ETN vs XCH vs APTV Stock Comparison

Eaton, Xchg and Aptiv Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ETN Eaton Corp plc
$384.22 -12.7% 1M +1.2% 1Y
Market cap
$151.52B
P/E
39.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$30.03B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
7 wins
XCH XCHG Ltd
$1.95 -41.8% 1M +18.2% 1Y
Market cap
$13.89M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
EV Charging Industrials
1 win
APTV Aptiv PLC
$43.66 -2.5% 1M -49.3% 1Y
Market cap
$9.10B
P/E
42.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.73B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Eaton leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Eaton 7, Aptiv 3, Xchg 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionETNXCHAPTVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $151.52B $13.89M $9.10B ETN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 39.6x — 42.0x ETN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.7x — 8.0x APTV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +15.5% — +5.3% ETN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.8% — 1.2% ETN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.3% — 2.6% ETN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.1x — 2.3x APTV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.2% +18.2% -49.3% XCH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +18.4%/yr — -24.0%/yr ETN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.7% 328.8% 44.6% ETN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 — 56/100 APTV

Percentile Scorecard

ETNXCHAPTV

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

AxisETNXCHAPTV
Valuation 14 #175 of 203 – 96 #10 of 203
Growth 73 #52 of 188 – 14 #161 of 188
Profitability 75 #47 of 183 – 36 #117 of 183
Financial Health 20 #174 of 217 29 #51 of 71 33 #145 of 217
Shareholder Returns 43 #88 of 153 – 99 #3 of 153
Overall 45 – 56
  • ETN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • XCH ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • APTV ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodETNXCHAPTVSPY
1 month -12.7%-41.8%-2.5% -0.2%
3 months -0.5%+290.0%-26.5% +3.9%
6 months -7.0%+105.3%-26.2% +8.2%
Year to date +20.6%+72.6%-42.6% +12.9%
1 year +1.2%+18.2%-49.3% +12.3%
3 years +96.7%—-49.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year +25.3%—-20.2% +23.3%
5 years +132.9%—-74.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year +18.4%—-24.0% +10.9%
10 years +516.8%—-32.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year +20.0%—-3.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureETNXCHAPTVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.7%328.8%44.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.6%134.8%48.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.870.701.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.030.06-1.11 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.7%-99.2%-76.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.5%-57.8%-50.8% -1.2%
52-week high $459.94$4.62$88.67 $779.14
52-week low $315.82$0.23$42.69 $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.

MultipleETNXCHAPTV
P/E now vs peer median 39.0xmedian 25.2x —median 27.2x 42.0xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 1.9x —median 2.4x 0.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 26.0xmedian 14.0x —median 18.4x 6.8xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 37.9xmedian 21.7x —median 28.6x 11.1xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 7.4xmedian 2.3x 1.3xmedian 1.7x 1.0xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 2.94median 1.32 —median 0.79 -1.32median 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 monthsETNXCHAPTV
Revenue $30.03B – $18.73B
Gross profit $10.78B – $3.68B
Operating income $5.32B – $995.00M
Net income $3.83B – $231.00M
Free cash flow $3.93B – $817.00M
R&D $844.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $9.83 – $1.04
Cash & equivalents $483.00M $11.41M $761.00M
Total debt $20.61B $29.61M $5.35B
Shares (diluted) 389.50M 3.50M 212.10M
Enterprise value $148.71B -$54.54M $1.95B

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
MetricETNXCHAPTV
P/E 39.0x – 42.0x
P/FCF 37.9x – 11.1x
P/Operating cash flow 30.1x – 6.1x
P/S 5.0x – 0.5x
P/B 7.4x 1.3x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 19.4x 1.3x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA 26.0x – 6.8x
EV/EBIT 31.8x – 13.8x
EV/Revenue 5.6x – 0.7x
EV/FCF 43.0x – 16.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 34.2x – 9.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.94 – -1.32

Growth

14 metrics
MetricETNXCHAPTV
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.5% – 5.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.8% – -1.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.7% – 4.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.3% – 4.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 8.7% – -43.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 15.9% – -15.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -2.4% – -77.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.2% – -38.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -2.0% – -77.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.3% – -31.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 21.9% – -36.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.1% – -7.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.1% – -52.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.3% – -7.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricETNXCHAPTV
Gross margin 35.9% – 19.6%
EBITDA margin 21.7% – 10.7%
Operating margin 17.7% – 5.3%
Pretax margin 16.1% – 4.1%
Net margin 12.8% – 1.2%
FCF margin 13.1% – 4.4%
Operating cash flow margin 16.5% – 7.9%
Return on equity 19.1% – 2.6%
Return on assets 6.9% – 1.1%
Return on invested capital 10.3% – 2.6%
Return on capital employed 12.2% – 5.3%
Asset turnover 0.5x – 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x – 6.4x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricETNXCHAPTV
Debt / assets 36.7% 19.7% 29.8%
Debt / equity 1.0x 0.8x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.1x – 2.3x
Debt / FCF 5.2x – 6.6x
Liabilities / assets 63.9% 74.7% 51.4%
Equity / assets 36.1% 25.3% 48.6%
Interest coverage 12.0x – 3.0x
Current ratio 1.2x 1.2x 2.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.7x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.4x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 3.69 – 2.45

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricETNXCHAPTV
Dividend yield 1.1% – –
Net buyback yield 0.3% – 7.9%
Shareholder yield 1.5% – 7.9%
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.

ConsensusETNXCHAPTV
Forward P/E 27.7xFY2026 – 8.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $13.88FY2026 $-2.46FY2026 $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 $34.13MFY2026 $13.02BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.0%FY2026 +36.0%FY2026 -36.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +21.7% +27.9% +4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersETNXCHAPTV
Held by institutions 84.7% – 98.6%
Institutions holding 2,642 – 659
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.6% – +9.2%
Institutions buying 1,399 – 330
Institutions selling 892 – 260
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.

ETNXCHAPTV
ETN 1.00 0.01 0.26
XCH 0.01 1.00 0.08
APTV 0.26 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ETN, XCH and APTV?

Eaton (ETN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Eaton (ETN) $151.52B, Xchg (XCH) $13.89M, Aptiv (APTV) $9.10B.

Which stock is cheaper, ETN, XCH and APTV?

Eaton (ETN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Eaton (ETN) 39.6x, Aptiv (APTV) 42.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Aptiv (APTV) is cheapest (Eaton (ETN) 27.7x, Aptiv (APTV) 8.0x). 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) +15.5%, Aptiv (APTV) +5.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Eaton (ETN) has the highest net margin (Eaton (ETN) 12.8%, Aptiv (APTV) 1.2%). On return on invested capital, Eaton (ETN) leads (Eaton (ETN) 10.3%, Aptiv (APTV) 2.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Xchg (XCH) returned the most: Eaton (ETN) +1.2%, Xchg (XCH) +18.2%, Aptiv (APTV) -49.3%. Over five years, Eaton (ETN) compounded fastest (Eaton (ETN) +18.4%/yr, Aptiv (APTV) -24.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Eaton (ETN) has been the steadiest (Eaton (ETN) 40.7%, Xchg (XCH) 328.8%, Aptiv (APTV) 44.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ETN, XCH 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.