Growth Metrics

Eaton (ETN) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Eaton (ETN) has disclosed Return on Equity for 13 consecutive years, with 0.33% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Equity rose 11.0% to 0.33% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.33%, a 11.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.26%, up 2.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Equity was 0.33% for Q4 2025 at Eaton, roughly flat from 0.33% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.33% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.13% in Q3 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.2% and a median of 0.17% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Equity.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: fell -18bps in 2021, then grew 13bps in 2025.
  • Eaton's Return on Equity stood at 0.13% in 2021, then rose by 18bps to 0.16% in 2022, then grew by 10bps to 0.17% in 2023, then increased by 23bps to 0.21% in 2024, then surged by 53bps to 0.33% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ETN's Return on Equity are 0.33% (Q4 2025), 0.33% (Q3 2025), and 0.31% (Q2 2025).