Which is more profitable, Eaton or General Dynamics?

Eaton keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Eaton or General Dynamics?

Eaton grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Eaton or General Dynamics?

General Dynamics costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Eaton or General Dynamics?

General Dynamics would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Eaton vs General Dynamics stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Eaton is more profitable and grows faster. General Dynamics is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Eaton	General Dynamics
	$137 billion	$98.2 billion
	14.9%	8.0%
	+9.0%	+6.7%
	33.6×	23.3×
	1.6 years	1.2 years
	14.0%	12.6%
	1.1%	1.7%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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