Overview
* Eaton Q3 sales rise 10% yr/yr but miss analyst expectations
* Adjusted EPS for Q3 beats analyst estimates, reflecting strong operational performance
* Company reports 18% backlog growth in Electrical sector, 15% in Aerospace
Outlook
* Eaton expects full-year 2025 EPS between $10.29 and $10.49
* Company anticipates Q4 2025 EPS between $2.75 and $2.95
* Eaton sees full-year 2025 organic growth of 8.5-9.5%
Result Drivers
* ELECTRICAL AMERICAS GROWTH - Sales rose 15% driven by 9% organic growth and 6% from acquisitions
* AEROSPACE DEMAND - Aerospace sales increased 14% with 13% organic growth, driven by strong order growth
* BACKLOG GROWTH - Electrical sector backlog grew 18%, Aerospace segment backlog increased 15%
Key Details
Metric Beat/Mis Actual Consensu
s s
Estimate
Q3 Sales Miss $6.98 $7.07
bln bln (19
Analysts
)
Q3 Beat $3.07 $3.05
Adjusted (20
EPS Analysts
)
Q3 EPS $2.59
Q3 Beat $1.19 $1.18
Adjusted bln bln (15
Net Analysts
Income )
Q3 Net $1.01
Income bln
Q3 7%
ORGANIC
GROWTH
Analyst Coverage
* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 24 "strong buy" or "buy", 9 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"
* The average consensus recommendation for the electrical components & equipment peer group is "buy"
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Eaton Corporation PLC ( ETN ) is $408.00, about 5.3% above its November 3 closing price of $386.57
* The stock recently traded at 29 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 30 three months ago
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