Eaton Corporation plc (NYSE:ETN) does about 3.39M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1568849 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 128.41B USD. Its current market price is $328.16, marking an increase of 2.21% compared to the previous close of $321.06. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $379.99 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $231.85. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $380 and a low of $315.
13 analysts observing the Eaton Corporation plc (ETN) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $315 and $380. The consensus objective for the share price is $347.90, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 5.67% over the period. The median price target is 7.82% away from the current levels at $356.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 13 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 1 advise that it is a overweight. 9 analysts have rated it as a buy and 3 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Strong Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on May 15, 2025 when BNP Paribas Exane initiated the stock to “Outperform” and issued a price target of $380. KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded the stock to “Overweight” from Sector Weight on March 12, 2025 at a price target of $340. Melius downgraded its price target at $373.
The current price level is 4.34%, 12.07%, and 2.80% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the ETN price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Eaton Corporation plc (ETN) stock is down -0.34% over the week and 13.62% over the past month. Its price is -1.12% year-to-date and -2.39% over the past year.
Its 12-month price target is $356. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 5.67 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $315, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $380.
Outstanding shares total 391.30M with insiders holding 0.18% of the shares and institutional holders owning 86.13% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 14.70% and return on equity of 20.84%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 33.12 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 24.22. The beta has a value of 1.15. Price to book ratio is 6.94 and price to sales ratio is 5.07.
