Growth Metrics

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

Eaton (ETN) has disclosed Return on Sales for 14 consecutive years, with 0.18% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales changed 0.0% to 0.18% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.23%, a 7.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.18%, changed 0.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.18% for Q4 2025 at Eaton, up from 0.18% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.38% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.1% in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.15% and a median of 0.15% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: decreased -17bps in 2021, then rose 24bps in 2025.
  • Eaton's Return on Sales stood at 0.11% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 38bps to 0.16% in 2022, then rose by 0bps to 0.16% in 2023, then grew by 18bps to 0.19% in 2024, then decreased by -2bps to 0.18% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ETN's Return on Sales are 0.18% (Q4 2025), 0.18% (Q3 2025), and 0.18% (Q2 2025).