58pp | ||
| 2015 | 18.4% | +0.48pp | ||
| 2014 | 17.9% | +1.68pp | ||
| 2013 | 16.2% | -0.15pp | ||
| 2012 | 16.4% | +0.83pp | ||
| 2011 | 15.5% | +2.82pp | ||
| 2010 | 12.7% | +3.52pp | ||
| 2009 | 9.2% | -6.78pp | ||
| 2008 | 16.0% | -1.25pp | ||
| 2007 | 17.2% | +0.57pp | ||
| 2006 | 16.7% | +1.20pp | ||
| 2005 | 15.5% | +4.03pp | ||
| 2004 | 11.4% | +2.79pp | ||
| 2003 | 8.6% | +1.43pp | ||
| 2002 | 7.2% | +1.36pp | ||
| 2001 | 5.9% | -14.46pp | ||
| 2000 | 20.3% | +8.02pp | ||
| 1999 | 12.3% | +3.53pp | ||
| 1998 | 8.8% | -4.26pp | ||
| 1997 | 13.0% | -2.20pp | ||
| 1996 | 15.2% | -8.28pp | ||
| 1995 | 23.5% | +13.54pp | ||
| 1994 | 10.0% | +1.42pp | ||
| 1993 | 8.6% | +1.51pp | ||
| 1992 | 7.0% | -1.33pp | ||
| 1991 | 8.4% | -0.62pp | ||
| 1990 | 9.0% | +0.53pp | ||
| 1989 | 8.5% | +0.07pp | ||
| 1988 | 8.4% | -1.51pp | ||
| 1987 | 9.9% | +1.24pp | ||
| 1986 | 8.7% | -0.41pp | ||
| 1985 | 9.1% | — |
- 202517.1%+1.75pp
- 202415.3%-3.39pp
- 202318.7%+1.49pp
- 202217.2%+6.78pp
- 202110.4%-6.82pp
- 202017.2%-2.83pp
- 201920.1%+0.43pp
- 201819.7%+3.21pp
- 201716.4%-0.35pp
- 201616.8%-1.58pp
- 201518.4%+0.48pp
- 201417.9%+1.68pp
- 201316.2%-0.15pp
- 201216.4%+0.83pp
- 201115.5%+2.82pp
- 201012.7%+3.52pp
- 20099.2%-6.78pp
- 200816.0%-1.25pp
- 200717.2%+0.57pp
- 200616.7%+1.20pp
- 200515.5%+4.03pp
- 200411.4%+2.79pp
- 20038.6%+1.43pp
- 20027.2%+1.36pp
- 20015.9%-14.46pp
- 200020.3%+8.02pp
- 199912.3%+3.53pp
- 19988.8%-4.26pp
- 199713.0%-2.20pp
- 199615.2%-8.28pp
- 199523.5%+13.54pp
- 199410.0%+1.42pp
- 19938.6%+1.51pp
- 19927.0%-1.33pp
- 19918.4%-0.62pp
- 19909.0%+0.53pp
- 19898.5%+0.07pp
- 19888.4%-1.51pp
- 19879.9%+1.24pp
- 19868.7%-0.41pp
- 19859.1%—
Operating Margin values are taken from Rockwell Automation's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at Rockwell Automation (ROK)
According to Rockwell Automation's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 19.1%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
Rockwell Automation (ROK) most recent annual operating margin stands at 17.06% (2025) – expanded 1.8 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual operating margin of 23.51% was reported in 1995. The lowest in the available history was 5.86% in 2001.
Rockwell Automation Operating Margin by Year
Rockwell Automation Operating Margin 2025: 17.1%
2025's operating margin for Rockwell Automation came in at 17.06%, expanded 1.8 percentage points from 2024.
Rockwell Automation Operating Margin 2024: 15.3%
Rockwell Automation posted operating margin of 15.30% in 2024, contracted 3.4 percentage points from 2023.
Rockwell Automation Operating Margin 2023: 18.7%
In 2023, Rockwell Automation reported operating margin of 18.69%, expanded 1.5 percentage points from 2022.
Rockwell Automation Operating Margin 2022: 17.2%
Rockwell Automation operating margin in 2022 was 17.21%, expanded 6.8 percentage points from 2021.
Rockwell Automation Operating Margin 2021: 10.4%
Rockwell Automation operating margin in 2021 was 10.43%.
See more financial history for Rockwell Automation (ROK).
Sector peers by Operating Margin
Industrials peers of Rockwell Automation (ROK), ranked by their latest operating margin
| 40.1% | |
| 18.5% | |
| 18.1% | |
| 17.9% | |
| 16.6% | |
| 14.9% | |
| 10.9% | |
| -5.9% |
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