Eaton Corporation plc ETN
Mixed Industrials sector · Eaton — electrical power-management gear; a core beneficiary of grid build-out and datacenter power.
Eaton Corporation plc (ETN) is an established Industrials company, graded Mixed on FrontierLab's evidence-based quality rubric (data as of 2026-08-21). Revenue grew 15.5% year-over-year at a 35.9% gross margin. Gross-profits-to-assets is 0.19; Rule of 40 is 33.2. Net share issuance -0.8% YoY (flat share count). No risk flags are currently noted. Analyst mix: 26 buy / 7 hold / 0 sell. 1 distinct insider cluster-buyer in the last 90 days.
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Key quality signals
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 15.5% |
|---|---|
| Gross margin | 35.9% |
| Gross profits / assets | 0.19 |
| Rule of 40 | 33.2 |
| Net margin | 17.7% |
| Cash runway (months) | — |
| PEG | — |
| Price / sales | 5.4 |
Quality checklist
Each line is one quality test behind the grade — ✓ passed · ~ borderline · ✗ failed. Hover a metric in the tables below for what it means.
- ~ Revenue growth — 15.5% (pass ≥ 20%)
- ✗ Gross profits / assets — 0.19 (pass ≥ 0.33)
- · Rule of 40 — 33.2 (context — graded for software only)
- ✓ Gross margin — 35.9% (pass ≥ 32% · Industrials)
- ✓ Cash generation
- ✓ Share dilution — -0.8%
- ~ Competitive moat — Narrow
- ✓ Market size (TAM) — Large
Grade history
Graded Mixed since 2026-06-17 — no grade changes recorded yet.
How have Mixed-graded names performed?
The forward returns of all Mixed-graded names since each grade was recorded — the bucket this name currently sits in, not a forecast of this individual stock.
| Window | Forward record vs the S&P | Median |
|---|---|---|
| ~1 month | 53% of Mixed-graded names beat the S&P over 21 sessions (95% CI 31–74%, N=17). | Median excess vs the S&P was 0%. |
| ~3 months | building — 13 more sessions needed | |
| ~6 months | building — 76 more sessions needed | |
Scope: these are forward returns vs the S&P among names still covered at each horizon's end, within the curated universe — not a survivorship-clean whole-market backtest. Names later dropped from coverage are counted as attrition (not hidden), and single-session moves beyond ±300% are treated as split/data artifacts and excluded. How this is measured → · Full track record →
How it compares
Coarse same-sector, same-stage context — not a percentile or rank. GP/A is graded on its absolute level, not position.
Fundamentals
| Market cap | $161.26B |
|---|---|
| Stage | Established |
| Share issuance (YoY) | -0.8% · flat share count |
| Moat | Narrow |
| TAM | LARGE |
| P/E (trailing) | 42.2 |
| EPS (trailing) | $9.83 |
| Burn multiple | — |
| Gross-margin trend (pts) | -2.3 |
| Cash / assets | 0.01 |
| Accruals (%) | -2.3% |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.2 |
| Statements as of | Q2 FY2026 · filed 2026-07-31 |
Momentum context — describes the past, not a signal
Low reached Dec 17, 2025 · high reached Aug 12, 2026 — by daily close.
| Price | $415.29 (as of 2026-08-20) |
|---|---|
| Last session move | — |
| % off 52-wk high | -13.1% |
| RSI (14) | 45 |
| Relative volume | 0.7× |
Insider activity (90 days)
| Cluster buyers | 1 |
|---|---|
| Sellers | 2 |
Insider selling is routine diversification, not a bearish signal.
Analyst mix
| Strong buy | 8 |
|---|---|
| Buy | 18 |
| Hold | 7 |
| Sell | 0 |
| Strong sell | 0 |
▼ Analyst view softening — net -1 buy rating over ~4 weeks (per aggregated analyst ratings)
Ratings are context, not a price target. "Momentum" = how the mix changed over recent weeks, not a forecast.
From the headlines
Eaton positioned in AI data center thermal/electrical solutions with Trane partnership.
- Trane Tech and Eaton Plug Into Nvidia AI Data Center Boom
- Trane Technologies And Eaton Collaborate To Accelerate AI-Factory Efficiency With Integrated Advanced Thermal Management And Electrical System Architectures
AI take — daily, AI-generated
AI leans mixed
Solid margins and reasonable growth with a real AI data center thermal tailwind via Trane partnership, but valuation and PEG unknown; positioned well but needs proof of execution.
Generated by an AI model from the day's news — an opinion for context only. Not financial advice, not a recommendation, and not a price target.
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Data as of 2026-08-21 08:12 (end-of-day). How grades are computed →