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Eaton Corporation ETN Return on equity

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25.8%-0.2pp
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Parker-HannifinPH
24.9%-2.3pp
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WoodwardWWD
21.1%+4.8pp
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26.4%-7.2pp
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36.8%+9.3pp
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Vertiv Holdings CoVRT
45.1%+12.3pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$7.5B+16.8%
Gross profit$2.7B+8.4%
Net income$866.0M-10.2%
EPS (diluted)$2.22-9.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$565.0M-68.2%
Total debt$3.2B-64.6%
Total equity$19.7B+6.6%
Total assets$55.1B+40.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$507.0M+113%
CapEx$193.0M+31.3%
Free cash flow$314.0M+245%

Valuation

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Market cap$159.06B+30.3%
Enterprise value$161.71B+24.3%
P/E39.9×+8.9×
P/S5.6×+0.8×

Profitability

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Gross margin36.9%-1.6pp
Net margin14%-1.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity0.2×-0.3×
Current ratio1.2×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Eaton Corporation’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Eaton Corporation’s 10-Q, filed May 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Eaton Corporation's return on equity?
Eaton Corporation (ETN) reported return on equity of 20.9% in Q1 2026.
How has Eaton Corporation's return on equity changed year-over-year?
Eaton Corporation's return on equity increased by 0.2% year-over-year, from 20.8% to 20.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Eaton Corporation's return on equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Eaton Corporation's return on equity has grown at a 13.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 49.8% to 83.8%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.