NYSE:ETN - Eaton Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Eaton announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.66 per share on Friday, May 18th. This represents a $2.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.39%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 3rd. View Eaton's Dividend History.

Eaton Co. PLC (NYSE:ETN) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The industrial products company reported $1.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.03. The industrial products company earned $5.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.11 billion. Eaton had a return on equity of 12.77% and a net margin of 14.59%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.96 earnings per share. View Eaton's Earnings History.

Eaton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Eaton.

Eaton updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 1st. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.10-$5.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.18. Eaton also updated its Q2 guidance to $1.25-$1.35 EPS.

17 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Eaton's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect Eaton's share price to reach $86.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Eaton.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eaton in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Some companies that are related to Eaton include Curtiss-Wright (CW), Moog Inc Class A (MOG.A), Moog Inc Class B (MOG.B), Actuant (ATU) and Indoor Harvest (INQD).

Press coverage about ETN stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Eaton earned a news impact score of 0.22 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the industrial products company an impact score of 46.10 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Eaton's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.33%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.23%), Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.19%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.14%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%) and Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (0.07%). Company insiders that own Eaton stock include Charles E Golden, Christopher M Connor, Curtis J Hutchins, Deborah L Mccoy, Dorothy C Thompson, Ken D Semelsberger, Mark M Mcguire, Michael J Critelli, Nandakumar Cheruvatath, Revathi Advaithi, Richard H Fearon, Richard M Eubanks, Thomas E Moran, 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 Capital Investment Advisors LLC, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Bank of Montreal Can, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Sippican Capital Advisors, Retirement Systems of Alabama and Atria Investments LLC. Company insiders that have sold Eaton company stock in the last year include Charles E Golden, Christopher M Connor, Curtis J Hutchins, Deborah L Mccoy, Ken D Semelsberger, Michael J Critelli, Nandakumar Cheruvatath, Revathi Advaithi, Richard M Eubanks, Uday Yadav and William J Vanlandingham II. View Insider Buying and Selling for Eaton.

ETN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Hamlin Capital Management LLC, Lodestar Investment Counsel LLC IL, Private Asset Management Inc., Howard Capital Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Denali Advisors LLC and Univest Corp of Pennsylvania. Company insiders that have bought Eaton stock in the last two years include Christopher M Connor and Dorothy C Thompson. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ETN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.82.

Eaton has a market capitalization of $33.82 billion and generates $20.40 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $2.99 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.65 on an earnings per share basis. Eaton employs 96,000 workers across the globe.

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.