NYSE:ETN - Eaton Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Eaton declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.71 per share on Friday, August 16th. This represents a $2.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.25%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 1st. View Eaton's Dividend History.

Eaton Co. PLC (NYSE:ETN) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The industrial products company reported $1.53 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.51 by $0.02. The industrial products company earned $5.53 billion during 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%. Eaton's quarterly revenue was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company 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 updated 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 estimate of $5.87.

14 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Eaton's shares. Their forecasts range from $76.00 to $97.00. On average, they anticipate Eaton's share price to reach $87.9091 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.5% 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, 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Eaton.

News coverage about ETN stock has trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Eaton earned a media sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Eaton.

Eaton saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,896,400 shares, an increase of 5.5% from the July 31st total of 9,379,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,320,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.3 days. Currently, 2.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Eaton's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Eaton include Curtiss-Wright (CW), Moog (MOG.A), Moog (MOG.B), 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), AT&T (T), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Pfizer (PFE), Intel (INTC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and QUALCOMM (QCOM).

Eaton's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.94%), BlackRock Inc. (7.26%), BlackRock Inc. (7.26%), Boston Partners (2.27%), Northern Trust Corp (1.45%) and Invesco Ltd. (1.38%). 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, Boston Partners, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. 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, Nandakumar Cheruvatath and Richard H Fearon. View Insider Buying and Selling for Eaton.

ETN stock was purchased 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ETN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.47.

Eaton has a market capitalization of $36.74 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.