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Screener / SEC EDGAR /CIK 0001024478 /10-K filed Nov 12, 2025, compared with Nov 12, 2024 /Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks
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Rockwell Automation ROK

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Cash returned and share count, year to Sep 30, 2025

Bought back $425.0M of its own shares, 5.0× what it paid in stock

XBRL, latest 10-K
Buybacks $425.0M cash paid for its own shares
Paid in stock to employees $85.0M stock-based compensation
Share count, 1 year -1.2% fewer shares: each share owns more
Share count, 3 years -3.1% diluted average shares

New shares against shares bought back

Dilution: new shares, stock pay and buybacks · S-3 and 424B, 3 years; 10-K

Shares offered

No S-3 or 424B prospectus for shares since Nov 14, 2023.

Paid in stock

$85.0M

stock-based pay, year to Sep 30, 2025; shares sold for $101.0M in cash

Bought back

$425.0M

cash paid for its own shares, year to Sep 30, 2025: 5.0× the stock pay

Diluted shares: 113.10M in the year to Sep 30, 2025 2025 -1.2%2024 -1.0%2023 -0.9%2022 -0.3%

Change in the diluted weighted average share count from the fiscal year before, stock splits taken out. Bars use one scale for stock pay and buybacks. Prospectuses are read from their cover page; preliminary ones are left out. How

Net share count, 4 years

Shares, buybacks and stock pay, fiscal years 2021 to 2025 · 10-K XBRL

-3.4% shares
Share count -3.4% diluted average shares, 4 years to Sep 30, 2025, splits taken out
Bought back $1.6B cash paid for its own shares, summed over the 4 years
Paid in stock $341.1M stock-based compensation, and $286.9M received for shares sold, summed over the same years
Fiscal yearShares, changeBought backPaid in stockCash from shares sold
Sep 30, 2025 -1.2% $425.0M $85.0M $101.0M
Sep 30, 2024 -1.0% $595.0M $100.0M $39.0M
Sep 30, 2023 -0.9% $312.0M $88.0M $89.0M
Sep 30, 2022 -0.3% $301.3M $68.1M $57.9M

Each year's change is the diluted weighted average share count against the year before, with stock splits taken out; the headline change compares the two ends of the span on one basis. Buybacks and stock pay are added up over the same years. Buybacks that only offset stock pay leave the count flat: both are shown, no verdict. How

Where the cash came from and where it went

FY2021 to FY2025, from the cash flow statements in the 10-Ks, added up

Last year3 years5 years
Operating cash flowDebt raisedShares soldCash on hand usedOther, netCapital spendingAcquisitionsBuybacksDividendsDebt repaid Operating cash flow: $5.9B Operating cash flow $5.9B Debt raised: $1.5B Debt raised $1.5B Shares sold: $441.5M Shares sold $441.5M Cash on hand used: $262.5M Cash on hand used $262.5M Other, net: $1.7B Other, net $1.7B Capital spending: $832.9M Capital spending $832.9M Acquisitions: $3.4B Acquisitions $3.4B Buybacks: $1.9B Buybacks $1.9B Dividends: $2.7B Dividends $2.7B Debt repaid: $903.0M Debt repaid $903.0M

