ETN vs POWL vs APH Stock Comparison

Eaton, Powell Industries and Amphenol Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ETN Eaton Corp plc
$384.22 -12.7% 1M +1.2% 1Y
Market cap
$149.23B
P/E
39.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$30.03B
Div. yield
1.13%
Electrical Equipment Industrials
3 wins
POWL Powell Industries Inc
$161.36 -14.9% 1M +29.4% 1Y
Market cap
$5.88B
P/E
30.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.16B
Div. yield
0.22%
Electrical Equipment Industrials
4 wins
APH Amphenol Corp /De/
$78.27 -6.9% 1M -42.4% 1Y
Market cap
$193.01B
P/E
37.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$29.01B
Div. yield
0.65%
Electrical Equipment Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Amphenol leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Amphenol 5, Powell Industries 4, Eaton 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionETNPOWLAPHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $149.23B $5.88B $193.01B APH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 39.0x 30.8x 37.4x POWL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.7x 31.2x 30.0x ETN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +15.5% +7.0% +54.2% APH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.8% 16.5% 17.7% APH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.3% — 16.5% APH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.1x — 1.5x APH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.13% 0.22% 0.65% ETN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.2% +29.4% -42.4% POWL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +18.4%/yr +79.6%/yr +15.4%/yr POWL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.7% 64.2% 85.5% ETN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 70/100 63/100 POWL

Percentile Scorecard

ETNPOWLAPH

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

AxisETNPOWLAPH
Valuation 14 #175 of 203 42 #118 of 203 18 #166 of 203
Growth 73 #52 of 188 91 #18 of 188 97 #7 of 188
Profitability 75 #47 of 183 98 #4 of 183 98 #5 of 183
Financial Health 20 #174 of 217 75 #56 of 217 41 #129 of 217
Shareholder Returns 43 #88 of 153 45 #84 of 153 64 #56 of 153
Overall 45 70 63
  • ETN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • POWL ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • APH ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodETNPOWLAPHSPY
1 month -12.7%-14.9%-6.9% -0.2%
3 months -0.5%-19.7%-45.6% +3.9%
6 months -7.0%-36.9%-45.5% +8.2%
Year to date +20.6%+51.9%-42.1% +12.9%
1 year +1.2%+29.4%-42.4% +12.3%
3 years +96.7%+553.1%+97.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year +25.3%+87.0%+25.5% +23.3%
5 years +132.9%+1,763.3%+104.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year +18.4%+79.6%+15.4% +10.9%
10 years +516.8%+1,257.9%+378.9% +261.1%
10 years, per year +20.0%+29.8%+17.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureETNPOWLAPHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.7%64.2%85.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.6%67.8%114.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.872.501.71 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.030.46-0.50 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.7%-55.9%-58.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.5%-49.9%-55.6% -1.2%
52-week high $459.94$322.05$176.32 $779.14
52-week low $315.82$94.02$73.07 $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.

MultipleETNPOWLAPH
P/E now vs peer median 39.0xmedian 25.2x 30.8xmedian 25.2x 37.4xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 1.9x 5.1xmedian 1.9x 6.7xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 26.0xmedian 14.0x 22.2xmedian 14.0x 22.6xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 37.9xmedian 21.7x 24.1xmedian 21.7x 40.9xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 7.4xmedian 2.3x 7.8xmedian 2.3x 12.4xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 2.94median 1.32 0.42median 1.32 1.00median 1.32

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 monthsETNPOWLAPH
Revenue $30.03B $1.16B $29.01B
Gross profit $10.78B $348.18M $11.17B
Operating income $5.32B $227.67M $7.84B
Net income $3.83B $190.86M $5.19B
Free cash flow $3.93B $243.96M $4.71B
R&D $844.00M $14.98M –
EPS (diluted) $9.83 $5.21 $1.99
Cash & equivalents $483.00M $633.56M $4.73B
Total debt $20.61B – $18.81B
Shares (diluted) 389.50M 36.60M 2.58B
Enterprise value $146.46B $3.72B $187.71B

