Eaton Corporation, PLC

ETN Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery

Eaton Corporation, PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $27.4 billion, up 10.3% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+28.0%
EPS
+6.79%
Free cash flow
−11.0%
Total debt
+87.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

342.26 15.24 +4.66%
Market cap
$127.1B
P/E
34.1×
Fwd P/E
32.9×
Dividend yield
0.96%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
4.95
Beneish M
−2.37
Dividend safety
86/100

Eaton Corporation, PLC (ETN) Return on invested capital

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Eaton Corporation, PLC's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.94%, down 2.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.20% (fiscal 2020) to 11.4% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 5.56% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 11.4% 0.09
FY2024 11.3% 1.87
FY2023 9.44% 1.91
FY2022 7.53% 1.23
FY2021 6.30% 1.10
FY2020 5.20% (2.38)
FY2019 7.58% 0.21
FY2018 7.37% 0.74
FY2017 6.63% 0.25
FY2016 6.38% (0.01)

Against its own ten years

Low 5.20% High 11.4%
Ten-year median 7.37%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc. compare 23.7%
ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc. compare 18.5%
CMI Cummins Inc. compare 16.5%
PH Parker-Hannifin Corporation compare 10.7%
EMR Emerson Electric Co. compare 9.71%
ETN Eaton Corporation, PLC 8.94%
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. compare 8.25%
AME AMETEK, Inc. compare 7.53%
GEV GE Vernova Inc. compare 0.00%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 5.56%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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