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Eaton
Electrical Americas was Eaton's fastest-growing segment in FY2025, up 16.1%
Revenue rose 10.3% to $27.4B in FY2025, from $24.9B in FY2024. Net income rose 7.7% to $4.1B. Electrical Americas was the largest segment, at 48% of revenue.
Key facts
Eaton (NYSE: ETN) reported revenue of $27.4B for fiscal 2025, the year ended Dec 31, 2025, up 10.3% from fiscal 2024. Net income was $4.1B, up 7.7%. In its latest 10-Q, for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, revenue was $8.5B, up 21.4% from the same quarter a year earlier, and net income was $821M. The largest piece by segment was Electrical Americas, at 48% of fiscal 2025 revenue. Sources: 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Feb 26, 2026) and 10-Q for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Source: 10-K FY2025, filed Feb 26, 2026
How it makes money
By segment in FY2025: Electrical Americas (48%), Electrical Global (25%), Aerospace (15%) and Vehicle (9%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $27.4B.
Source: 10-K FY2025
By region, FY2025
Share is of the FY2025 total; the last column is the change from FY2024.
Learn more: Revenue vs. net income · Gross, operating and net margin
What changed last quarter
Comparing Q2 2026 (Apr to Jun 2026) compared with Q2 2025 (Apr to Jun 2025)
Each pair of bars shows the dollar amount for both quarters. Longer bar, more money. Bars in a group share one scale.
Q2 2026Q2 2025
Company
Source: Eaton 10-Q for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, filed Jul 31, 2026
By segment
Source: Eaton 10-Q for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, filed Jul 31, 2026
The bull case and the bear case
The bull case
- Revenue rose 10.3% in FY2025 to $27.4B, from $24.9B a year earlier. 10-K, FY2025
- Net income rose 7.7% in FY2025 to $4.1B, from $3.8B. 10-K, FY2025
- Operating cash flow rose 3.4% in FY2025 to $4.5B. 10-K, FY2025
- Diluted shares fell 2.1% in FY2025, so each share represents a larger slice of profit. 10-K, FY2025
The bear case
- Total debt rose 12.3% in FY2025 to $11.0B. 10-K, FY2025
- Net income in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 was $821M, down 16.4% on a year earlier. 10-Q, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- Vehicle revenue fell 10.2% in FY2025 to $2.5B. 10-K, FY2025
- Latin America revenue fell 13.0% in FY2025 to $1.5B. 10-K, FY2025
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What the company does
Eaton is in the electrical components & equipment industry, part of the industrials sector. The SEC files it under Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment.
Eaton reports 5 segments: Electrical Americas, Electrical Global, Aerospace, Vehicle and eMobility.
Its fiscal year ends in December; the latest, FY2025, ended Dec 31, 2025.
Source: 10-K, Item 1 Business
Risks common in this industry
These are general risks for companies in the electrical components & equipment industry. They are not a summary of Eaton’s own risk factors; for those, read Item 1A of its latest 10-K, linked below.
- Economic cyclesDemand for equipment and services rises and falls with business investment.
- Costs and supplyMaterial, labor and supplier problems can raise costs or delay delivery.
- Trade and tariffsTariffs and trade policy affect costs and sales.
- Contracts and backlogLarge projects and government contracts can be delayed, cut or repriced.
- Regulation and liabilitySafety, environmental and product-liability rules can raise costs.
Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors (the company's own list, in the company's words)
Three years of key numbers
Every number links to its filing; hover for the XBRL tag. A dash means the number isn't cleanly available, and we don't estimate it.
| US$ | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $23.2B | $24.9B | $27.4B |
| Net income | $3.2B | $3.8B | $4.1B |
| Operating cash flow | $3.6B | $4.3B | $4.5B |
| Cash & equivalents (year end) | $488M | $555M | $622M |
| Total debt (year end) | $10.3B | $9.8B | $11.0B |
| Diluted shares | 401M | 399M | 391M |
- Revenue: Total revenue for the fiscal year, as the company reports it on its income statement.
- Net income: Net income attributable to the company's shareholders, after all costs, interest and taxes.
- Operating cash flow: Cash the business brought in from its day-to-day operations during the year (cash flow statement).
- Cash & equivalents: Cash and short-term investments that count as cash equivalents on the balance sheet. Excludes longer-dated marketable securities.
- Total debt: Short-term borrowings and the current part of long-term debt and lease obligations plus long-term debt, at carrying value.
- Diluted shares: Weighted average shares outstanding for the year, including the effect of options and stock awards.
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About these numbers
Recent filings
| Form | Filed | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Q | Jul 31, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | May 5, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| DEF 14A | Mar 13, 2026 | Apr 22, 2026 |
| 10-K | Feb 26, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 |
Learn more: 10-K vs. 10-Q vs. 8-K · Form 4 insider filings · Fiscal years and quarters
Common questions about Eaton
How does Eaton make money?
Eaton's revenue was $27.4B in fiscal 2025. By segment in FY2025: Electrical Americas (48%), Electrical Global (25%), Aerospace (15%) and Vehicle (9%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $27.4B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 26, 2026.
What was Eaton's revenue in fiscal 2025?
$27.4B of revenue for the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025, up 10.3% from $24.9B in fiscal 2024. Fiscal 2023 was $23.2B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 26, 2026.
Is Eaton profitable?
Eaton reported net income of $4.1B for fiscal 2025, up 7.7% from $3.8B in fiscal 2024. That is a profit under US accounting rules (GAAP). In the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, net income was $821M. The page's About these numbers section explains what is included. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 26, 2026.
What did Eaton report in its latest quarterly filing?
Revenue was $8.5B in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 21.4% from $7.0B a year earlier. Net income was $821M, down 16.4% from $982M. Source: 10-Q for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, filed Jul 31, 2026.
How much cash and debt does Eaton have?
Eaton had $483M in cash and cash equivalents and $20.6B of total debt on Jun 30, 2026. Total debt here is short-term borrowings and the current part of long-term debt and lease obligations plus long-term debt, at carrying value. Source: 10-Q filed Jul 31, 2026.
What are the main risks Eaton faces?
Eaton's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 26, 2026. Risks that are common among companies in the electrical components & equipment industry include Economic cycles; costs and supply; trade and tariffs; contracts and backlog; regulation and liability. The first: Demand for equipment and services rises and falls with business investment. Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors.
Where do these Eaton numbers come from?
From Eaton's own SEC filings: the 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Feb 26, 2026) and the 10-Q for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026), read through the SEC's public XBRL data. Each number on this page links to its filing. Methodology explains how fiscal years and missing numbers are handled.
Disclosures
- Editor holdings in ETN
- The editor holds no position in Eaton (ETN). As of Oct 25, 2026.
- Trading rule
- The editor does not buy or sell ETN from 3 days before to 3 days after this page is published or substantively updated.
- Compensation
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- Sources
- The company's SEC filings, linked next to each number or, for charts, in the source line under them.
- Last updated
- Oct 27, 2026
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Compare with peers
| Company | Fiscal year | Revenue | Revenue growth | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EatonETN | FY2025 | $27.4B | +10.3% | $4.1B |
| EmersonEMR | FY2025 | $18.0B | +3.0% | $2.3B |
Each row is that company’s latest fiscal year from its own 10-K, using its own revenue and net income lines. Fiscal years end in different months, and line definitions differ (banks, insurers and oil companies count revenue differently), so this is a rough side-by-side, not a like-for-like comparison.
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