Growth Metrics

Eaton (ETN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Eaton (ETN) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 13 consecutive years, with 0.21% as the latest value for Q2 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 7.0% to 0.21% in Q2 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Jun 2025 was 0.21%, a 7.0% increase, with the full-year FY2024 number at 0.15%, up 2.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.21% for Q2 2025 at Eaton, up from 0.21% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.21% in Q2 2025 to a low of 0.09% in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.13% and a median of 0.13% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Return on Capital Employed was 15bps in 2021; the steepest drop was -5bps in 2021.
  • Eaton's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.09% in 2021, then grew by 15bps to 0.11% in 2022, then rose by 22bps to 0.13% in 2023, then grew by 16bps to 0.15% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 40bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ETN's Return on Capital Employed are 0.21% (Q2 2025), 0.21% (Q1 2025), and 0.15% (Q4 2024).