Eaton Corporation plc (NYSE: ETN) is -11.30% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $231.85 and a high of $379.99 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The ETN stock was last observed hovering at around $290.69 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.68%.
Currently trading at $294.37, the stock is 7.63% and 4.04% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.54 million and changing 1.27% at the moment leaves the stock -7.37% off its SMA200. ETN registered -9.23% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -14.55%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $282.9352 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $317.79984.
The stock witnessed a 8.29% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.31%, and is 6.79% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.32% over the week and 5.16% over the month.
Eaton Corporation plc (ETN) has around 94000 employees, a market worth around $115.33B and $24.88B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 30.98 and Fwd P/E is 21.85. Profit margin for the company is 15.25%. Distance from 52-week low is 26.97% and -22.53% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.73%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 11.21% this year
2861.0 institutions hold shares in Eaton Corporation plc (ETN), with institutional investors hold 85.34% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 392.90M, and float is at 390.87M with Short Float at 1.91%. Institutions hold 85.17% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 36.92 million shares valued at $11.58 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.2481 of the ETN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 28.77 million shares valued at $9.02 billion to account for 7.2065 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are JPMORGAN CHASE & CO which holds 22.01 million shares representing 5.5139 and valued at over $6.9 billion, while FMR LLC holds 5.0281 of the shares totaling 20.07 million with a market value of $6.29 billion.
Eaton Corporation plc (ETN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Thompson Dorothy C, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Thompson Dorothy C sold 285 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 13 ’24 at a price of $289.51 per share for a total of $82510.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 516.0 shares.
Eaton Corporation plc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 13 ’24 that PAGE GREGORY R (Director) sold a total of 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 13 ’24 and was made at $355.98 per share for $3.56 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 43203.0 shares of the ETN stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 13 ’24, PAGE GREGORY R (Director) Proposed Sale 10,000 shares at an average price of $355.98 for $3.56 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Eaton Corporation plc (ETN).
