NYSE:ETN - Eaton Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Eaton announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.71 per share on Friday, August 16th. This represents a $2.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.71%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 1st. View Eaton's Dividend History.

Eaton Co. PLC (NYSE:ETN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 30th. The industrial products company reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.51 by $0.02. The industrial products company had revenue of $5.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.63 billion. Eaton had a return on equity of 14.88% and a net margin of 10.16%. The firm's revenue was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.39 EPS. View Eaton's Earnings History.

Eaton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Eaton.

Eaton issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.77-5.97 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.87.

14 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Eaton's shares. Their forecasts range from $76.00 to $97.00. On average, they expect Eaton's share price to reach $88.5455 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Eaton.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eaton in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Eaton.

News stories about ETN stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Eaton earned a news sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Eaton.

Eaton saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,379,700 shares, a decrease of 7.2% from the June 30th total of 10,106,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,210,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.2 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's shares are short sold. View Eaton's Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Eaton investors own include General Electric (GE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Intel (INTC), Pfizer (PFE), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and QUALCOMM (QCOM).

Eaton's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.94%), BlackRock Inc. (7.26%), BlackRock Inc. (7.26%), Northern Trust Corp (1.45%), Invesco Ltd. (1.38%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.28%). Company insiders that own Eaton stock include Charles E Golden, Christopher M Connor, 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 Quest Capital Management Inc. ADV, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Stevens Capital Management LP. 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, Nandakumar Cheruvatath, Revathi Advaithi 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Eaton Vance Management, Lansdowne Partners UK LLP, Holocene Advisors LP, Bahl & Gaynor Inc. and Panagora Asset Management Inc.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ETN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $76.59.

Eaton has a market capitalization of $32.17 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.