Eaton (ETN) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Q: What analysts cover Eaton?

Eaton has been rated by research analysts at Argus , Citigroup , Deutsche Bank , Jefferies Financial Group , JPMorgan Chase & Co. , Mizuho , Morgan Stanley , Raymond James Financial , Robert W. Baird , Rothschild & Co Redburn , Royal Bank Of Canada , UBS Group , Weiss Ratings , and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.

$351.92 -7.12 (-1.98%)

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Eaton - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 23 Analyst Ratings

Sell
0

Hold
4

Buy
19

Based on 23 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Eaton in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 23 analysts, 4 have given a hold rating, 18 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for ETN.

Consensus Price Target

$476.86
35.50% Upside

According to the 23 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Eaton, the average price target is $476.86. The highest price target for ETN is $539.00, while the lowest price target for ETN is $392.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 35.50% from the current price of $351.92.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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ETN Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 11/13/25 to 11/13/26	1 Month Ago 10/14/25 to 10/14/26	3 Months Ago 8/15/25 to 8/15/26	1 Year Ago 11/13/24 to 11/13/25
Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	18 Buy rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)
Hold	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)
Sell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$476.86	$481.41	$453.91	$393.82
Forecasted Upside	35.50% Upside	17.98% Upside	0.40% Upside	11.32% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

ETN Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

ETN Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Eaton Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Eaton	Industrials Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.87	2.29	2.52
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	32.79% Upside	53.54% Upside	13.83% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Neutral News See Recent ETN News	Positive News	Positive News

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
11/11/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3 of 5 stars	Stephen Tusa 4 of 5 stars	Initiated Coverage	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$395.00	+11.48%
11/11/2026	Jefferies Financial Group 3 of 5 stars	Julian Mitchell Not Rated	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$395.00	+11.48%
11/9/2026	Raymond James Financial 3 of 5 stars	Tim Thein 4 of 5 stars	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$485.00	+41.90%
11/4/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Stephen Tusa Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Overweight	$503.00 ➝ $485.00	+23.83%
11/4/2026	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Brett Linzey Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target		$485.00	+23.83%
11/4/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Jeffrey Reive Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Outperform	$526.00 ➝ $539.00	+51.86%
10/23/2026	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
10/12/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Andrew Kaplowitz Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Buy	$485.00 ➝ $498.00	+16.00%
9/30/2026	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Neutral	$386.00 ➝ $403.00	-6.28%
9/30/2026	Deutsche Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Buy	$493.00 ➝ $521.00	+21.16%
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9/7/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Amit Mehrotra Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$450.00 ➝ $515.00	+25.28%
8/28/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Chris Snyder Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Overweight	$500.00 ➝ $520.00	+24.98%
8/20/2026	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$500.00	+20.18%
8/18/2026	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Buy	$475.00 ➝ $528.00	+22.79%
8/11/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	David Raso Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Outperform	$502.00 ➝ $515.00	+19.77%
8/3/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$509.00 ➝ $534.00	+22.64%
8/3/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Outperform	$490.00 ➝ $500.00	+16.28%
8/3/2026	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Buy	$440.00 ➝ $460.00	+6.98%
8/3/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Daniel DiCicco Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Outperform	$477.00 ➝ $487.00	+17.28%
5/6/2026	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Jeffrey Hammond Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Overweight	$420.00 ➝ $480.00	+16.81%
5/6/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Julian Mitchell Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$340.00 ➝ $392.00	-6.90%
5/5/2026	Erste Group Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Initiated Coverage	Buy
4/2/2026	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Lower Target	Outperform	$446.00 ➝ $437.00	+1.63%
2/4/2026	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Outperform	$387.00 ➝ $417.00	-2.99%
9/15/2025	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Buy	$401.00 ➝ $408.00	-5.07%
9/15/2025	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$412.00 ➝ $495.00	+35.13%
9/2/2025	CICC Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$388.00	-9.72%
4/7/2025	President Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$378.00 ➝ $290.00	-32.56%
3/12/2025	Vertical Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Lower Target		$366.00 ➝ $330.00	-23.28%
11/13/2024	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Buy	$350.00 ➝ $410.00	+10.65%

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Should I Buy Eaton Stock? ETN Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Thursday, November 12, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Eaton pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Eaton
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Eaton Co. plc:

Eaton Co. plc recently reported third-quarter earnings that significantly exceeded market expectations, with actual earnings per share of $3.68 surpassing the consensus estimate of $3.54, while revenue of $8.95 billion also beat the projected $8.53 billion, demonstrating strong operational performance and demand for its power management solutions.
The company has raised its full-year 2026 earnings guidance to a range of $13.40 to $13.60 per share, which is above the previous consensus estimate of $13.34, indicating management confidence in continued growth and the ability to deliver higher profits to shareholders this year.
Eaton Co. plc was selected by Dassault Aviation to supply hydraulic power and fuel system technologies for the new Falcon 10X business jet, a recent development that expands the company's aerospace footprint and secures long-term revenue from a high-profile commercial aircraft program.
With the current stock price at $359.12, the shares are trading well below the consensus price target of $476.86, suggesting significant potential upside for investors as the stock has pulled back from its 52-week high of $478.00 despite strong fundamental performance.
Analysts maintain a positive outlook on the stock, with Royal Bank of Canada recently raising its price target to $539.00 and maintaining an outperform rating, while the overall consensus rating remains a Moderate Buy, reflecting confidence in the company's long-term value proposition.

Eaton
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Eaton Co. plc for these reasons:

The stock has experienced a significant decline recently, dropping approximately 23% in the past month, which has pushed the price down to $359.12, well below its 50-day moving average of $403.30 and 200-day moving average of $396.80, indicating a strong downward trend in the short term.
Several major financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase and Jefferies Financial Group, have initiated coverage with neutral ratings and price targets of $395.00, suggesting that the current valuation may not offer enough immediate upside to justify a buy recommendation despite the recent price drop.
The company's debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.85, which indicates a moderate level of leverage that could limit financial flexibility or increase risk if interest rates remain elevated or if the company faces unexpected operational challenges.
Short interest in the stock has been relatively high, with 7,170,485 shares shorted as of the latest record date, representing a short percentage of float of approximately 1.85%, which suggests that a portion of the market is betting against the stock's future performance.
Recent insider activity has included significant selling, such as Heath B Monesmith selling 18,036 shares in August 2026 and other insiders reducing their positions, which may signal a lack of confidence from company leadership in the current stock price or future growth prospects.

ETN Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 23 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Eaton is $476.86, with a high forecast of $539.00 and a low forecast of $392.00.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eaton in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 18 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" ETN shares.

According to analysts, Eaton's stock has a predicted upside of 35.50% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Eaton's stock had 4 upgrades and 1 downgrade by analysts.

Eaton has been rated by research analysts at Argus, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies Financial Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Raymond James Financial, Robert W. Baird, Rothschild & Co Redburn, Royal Bank Of Canada, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Eaton more than other "industrials" companies. The consensus rating for Eaton is Moderate Buy while the average consensus rating for "industrials" companies is Hold. Learn more on how ETN compares to other companies.

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Eaton (ETN) Stock Forecast & Price Target