Eaton Corporation Accumulated Depreciation increased by 0.5% to $5.74B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 6.5%, from $5.39B to $5.74B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Accumulated Depreciation shows an upward trend with a 4.3% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
A high or increasing balance relative to gross PP&E suggests an aging asset base that may require significant future capital expenditure.
This represents the cumulative amount of depreciation expense charged against the company's property, plant, and equipme...
Standard accounting metric used to evaluate the age and condition of a company's physical asset base.
ppe_accumulated_depreciation| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $4.76B | $4.79B | $4.75B | $4.83B | $4.77B | $4.70B | $4.87B | $4.99B | $5.07B | $5.06B | $5.21B | $5.23B | $5.25B | $5.40B | $5.33B | $5.39B | $5.60B | $5.66B | $5.71B | $5.74B |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.6% | -0.7% | +1.6% | -1.3% | -1.4% | +3.5% | +2.5% | +1.6% | -0.2% | +2.9% | +0.5% | +0.3% | +2.8% | -1.1% | +1.1% | +3.7% | +1.1% | +1.0% | +0.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +0.2% | -1.8% | +2.4% | +3.2% | +6.4% | +7.7% | +7.0% | +4.9% | +3.5% | +6.6% | +2.4% | +3.1% | +6.6% | +4.8% | +7.1% | +6.5% |
| % of PP&E (Net) | 155.6% | 158.2% | 155.2% | 156.0% | 156.7% | 158.5% | 154.7% | 155.6% | 155.2% | 151.5% | 147.5% | 147.1% | 145.6% | 145.4% | 143.0% | 143.3% | 138.8% | 139.0% | 132.3% | 125.6% |
| Share Change | — | +2.6pp | -3.1pp | +0.8pp | +0.7pp | +1.8pp | -3.8pp | +0.9pp | -0.4pp | -3.7pp | -4.0pp | -0.4pp | -1.5pp | -0.2pp | -2.4pp | +0.3pp | -4.5pp | +0.2pp | -6.7pp | -6.8pp |