Insider trade

CFO sold ~$256K of ROK shares in the open market

Traded Aug 20, 2026 · Filed Aug 21, 2026

~$256K
Reported value · 590 sh @ $434.3008: 10K
Holds after · shares reported: +2.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +0.2%, $431.45 → $442.45 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of Rockwell Automation sold $256K of Rockwell Automation shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 20, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 21, 2026

CFO$100K–$500KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$256,237

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

16 days after results of Aug 4, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $431.45 on Aug 20, 2026, 29% above its 52-week low and 13% below its high, after an 8% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $333.75 (Oct 10, 2025) to $495.08 (Jun 30, 2026), 61% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $467.48 on Jul 9, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-1.2%	+0.5%	-1.7%
30 days	+0.7%	+0.6%	+0.2%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001523212-26-000002
Filed / recorded: Aug 21, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
Issuer CIK: 1024478
Ticker: ROK
Reporting person: Christian E Rothe
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Sr. VP and CFO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 20, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 590
Price per share: $434.3008
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 10,428.6941
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Sale of shares pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 plan entered into on 11/25/2025 to cover taxes due on restricted stock units that vested on 8/19/2026.
Price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price. Shares sold at prices ranging from $433.73 to $434.42 The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Company, any shareowners of the Company and the staff of the SEC, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.

Around the same time

Insider sold3w ago

~$474Kplanned to sell · 1,100 shares, around Aug 27, 2026

Someone high up at Rockwell Automation told the SEC they plan to sell $474K of Rockwell Automation shares around Aug 27, 2026. The shares did not come from their pay.

Why it stands out Official record

4w ago

325Shares

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.