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Eaton (ETN) Competitors

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$360.46 -3.23 (-0.89%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

ETN vs. EMR, ROP, AME, ROK, GNRC, AYI, ENPH, FELE, BDC, 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), Franklin Electric (FELE), Belden (BDC), 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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

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%

In the previous week, Eaton had 33 more articles in the media than Emerson Electric. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Eaton and 26 mentions for Emerson Electric. Emerson Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Eaton's score of 1.07 indicating that Emerson Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Emerson Electric
21 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Eaton
42 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Emerson Electric$17.49B4.21$1.97B$3.4237.75
Eaton$24.61B5.79$3.22B$9.4038.35

Emerson Electric has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Eaton received 196 more outperform votes than Emerson Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.52% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote while only 58.21% of users gave Emerson Electric an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Emerson ElectricOutperform Votes
716
58.21%
Underperform Votes
514
41.79%
EatonOutperform Votes
912
66.52%
Underperform Votes
459
33.48%

74.3% of Emerson Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Eaton shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Emerson Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Eaton shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Emerson Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Eaton pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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 raised 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.

Emerson Electric currently has a consensus price target of $130.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.70%. Eaton has a consensus price target of $357.83, indicating a potential downside of 0.73%. Given Emerson Electric's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Emerson Electric is more favorable than Eaton.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Emerson Electric
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61
Eaton
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76

Summary

Eaton beats Emerson Electric on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ETN vs. The Competition

MetricEatonindustrial & commercial machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$142.45B$23.67B$9.57B$19.87B
Dividend Yield1.05%0.47%2.02%3.52%
P/E Ratio38.3522.7522.3142.95
Price / Sales5.7910.247.4819.16
Price / Cash31.2825.9416.9417.86
Price / Book7.553.734.275.52
Net Income$3.22B$546.32M$413.78M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-0.38%-1.68%2.74%0.45%
1 Month Performance3.91%-11.62%8.21%1.05%
1 Year Performance58.79%17.59%30.03%24.67%

Eaton Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ETN
Eaton
4.7555 of 5 stars
$360.46
-0.9%
$357.83
-0.7%
+58.8%$143.73B$23.20B38.3594,000Analyst Revision
Positive News
EMR
Emerson Electric
4.6563 of 5 stars
$129.10
-0.4%
$130.00
+0.7%
+45.4%$73.88B$17.49B37.7573,000Positive News
ROP
Roper Technologies
3.82 of 5 stars
$549.45
+0.3%
$620.80
+13.0%
+4.7%$58.76B$6.18B30.6516,800Positive News
AME
AMETEK
4.4177 of 5 stars
$193.33
-0.1%
$197.86
+2.3%
+24.9%$44.72B$6.60B33.6821,500Analyst Revision
Positive News
ROK
Rockwell Automation
4.9365 of 5 stars
$280.08
+0.7%
$286.13
+2.2%
+3.3%$31.40B$8.26B33.8327,000Ex-Dividend
Insider Trade
Positive News
GNRC
Generac
4.3527 of 5 stars
$180.19
+0.1%
$174.05
-3.4%
+58.1%$10.71B$4.02B37.388,600Analyst Forecast
Positive News
AYI
Acuity Brands
3.8207 of 5 stars
$315.62
-0.4%
$324.00
+2.7%
+74.5%$9.74B$3.84B23.4813,200Positive News
ENPH
Enphase Energy
4.5942 of 5 stars
$63.38
+3.3%
$102.09
+61.1%
-35.7%$8.29B$2.29B144.053,157Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.2658 of 5 stars
$104.83
-0.5%
$101.67
-3.0%
+17.4%$4.81B$2.07B26.546,400Positive News
BDC
Belden
4.3174 of 5 stars
$118.67
0.0%
$122.75
+3.4%
+71.0%$4.79B$2.35B27.608,000Positive News
ENS
EnerSys
4.7504 of 5 stars
$94.26
+0.2%
$118.00
+25.2%
+5.4%$3.75B$3.58B13.3510,797

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