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Eaton (ETN) Competitors

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$338.12 +2.48 (+0.74%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

ETN vs. EMR, ROP, AME, ROK, GNRC, AYI, ENPH, BDC, FELE, and ENS

Should you be buying Eaton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eaton include Emerson Electric (EMR), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Belden (BDC), Franklin Electric (FELE), and EnerSys (ENS). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.

Eaton vs.

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) and Eaton (NYSE:ETN) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Emerson Electric has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Eaton has a net margin of 15.32% compared to Emerson Electric's net margin of 11.25%. Eaton's return on equity of 21.97% beat Emerson Electric's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Emerson Electric11.25% 11.73% 6.90%
Eaton 15.32%21.97%10.84%

74.3% of Emerson Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Eaton shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Emerson Electric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Eaton shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Eaton had 18 more articles in the media than Emerson Electric. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Eaton and 4 mentions for Emerson Electric. Eaton's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Emerson Electric's score of 0.67 indicating that Eaton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Emerson Electric
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Eaton
9 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Eaton has higher revenue and earnings than Emerson Electric. Eaton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Emerson Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Emerson Electric$17.49B4.04$1.97B$3.4236.28
Eaton$24.61B5.43$3.22B$9.4035.97

Emerson Electric presently has a consensus target price of $134.58, indicating a potential upside of 8.45%. Eaton has a consensus target price of $367.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.79%. Given Eaton's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Eaton is more favorable than Emerson Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Emerson Electric
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Eaton
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76

Eaton received 193 more outperform votes than Emerson Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.52% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote while only 58.29% of users gave Emerson Electric an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Emerson ElectricOutperform Votes
721
58.29%
Underperform Votes
516
41.71%
EatonOutperform Votes
914
66.52%
Underperform Votes
460
33.48%

Emerson Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Eaton pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Emerson Electric pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eaton pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Emerson Electric has increased its dividend for 68 consecutive years. Emerson Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Eaton beats Emerson Electric on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ETN vs. The Competition

MetricEatonindustrial & commercial machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$133.63B$22.32B$9.22B$19.19B
Dividend Yield1.06%0.48%2.07%3.57%
P/E Ratio35.9721.7821.0841.22
Price / Sales5.4313.644.8517.59
Price / Cash31.5326.3219.2621.28
Price / Book7.083.584.245.32
Net Income$3.22B$546.32M$398.18M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-5.03%-7.33%-4.64%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-8.88%-3.99%-1.86%-3.74%
1 Year Performance42.49%5.95%15.47%12.06%

Eaton Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ETN
Eaton
4.2573 of 5 stars
$338.12
+0.7%
$367.83
+8.8%
+44.5%$133.63B$24.61B35.9794,000Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
EMR
Emerson Electric
4.4489 of 5 stars
$130.13
-0.1%
$134.58
+3.4%
+31.1%$74.11B$17.49B38.0773,000
ROP
Roper Technologies
4.1145 of 5 stars
$544.24
+0.1%
$615.20
+13.0%
-1.8%$58.36B$6.18B39.7716,800Positive News
AME
AMETEK
4.8146 of 5 stars
$189.94
+1.4%
$202.50
+6.6%
+13.3%$43.93B$6.91B32.6421,500Positive News
ROK
Rockwell Automation
4.8999 of 5 stars
$295.76
-0.5%
$301.17
+1.8%
-4.5%$33.39B$8.26B35.8927,000Positive News
GNRC
Generac
4.6751 of 5 stars
$166.74
-0.3%
$175.30
+5.1%
+22.9%$9.92B$4.12B34.638,600Positive News
AYI
Acuity Brands
3.9295 of 5 stars
$319.14
+0.4%
$324.00
+1.5%
+49.3%$9.85B$3.84B23.6413,200Positive News
ENPH
Enphase Energy
4.648 of 5 stars
$71.54
-3.1%
$101.13
+41.4%
-44.2%$9.67B$1.25B167.823,157Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BDC
Belden
4.5018 of 5 stars
$123.18
+1.8%
$122.75
-0.3%
+50.7%$4.97B$2.35B28.148,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.4835 of 5 stars
$105.27
+0.2%
$101.67
-3.4%
+3.1%$4.81B$2.01B26.706,400Positive News
ENS
EnerSys
4.7996 of 5 stars
$93.11
-0.2%
$118.00
+26.7%
-6.8%$3.71B$3.51B13.2110,797Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:ETN) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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