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Eaton Corp.

0Y3K.L
49
Electrical Equipment & Parts · Industrials
Price
400.92 GBp
+5.85 (+1.48%)
Market Cap
£155.68B
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
49
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

2.6% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 401.6M (2021) → 391.2M (2025)

Eaton Corporation is an industrial company that makes electrical equipment, power management systems, and components for vehicles and aerospace. Its products include circuit breakers, transformers, hydraulic systems, and truck transmissions. Customers include data centers, utilities, factories, commercial buildings, airlines, and automakers across many industries.

Eaton earns revenue by selling hardware and systems directly to businesses, with some recurring income from services and aftermarket parts. It operates globally, with major sales in North America, Europe, and Asia, and generates roughly $24 billion in annual revenue. Its competitive position comes from deep customer relationships, a broad product portfolio, and the high cost of switching away from installed electrical infrastructure. The biggest growth driver right now is surging demand for electrical infrastructure tied to data center expansion and the broader buildout of power grids — though any slowdown in industrial capital spending or construction activity would be a meaningful risk to earnings.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+16.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-9.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$797M/ year

Flat (+0% vs prior year)

2.9% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

0.2%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$565M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Eaton Corp. is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 17%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
35.6%
Modest — 35.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
17.7%
Healthy — 17.7% operating margin
ROCE
3.2%
Weak — 3.2% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+12.7%
Fast-growing sales (12.7% YoY)
EPS YoY
+3.2%
Modest earnings growth (3.2% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
119%
Turns 119% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
13.2%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (13.2%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.07
Elevated debt (1.07)
Interest Cover
17.06x
Comfortably covers interest (17.1x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
39.0x
Pricey — P/E 39.0

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
+16.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (39.0 → 23.0)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.04%
Small dividend — 1.04% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+8.1%
Dividend growing modestly (8.1% YoY)

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