profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Eaton
$352.97-1.69% today
-0.3% in 1 year
1-year low $315.821-year high $459.96
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $33.55 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Eaton sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $20.8 billion in 2022 to $27.4 billion in 2025, with $4.09 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Eaton handed back 98% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $1.9B$1.6B
Free cash flow 2025$3.6B
Bought back its own shares$1.9B
Paid as dividends$1.6B
Cash vs. debt$622M vs. $10.5B
Eaton vs. similar companies
Eaton grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eaton | 33.6× · Expensive | ||
 GE Vernova | 43.5× · Expensive | ||
 Schneider Electric S.E. | 34.4× · Expensive | ||
 Siemens Energy | 79.0× · Very expensive | ||
 Parker-Hannifin | 33.0× · Expensive |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Eaton's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17,858 | 19,628 | 20,752 | 23,196 | 24,878 | 27,448 | |
| 5,450 | 6,335 | 6,887 | 8,434 | 9,503 | 10,317 | |
| – | – | 2,995 | 3,885 | 4,632 | 5,209 | |
| 2,706 | 3,962 | 4,009 | 4,904 | 5,617 | 6,179 | |
| 1,410 | 2,144 | 2,462 | 3,218 | 3,794 | 4,087 | |
| 3.49 | 5.34 | 6.14 | 8.02 | 9.50 | 10.45 | |
| 30.5% | 32.3% | 33.2% | 36.4% | 38.2% | 37.6% | |
| – | – | 14.4% | 16.7% | 18.6% | 19.0% | |
| 7.9% | 10.9% | 11.9% | 13.9% | 15.3% | 14.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 31,824 | 34,027 | 35,014 | 38,432 | 38,381 | 41,251 |
| Cash | 438 | 297 | 294 | 488 | 555 | 622 |
| Total debt | 8,384 | 8,916 | 9,114 | 9,802 | 9,821 | 10,532 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 17,939 | 19,363 | 19,850 | 21,782 |
| 14,930 | 16,413 | 17,038 | 19,036 | 18,488 | 19,425 | |
| 404 | 402 | 401 | 401 | 399 | 391 | |
| 6.4% | 9.5% | 9.2% | 10.9% | 13.1% | 13.6% | |
| 9.4% | 13.1% | 14.5% | 16.9% | 20.5% | 21.0% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,944 | 2,163 | 2,533 | 3,624 | 4,327 | 4,472 | |
| 389 | 575 | 598 | 757 | 808 | 919 | |
| 2,555 | 1,588 | 1,935 | 2,867 | 3,519 | 3,553 | |
| Dividends paid | 1,175 | 1,219 | 1,299 | 1,379 | 1,500 | 1,626 |
| 1,608 | 122 | 286 | 0 | 2,492 | 1,862 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 33.6×
- 26.5×
- 1.37
- 7.8×
- 5.0×
- 38.6×
- 23.8×
- 2.6%
- 3.0%
- 1.1%
Profitability
- 37.6%
- 19.0%
- 14.9%
- 20.7%
- 14.0%
- 12.0%
- 20.8%
- 7.2%
- 11.9%
- 2.8%
Growth
- +9.0%
- +24.5%
- +27.1%
- +7.3%
- −0.8%
Financial health
- 1.6×
- 0.54
- 39.6%
- 21.5×
- 1.32
- 0.75
- 0.52
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 19%of 985
Top 14%of 988
Bottom 25%of 874
Top 39%of 989
Bottom 38%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $379.78
- Range
- $295.00 – $428.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | 2.81 | 2.73 | +2.9% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 3.33 | 3.31 | +0.6% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 3.07 | 3.05 | +0.7% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 2.95 | 2.93 | +0.7% |
| May 2, 2025 | 2.72 | 2.71 | +0.4% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 2.83 | 2.82 | +0.4% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 2.84 | 2.80 | +1.4% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 2.73 | 2.61 | +4.6% |
1.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$11a year at today's yield, before tax
+7.3%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$2.20 in 2015 → $4.16 in 2025
How safe it looks
39.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 45.8%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
55No pass
Benjamin Graham
38No pass
Philip Fisher
63Pass
Peter Lynch
69Pass
Joel Greenblatt
14No pass
Charlie Munger
49No pass
Terry Smith
43No pass
Questions about Eaton
Is Eaton a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Eaton AI analysis
What does Eaton do?
Eaton Corporation plc operates as a power management company in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through Electrical Americas, Electrical Global, Aerospace, Vehicle, and eMobility segments. It is in Specialty Industrial Machinery, based in Dublin, Ireland, with 97,303 employees.
Does Eaton pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.1% a year, about 40% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $1.63 billion in dividends.
Is Eaton stock halal?
Yes. Eaton passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 8% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Eaton stock done over the past year?
Down 0.3% over the past twelve months, to $352.97. It traded between $315.82 and $459.96 and is 23.3% below its high.
Who are Eaton's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are GE Vernova, Schneider Electric S.E., Siemens Energy and Parker-Hannifin. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Eaton's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.