NYSE:ETN - Eaton Stock Price, Forecast & News

Eaton trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ETN."

Eaton announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.71 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $2.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.97%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 31st. View Eaton's Dividend History.

Eaton Co. PLC (NYSE:ETN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The industrial products company reported $1.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.51 by $0.01. The industrial products company earned $5.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.51 billion. Eaton had a return on equity of 15.15% and a net margin of 11.06%. The company's revenue was down 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.43 EPS. View Eaton's Earnings History.

Eaton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Eaton.

Eaton will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Eaton updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.36-$1.46 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.51.

15 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Eaton's shares. Their forecasts range from $76.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect Eaton's share price to reach $94.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Eaton.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eaton in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Eaton.

Media stories about ETN stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Eaton earned a news impact score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Eaton.

Eaton saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 9,180,000 shares, an increase of 6.1% from the November 28th total of 8,650,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,230,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.1 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Eaton's Current Options Chain.

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Eaton's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.18%), PGGM Investments (0.16%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.08%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.06%), Alpha Cubed Investments LLC (0.05%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Eaton stock include Curtis J Hutchins, Deborah L Mccoy, Dorothy C Thompson, Heath B Monesmith, Joao V Faria, Ken D Semelsberger, Michael J Critelli, Nandakumar Cheruvatath, Olivier Leonetti, Revathi Advaithi, Richard H Fearon, Richard M Eubanks, Uday Yadav and William J Vanlandingham II. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Eaton.

ETN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, United Services Automobile Association, Farmers Trust Co., Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, Alpha Cubed Investments LLC and Hamlin Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Eaton company stock in the last year include Curtis J Hutchins, Deborah L Mccoy, Heath B Monesmith, Joao V Faria, Ken D Semelsberger, Michael J Critelli, Nandakumar Cheruvatath and Richard H Fearon. View Insider Buying and Selling for Eaton.

ETN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TIAA FSB, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Red Spruce Capital LLC, Hoey Investments Inc., Cerebellum GP LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC and Price Wealth LLC. Company insiders that have bought Eaton stock in the last two years include Dorothy C Thompson and Olivier Leonetti. View Insider Buying and Selling for Eaton.

Shares of ETN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ETN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $95.68.

Eaton has a market capitalization of $39.55 billion and generates $21.61 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $2.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.39 on an earnings per share basis. Eaton employs 99,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Eaton.

The official website for Eaton is http://www.eaton.com/.

Eaton's mailing address is EATON HOUSE 30 PEMBROKE ROAD, DUBLIN L2, D04. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 353-1637-2900.