With 399.40M Outstanding Shares, Can Eaton Corporation plc (NYSE: ETN) Deliver Big Short-Term Gains?

Eaton Corporation plc (NYSE:ETN) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.14M but it saw 3685527 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 119.78B USD, the company’s current market price of $299.60 came falling about -6.94 while comparing to the previous closing price of $321.94. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $345.19 and as low as $191.82.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Eaton Corporation plc (ETN) gives us an average price of $318.10, while its current price level is -13.21% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 56.19% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $323.91 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $277.55. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.24% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.41%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 36.90 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Raymond James which initiated the stock as “Outperform” in its note to investors issued on June 28, 2024, recommending a price target of $375 for it. RBC Capital Mkts issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $286 and $371.

Over the week, ETN’s stock price is moving -3.82% down while it is -6.98% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 24.41% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 44.48%.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company reported quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of 2.21 beat the consensus estimate of 2.11 for the same. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $6.36B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $25.1B and seeing the company making $26.96B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $6.34B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Eaton Corporation plc’s total number of outstanding shares is 399.40M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 12.11% and return on equity (ROE) at 18.52%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 35.36 while having a 25.39 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.01. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 6.21 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 5.06. Its return on asset (ROA) is 9.19% on average.