Growth Metrics

Eaton (ETN) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Eaton (ETN) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 13 consecutive years, with 0.26 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 6.85% to 0.26 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.46, a 7.36% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.46, up 7.36% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.26 for Q4 2025 at Eaton, down from 0.34 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 4.36 in Q1 2025 to a low of 4.38 in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.65 and a median of 0.5 in 2021 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: crashed 306.03% in 2022, then soared 246.17% in 2025.
  • Eaton's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.48 in 2021, then crashed by 31.26% to 0.33 in 2022, then decreased by 1.07% to 0.33 in 2023, then decreased by 15.44% to 0.28 in 2024, then dropped by 6.85% to 0.26 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ETN's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.26 (Q4 2025), 0.34 (Q3 2025), and 0.59 (Q2 2025).