Growth Metrics

Rockwell Automation (ROK) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Rockwell Automation (ROK) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.27% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 3.0% to 0.27% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.27%, a 3.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.18%, up 3.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.27% for Q4 2025 at Rockwell Automation, up from 0.25% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.29% in Q3 2023 to a low of 0.15% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.22% and a median of 0.23% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: decreased -8bps in 2021, then increased 11bps in 2023.
  • Rockwell Automation's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.16% in 2021, then grew by 20bps to 0.19% in 2022, then soared by 53bps to 0.29% in 2023, then dropped by -18bps to 0.24% in 2024, then rose by 12bps to 0.27% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ROK's Return on Capital Employed are 0.27% (Q4 2025), 0.25% (Q3 2025), and 0.26% (Q2 2025).