ETN vs NAAS vs APTV Stock Comparison

Eaton, NaaS Technology and Aptiv Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ETN Eaton Corp plc
$391.61 -10.2% 1M +1.3% 1Y
Market cap
$137.06B
P/E
35.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$31.98B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
7 wins
APTV Aptiv PLC
$41.35 -5.0% 1M -49.4% 1Y
Market cap
$9.01B
P/E
11.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.71B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Eaton leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Eaton 7, Aptiv 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionETNNAASAPTVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $137.06B $141.07K $9.01B ETN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 35.2x — 11.7x APTV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.2x — 7.5x APTV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.1% — +4.1% ETN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.2% — 4.6% ETN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.7% — 7.5% ETN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.8x — 1.9x APTV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.3% -34.0% -49.4% ETN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.9%/yr — -25.3%/yr ETN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.6% 70.7% 44.9% ETN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 — 61/100 APTV

Percentile Scorecard

ETNNAASAPTV

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisETNNAASAPTV
Valuation 15 #173 of 204 – 97 #7 of 204
Growth 73 #53 of 191 – 25 #143 of 191
Profitability 73 #51 of 189 – 50 #95 of 189
Financial Health 20 #178 of 221 1 #71 of 72 34 #146 of 221
Shareholder Returns 33 #106 of 158 – 98 #5 of 158
Overall 43 – 61
  • ETN ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • NAAS ranked among 72 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • APTV ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodETNNAASAPTVSPY
1 month -10.2%-31.2%-5.0% -2.0%
3 months -11.9%-32.8%-13.3% -2.2%
6 months -4.7%-9.2%-24.6% +4.2%
Year to date +23.0%-32.8%-45.7% +10.6%
1 year +1.3%-34.0%-49.4% +10.4%
3 years +82.3%-99.7%-46.6% +73.6%
3 years, per year +22.2%-85.4%-18.9% +20.2%
5 years +127.7%—-76.7% +61.6%
5 years, per year +17.9%—-25.3% +10.1%
10 years +555.7%—-37.7% +261.3%
10 years, per year +20.7%—-4.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureETNNAASAPTVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.6%70.7%44.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.8%68.9%49.1% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.920.721.11 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.03-0.48-1.10 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.7%-100.0%-76.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.9%-43.7%-53.4% -3.2%
52-week high $459.94$4.03$88.67 $779.14
52-week low $315.82$1.97$41.35 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleETNNAASAPTV
P/E now vs peer median 39.1xmedian 25.4x —median 28.1x 11.1xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 1.9x —median 2.6x 0.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 24.7xmedian 14.5x —median 18.9x 5.2xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 40.1xmedian 23.6x —median 29.8x 16.0xmedian 23.6x
P/B now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 2.2x 0.0xmedian 1.9x 1.0xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 3.79median 1.21 —median 0.77 -0.50median 1.21

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsETNNAASAPTV
Revenue $31.98B – $16.71B
Gross profit $11.21B – $3.35B
Operating income $5.54B – $1.45B
Net income $3.90B – $780.00M
Free cash flow $3.80B – $526.00M
R&D $879.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $10.00 – $3.73
Cash & equivalents $528.00M $11.38M $670.00M
Total debt $20.11B $84.52M $5.36B
Shares (diluted) 389.60M 35.27K 206.29M
Enterprise value $133.99B -$51.87M $2.83B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricETNNAASAPTV
P/E 39.1x – 11.1x
P/FCF 40.1x – 16.0x
P/Operating cash flow 31.0x – 6.9x
P/S 4.8x – 0.5x
P/B 7.2x 0.0x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 17.4x 0.0x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA 24.7x – 5.2x
EV/EBIT 30.9x – 9.0x
EV/Revenue 5.4x – 0.8x
EV/FCF 45.2x – 24.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 34.9x – 10.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.79 – -0.50

Growth

14 metrics
MetricETNNAASAPTV
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.1% – 4.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.3% – -5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.5% – 0.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.7% – 0.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 9.7% – 61.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 14.6% – -4.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -0.7% – 154.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.2% – -30.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -0.6% – 174.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 10.3% – -22.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.6% – -49.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.8% – -17.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 14.2% – -72.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.8% – -26.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricETNNAASAPTV
Gross margin 35.0% – 20.0%
EBITDA margin 21.7% – 15.0%
Operating margin 17.3% – 8.7%
Pretax margin 15.4% – 10.4%
Net margin 12.2% – 4.6%
FCF margin 11.9% – 3.1%
Operating cash flow margin 15.3% – 7.3%
Return on equity 18.9% – 8.9%
Return on assets 6.9% – 4.3%
Return on invested capital 10.7% – 7.5%
Return on capital employed 12.6% – 9.7%
Asset turnover 0.6x – 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x – 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricETNNAASAPTV
Debt / assets 35.0% 195.9% 29.6%
Debt / equity 1.0x -0.6x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.8x – 1.9x
Debt / FCF 5.3x – 10.2x
Liabilities / assets 63.4% 404.2% 51.5%
Equity / assets 36.6% -304.2% 48.5%
Interest coverage 9.6x – 4.9x
Current ratio 1.2x 0.2x 2.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x -0.1x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 3.74 – 2.36

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricETNNAASAPTV
Dividend yield 1.1% – –
Net buyback yield 0.1% – 10.2%
Shareholder yield 1.2% – 10.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusETNNAASAPTV
Forward P/E 28.2xFY2026 – 7.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $13.88FY2026 $-6.73FY2024 $5.49FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +15.0%FY2026 – -17.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +14.4% – +13.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $31.83BFY2026 $59.32MFY2026 $13.02BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.0%FY2026 +231.5%FY2026 -36.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +21.7% – +4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersETNNAASAPTV
Held by institutions 84.7% – 98.6%
Institutions holding 2,647 – 662
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.6% – +9.2%
Institutions buying 1,402 – 332
Institutions selling 893 – 261
Buyers to sellers 1.57 – 1.27

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ETNNAASAPTV
ETN 1.00 0.04 0.22
NAAS 0.04 1.00 -0.05
APTV 0.22 -0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ETN, NAAS and APTV?

Eaton (ETN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Eaton (ETN) $137.06B, NaaS Technology (NAAS) $141.07K, Aptiv (APTV) $9.01B.

Which stock is cheaper, ETN, NAAS and APTV?

Aptiv (APTV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Eaton (ETN) 35.2x, Aptiv (APTV) 11.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Aptiv (APTV) is cheapest (Eaton (ETN) 28.2x, Aptiv (APTV) 7.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Eaton (ETN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Eaton (ETN) +20.1%, Aptiv (APTV) +4.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Eaton (ETN) has the highest net margin (Eaton (ETN) 12.2%, Aptiv (APTV) 4.6%). On return on invested capital, Eaton (ETN) leads (Eaton (ETN) 10.7%, Aptiv (APTV) 7.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Eaton (ETN) returned the most: Eaton (ETN) +1.3%, NaaS Technology (NAAS) -34.0%, Aptiv (APTV) -49.4%. Over five years, Eaton (ETN) compounded fastest (Eaton (ETN) +17.9%/yr, Aptiv (APTV) -25.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Eaton (ETN) has been the steadiest (Eaton (ETN) 41.6%, NaaS Technology (NAAS) 70.7%, Aptiv (APTV) 44.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ETN, NAAS and APTV?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Eaton (ETN) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.