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
MetricETNPOWLAPH
P/E 39.0x 30.8x 37.4x
P/FCF 37.9x 24.1x 40.9x
P/Operating cash flow 30.1x 23.0x 32.9x
P/S 5.0x 5.1x 6.7x
P/B 7.4x 7.8x 12.4x
P/Tangible book 19.4x 7.8x 18.7x
EV/EBITDA 26.0x 22.2x 22.6x
EV/EBIT 31.8x 23.0x 26.3x
EV/Revenue 5.6x 4.5x 7.1x
EV/FCF 43.0x 21.5x 43.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 34.2x 20.5x 35.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.94 0.42 1.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricETNPOWLAPH
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.5% 7.0% 54.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.8% 21.0% 32.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.7% 11.9% 70.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.3% 39.2% 40.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 8.7% 8.0% 86.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 15.9% 74.2% 45.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -2.4% 8.8% 61.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.2% 73.1% 39.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -2.0% 8.6% 59.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.3% 72.8% 37.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 21.9% 153.9% 57.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 25.5% 35.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.1% 201.1% 67.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.3% 25.0% 34.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricETNPOWLAPH
Gross margin 35.9% 30.1% 38.5%
EBITDA margin 21.7% 20.4% 31.5%
Operating margin 17.7% 19.7% 27.0%
Pretax margin 16.1% 21.2% 25.2%
Net margin 12.8% 16.5% 17.7%
FCF margin 13.1% 21.1% 16.2%
Operating cash flow margin 16.5% 22.1% 20.2%
Return on equity 19.1% 26.1% 34.9%
Return on assets 6.9% 14.8% 11.9%
Return on invested capital 10.3% – 16.5%
Return on capital employed 12.2% 34.0% 23.0%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.9x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.3x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricETNPOWLAPH
Debt / assets 36.7% – 42.0%
Debt / equity 1.0x – 1.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.1x – 1.5x
Debt / FCF 5.2x – 4.0x
Liabilities / assets 63.9% 46.2% 65.2%
Equity / assets 36.1% 53.8% 34.8%
Interest coverage 12.0x – 12.4x
Current ratio 1.2x 2.0x 1.9x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.8x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.1x 1.0x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 3.69 8.05 5.78

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricETNPOWLAPH
Dividend yield 1.1% 0.2% 0.6%
Net buyback yield 0.3% – 0.2%
Shareholder yield 1.5% 0.2% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 6.8% 19.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 5.3% 21.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.6% 39.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 1.8% 27.7%

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.

ConsensusETNPOWLAPH
Forward P/E 27.7xFY2026 31.2xFY2026 30.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $13.88FY2026 $5.17FY2026 $2.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +15.0%FY2026 +4.4%FY2026 +56.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +14.4% +26.9% +35.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $31.83BFY2026 $1.24BFY2026 $33.34BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.0%FY2026 +12.4%FY2026 +44.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +21.7% +26.2% +33.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersETNPOWLAPH
Held by institutions 84.7% 75.0% 96.0%
Institutions holding 2,642 581 2,330
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.6% -4.3% +2.6%
Institutions buying 1,399 318 1,360
Institutions selling 892 215 773
Buyers to sellers 1.57 1.48 1.76

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.

ETNPOWLAPH
ETN 1.00 0.69 0.28
POWL 0.69 1.00 0.22
APH 0.28 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ETN, POWL and APH?

Amphenol (APH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Eaton (ETN) $149.23B, Powell Industries (POWL) $5.88B, Amphenol (APH) $193.01B.

Which stock is cheaper, ETN, POWL and APH?

Powell Industries (POWL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Eaton (ETN) 39.0x, Powell Industries (POWL) 30.8x, Amphenol (APH) 37.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Eaton (ETN) is cheapest (Eaton (ETN) 27.7x, Powell Industries (POWL) 31.2x, Amphenol (APH) 30.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Amphenol (APH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Eaton (ETN) +15.5%, Powell Industries (POWL) +7.0%, Amphenol (APH) +54.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Amphenol (APH) has the highest net margin (Eaton (ETN) 12.8%, Powell Industries (POWL) 16.5%, Amphenol (APH) 17.7%). On return on invested capital, Amphenol (APH) leads (Eaton (ETN) 10.3%, Amphenol (APH) 16.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Powell Industries (POWL) returned the most: Eaton (ETN) +1.2%, Powell Industries (POWL) +29.4%, Amphenol (APH) -42.4%. Over five years, Powell Industries (POWL) compounded fastest (Eaton (ETN) +18.4%/yr, Powell Industries (POWL) +79.6%/yr, Amphenol (APH) +15.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Eaton (ETN) has the highest dividend yield: Eaton (ETN) 1.13%, Powell Industries (POWL) 0.22%, Amphenol (APH) 0.65%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Eaton (ETN) has been the steadiest (Eaton (ETN) 40.7%, Powell Industries (POWL) 64.2%, Amphenol (APH) 85.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ETN, POWL and APH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Amphenol (APH) leads on 5. 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.