The same cash, step by step

Operating cash flow: $5.9B · NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0001024478-23-000126; NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0001024478-24-000107; NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0001024478-25-000116 +$5.9B
Operating cash flow
 Debt raised: $1.5B · ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt, 0001024478-23-000126; ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt, 0001024478-25-000116 +$1.5B
Debt raised
 Shares sold: $441.5M · ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised, 0001024478-23-000126; ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised, 0001024478-24-000107; ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised, 0001024478-25-000116 +$441.5M
Shares sold
 Cash on hand used: $262.5M · CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0001024478-23-000126; CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0001024478-24-000107; CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0001024478-25-000116 +$262.5M
Cash on hand used
 Other, net: $1.7B · investments bought and sold, other financing and investing lines, and exchange rates +$1.7B
Other, net
 Capital spending: $832.9M · PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment, 0001024478-23-000126; PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets, 0001024478-25-000116 −$832.9M
Capital spending
 Acquisitions: $3.4B · PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired, 0001024478-23-000126; PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired, 0001024478-24-000107; PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired, 0001024478-25-000116 −$3.4B
Acquisitions
 Buybacks: $1.9B · PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0001024478-23-000126; PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0001024478-24-000107; PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0001024478-25-000116 −$1.9B
Buybacks
 Dividends: $2.7B · PaymentsOfDividends, 0001024478-23-000126; PaymentsOfDividends, 0001024478-24-000107; PaymentsOfDividends, 0001024478-25-000116 −$2.7B
Dividends
 Debt repaid: $903.0M · RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt, 0001024478-23-000126; RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt, 0001024478-24-000107; RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt, 0001024478-25-000116 −$903.0M
Debt repaid

Came from

Operating cash flow
NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0001024478-23-000126; NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0001024478-24-000107; NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0001024478-25-000116
 $5.9B
Debt raised
ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt, 0001024478-23-000126; ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt, 0001024478-25-000116
 $1.5B
Shares sold
ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised, 0001024478-23-000126; ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised, 0001024478-24-000107; ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised, 0001024478-25-000116
 $441.5M
Cash on hand used
CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0001024478-23-000126; CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0001024478-24-000107; CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0001024478-25-000116
 $262.5M
Other, net
investments bought and sold, other financing and investing lines, and exchange rates
 $1.7B

Went to

Capital spending
PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment, 0001024478-23-000126; PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets, 0001024478-25-000116
 $832.9M
Acquisitions
PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired, 0001024478-23-000126; PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired, 0001024478-24-000107; PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired, 0001024478-25-000116
 $3.4B
Buybacks
PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0001024478-23-000126; PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0001024478-24-000107; PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0001024478-25-000116
 $1.9B
Dividends
PaymentsOfDividends, 0001024478-23-000126; PaymentsOfDividends, 0001024478-24-000107; PaymentsOfDividends, 0001024478-25-000116
 $2.7B
Debt repaid
RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt, 0001024478-23-000126; RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt, 0001024478-24-000107; RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt, 0001024478-25-000116
 $903.0M

Each number is a line of the cash flow statement as the company tagged it. "Other, net" is what those lines do not cover (investments bought and sold, other financing and investing lines, and exchange rates); Tickdelta does not estimate it.

Buybacks, dividends and share count

Year by year · XBRL, each 10-K

Fiscal year toBuybacksDividendsDiluted shares
Sep 30, 2025$425.0M $591.0M 113.10M
Sep 30, 2024$595.0M $571.0M 114.50M
Sep 30, 2023$312.0M $542.0M 115.60M
Sep 30, 2022$301.3M $519.4M 116.70M
Sep 30, 2021$299.7M $497.1M 117.10M

From the XBRL of the 10-Ks (cash flow statement and diluted weighted average shares); each year as reported in the latest 10-K that includes it. Concepts: buybacks = PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock; dividends = PaymentsOfDividends; sbc = ShareBasedCompensation; issuance = ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised; diluted_shares = WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding.

What the 10-Ks show for each CEO's years

Each CEO's years · the CEO of each fiscal year as named in the proxy's pay versus performance table

Blake D. Moret

FY2021 to FY2025 · 5 years in the table
Operating cash flow
$5.9B
Capital spending
$832.9M
Acquisitions
$3.4B
Buybacks
$1.9B
Dividends
$2.7B
Stock-based pay
$392.8M
Diluted shares since FY2020
-3.0%
Revenue since FY2020
+32%
Debt since FY2020
+$1.2B
CEO pay (reported)
$73.1M
The proxy that names the CEO

Sources

The cash flow statement and diluted share count in each 10-K's XBRL; offering prospectuses (S-3, 424B) for new shares.

Also

CEO pay: what the CEO was paid over the same years.

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