Eaton (NYSE:ETN) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Eaton (NYSE:ETN) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 11.800-12.200 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 12.000. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Eaton also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 2.650-2.750 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have commented on the stock. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Eaton from $320.00 to $353.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Bank of America increased their target price on shares of Eaton from $350.00 to $410.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Melius downgraded shares of Eaton from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $373.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Tuesday. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on Eaton from $374.00 to $392.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Finally, Citigroup lowered their target price on Eaton from $440.00 to $410.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $369.30.

Eaton Trading Down 0.2 %

NYSE:ETN opened at $326.32 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $349.23 and a 200-day moving average price of $331.08. The stock has a market cap of $128.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.72, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a current ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. Eaton has a 12 month low of $245.65 and a 12 month high of $379.99.

Eaton (NYSE:ETN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 31st. The industrial products company reported $2.83 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.82 by $0.01. Eaton had a return on equity of 21.97% and a net margin of 15.32%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.55 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Eaton will post 10.79 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Eaton

In other Eaton news, insider Craig Arnold sold 61,569 shares of Eaton stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $360.97, for a total value of $22,224,561.93. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 506,360 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $182,780,769.20. The trade was a 10.84 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Gregory R. Page sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $355.98, for a total transaction of $3,559,800.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 43,203 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,379,403.94. This trade represents a 18.80 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 72,981 shares of company stock valued at $26,318,917. 0.53% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Eaton

Eaton Corporation plc operates as a power management company worldwide. The company’s Electrical Americas and Electrical Global segment provides electrical components, industrial components, power distribution and assemblies, residential products, single and three phase power quality and connectivity products, wiring devices, circuit protection products, utility power distribution products, power reliability equipment, and services, as well as hazardous duty electrical equipment, emergency lighting, fire detection, explosion-proof instrumentation, and structural support systems.