Company Analysis

Eaton Corporation, plc (ETN)

NYSE: ETN · Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment · Dublin, IE · filing with the SEC since 2012
Grade6.8
◀ Past 7.3● Present 7.1▶ Future 6.0

The grade of Eaton Corporation, plc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.8/10
◀ Past7.330% of the headline
● Present7.140% of the headline
▶ Future6.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 88th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Eaton Corporation, plc's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+3.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Eaton Corporation, plc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $20 billion in fiscal 2016 to $27 billion in fiscal 2025, up 3.7% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 17% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span3.7%bottom 31% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 33% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 25% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak17.4%top 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.8% a year. 71% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 8 sales, 5 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Eaton Corporation, plc's diluted share count shrank about 0.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 71% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 8 sales and 5 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04, buying about $550 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 28% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 21%: 21¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 53%: owes 53¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Eaton Corporation, plc earned about 21 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 25 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 53 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 29% of its family
  • return on equitytop 6% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 15% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
8.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 14% of 10 in its family; net margin 14.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 86th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Eaton Corporation, plc's standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $27 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 6% by size; a net margin of 14.9% ranks in the top 5%; revenue growth of 9.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 31% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$27.45Btop 6% of its family
  • net margin14.9%top 5% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth9.8%top 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
2.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 23% of 5 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Eaton Corporation, plc's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Ruiz, Sternadt Paulo (Chief Executive Officer of Eaton Corporation, a subsidiary of the Issuer., as filed), filing under that title since 2025-06-06, 1.4 years (bottom 10% of its family); the 21 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.6 years (bottom 30%); 14 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 21 people in charge now (bottom 29%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge14 in three years among 21 peoplebottom 29% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.6 yearsbottom 30% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.4 yearsbottom 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 46% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Eaton Corporation, plc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $622 million against debt of $9.9 billion leaves -22.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 4% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 12.9% of revenue (top 25%); a gross margin of 37.6% (top 15%); research spending of 2.9% of revenue (top 50%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-22.5%bottom 4% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue12.9%top 25% of its family
  • gross margin37.6%top 15% of its family
  • research spending against revenue2.9%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 23% of 9 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Eaton Corporation, plc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 9.8% a year over the last three filed years against 3.7% over all 10, speeding up (top 6% of its family); the newest year grew 10.3% (top 28%); research spending grew 6.2% a year (top 39%); capital spending grew 15.4% a year (top 19%) (its annual reports). Eaton Corporation, plc reported 5 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Electrical Americas at $13 billion (48%), Electrical Global at $6.8 billion (25%), Aerospace at $4.2 billion (16%), and 2 more; 3 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+6.0 points a yeartop 6% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.3%top 28% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending6.2%top 39% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending15.4%top 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 48% of 7 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Eaton Corporation, plc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $27 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.8% above the $27 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $4.1 billion against a prior three-year average of $3.2 billion (bottom 44%); a net margin of 14.9% against 13.7% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.8%top 50% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+29%bottom 44% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.2 pointstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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