Eaton (ETN) Return on Capital Employed (2012 - 2026)

Eaton (ETN) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 14.09% in Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 241.0% year-over-year to 14.09% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 14.09%, a 241.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 16.95%, up 179.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 14.09%, down from 16.35% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for ETN reached as high as 28.74% in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 28.87% in Q2 2022.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 12.98% across 5 years, with a median of 14.09% in 2026.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed slumped 3790 bps in 2022 and soared 4046 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 10.57% in 2022, then gained by 22 bps to 12.9% in 2023, then gained by 16 bps to 14.97% in 2024, then gained by 9 bps to 16.35% in 2025, then retreated by 14 bps to 14.09% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 14.09% in Q1 2026, 16.35% in Q4 2025, and 16.23% in Q3 2025.