Company: ROK
Filing Date: 2025-11-12
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001024478-25-000116
Chunk: 162

Company: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-12
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 6
Chunk 162
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 and an accounting change and accrual increase for legacy asbestos liabilities, partially offset by productivity, price realization, and prior year restructuring charges. Adjusted EPS was $10.53 in fiscal 2025, up 7 percent compared to $9.85 in fiscal 2024, primarily due to higher segment operating margin. Total segment operating margin was 20.4% in 2025 compared to 19.3% in 2024. The increase in total segment operating margin was primarily due to productivity, higher sales driven by price realization, and favorable mix, partially offset by higher compensation and unfavorable net currency.

Intelligent Devices

Sales

Intelligent Devices reported and organic sales decreased 1 percent in 2025 compared to 2024. All regions experienced reported sales decreases. All regions except Latin America experienced organic sales decreases.

Segment Operating Margin

Intelligent Devices segment operating earnings decreased 3 percent year over year. Segment operating margin decreased to 18.0 percent in 2025 from 18.4 percent in 2024, primarily due to higher compensation, lower sales volume, and a prior year earnout accrual adjustment, partially offset by productivity and price realization.

Software & Control

Sales

Software & Control reported and organic sales increased 9 percent in 2025 compared to 2024. All regions except North America experienced reported and organic sales decreases.

Segment Operating Margin

Software & Control segment operating earnings increased 34 percent year over year. Segment operating margin increased to 29.7 percent in 2025 from 24.2 percent in 2024, primarily due to productivity, higher sales volume, and the positive impact of price realization, partially offset by higher compensation.

Lifecycle Services

Sales

Lifecycle Services reported and organic sales decreased 3 percent in 2025 compared to 2024. All regions except Europe, Middle East, and Africa experienced reported sales decreases. All regions experienced organic sales decreases. 

Segment Operating Margin

Lifecycle Services segment operating earnings decreased 13 percent year over year. Segment operating margin decreased to 14.5 percent in 2025 from 16.1 percent in 2024, primarily due to higher compensation, partially offset by strong project execution and productivity.

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2024 Compared to 2023 

For a discussion of the Company’s fiscal 2024 results compared to fiscal 2023, see Item 7. MD&A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2024, filed on November