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 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.66 per share on Friday, August 17th. This represents a $2.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 2nd. View Eaton's Dividend History.

Eaton Co. PLC (NYSE:ETN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 31st. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.07. The industrial products company earned $5.49 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.45 billion. Eaton had a net margin of 14.80% and a return on equity of 13.11%. The company's revenue was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.15 earnings per share. View Eaton's Earnings History.

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

Eaton updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 31st. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.20-5.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.24. Eaton also updated its Q3 guidance to $1.35-1.45 EPS.

19 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Eaton's stock. Their forecasts range from $77.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate Eaton's share price to reach $87.5294 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Eaton.

19 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 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Eaton.

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Media coverage about ETN stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Eaton earned a news impact score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the industrial products company an impact score of 46.69 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Eaton.

Eaton's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.80%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.32%), Boston Partners (1.89%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.44%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.07%) and Morgan Stanley (1.03%). 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, 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 Luminus Management LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Morgan Stanley, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Nomura Holdings Inc.. 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 Sound Shore Management Inc. CT, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., American Century Companies Inc., LSV Asset Management, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc. and FMR LLC. 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 $81.00.

Eaton has a market capitalization of $34.90 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.