Stock Analysis on Net

Eaton Corp. plc (NYSE:ETN)

Analysis of Solvency Ratios
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Solvency Ratios (Summary)

Eaton Corp. plc, solvency ratios (quarterly data)

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Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Debt Ratios
Debt to equity 0.49 0.50 0.52 0.50 0.51 0.56 0.59 0.58 0.52 0.57 0.79 0.68 0.54 0.57 0.58 0.59 0.52 0.51 0.50 0.47
Debt to equity (including operating lease liability) 0.51 0.52 0.54 0.53 0.53 0.59 0.62 0.60 0.54 0.59 0.81 0.70 0.56 0.59 0.61 0.62 0.54 0.53 0.51 0.48
Debt to capital 0.33 0.33 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.36 0.37 0.37 0.34 0.36 0.44 0.40 0.35 0.36 0.37 0.37 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.32
Debt to capital (including operating lease liability) 0.34 0.34 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.37 0.38 0.37 0.35 0.37 0.45 0.41 0.36 0.37 0.38 0.38 0.35 0.35 0.34 0.33
Debt to assets 0.24 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.28 0.27 0.25 0.27 0.33 0.30 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.27 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.24
Debt to assets (including operating lease liability) 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.26 0.26 0.28 0.29 0.28 0.26 0.28 0.34 0.31 0.26 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.25
Financial leverage 2.02 2.03 2.05 2.04 2.06 2.14 2.15 2.12 2.07 2.14 2.39 2.27 2.13 2.14 2.14 2.17 2.04 2.01 1.98 1.95
Coverage Ratios
Interest coverage 26.34 22.25 19.68 19.85 21.22 21.33 24.31 22.57 21.11 20.08 15.71 11.87 12.72 11.39 11.72 13.79 11.98

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to equity ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total shareholders’ equity. Eaton Corp. plc debt to equity ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Debt to equity (including operating lease liability) ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt (including operating lease liability) divided by total shareholders’ equity. Eaton Corp. plc debt to equity ratio (including operating lease liability) improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Debt to capital ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total debt plus shareholders’ equity. Eaton Corp. plc debt to capital ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Debt to capital (including operating lease liability) ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt (including operating lease liability) divided by total debt (including operating lease liability) plus shareholders’ equity. Eaton Corp. plc debt to capital ratio (including operating lease liability) improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Debt to assets ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total assets. Eaton Corp. plc debt to assets ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Debt to assets (including operating lease liability) ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt (including operating lease liability) divided by total assets. Eaton Corp. plc debt to assets ratio (including operating lease liability) improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Financial leverage ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total assets divided by total shareholders’ equity. Eaton Corp. plc financial leverage ratio decreased from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Interest coverage ratio A solvency ratio calculated as EBIT divided by interest payments. Eaton Corp. plc interest coverage ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Debt to Equity

Eaton Corp. plc, debt to equity calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Short-term debt 8 24 94 87 324 903 1,392 1,116 13 428 3,373 464 1 2 139 337 255 2 2 741
Current portion of long-term debt 1,017 975 402 8 10 23 2,030 1,728 1,735 116 8 1,012 1,047 1,251 1,223 250 248 6 5 42
Long-term debt, excluding current portion 8,244 8,150 8,804 8,701 8,321 8,082 6,277 6,763 6,831 8,520 8,721 8,682 7,010 6,948 6,906 7,842 7,819 8,013 8,079 6,782
Total debt 9,269 9,149 9,300 8,796 8,655 9,008 9,699 9,607 8,579 9,064 12,102 10,158 8,058 8,201 8,268 8,429 8,322 8,021 8,086 7,565
 
Total Eaton shareholders’ equity 19,036 18,383 17,953 17,449 17,038 16,068 16,380 16,620 16,413 15,971 15,408 14,995 14,930 14,476 14,188 14,245 16,082 15,848 16,306 16,233
Solvency Ratio
Debt to equity1 0.49 0.50 0.52 0.50 0.51 0.56 0.59 0.58 0.52 0.57 0.79 0.68 0.54 0.57 0.58 0.59 0.52 0.51 0.50 0.47
Benchmarks
Debt to Equity, Competitors2
Boeing Co. 117.95
Caterpillar Inc. 1.94 1.81 2.07 2.04 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.20 2.29 2.21 2.23 2.30 2.42 2.55 2.81 2.61 2.58 2.54 2.45 2.32
Cummins Inc. 0.76 0.70 0.74 0.81 0.88 0.97 0.51 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.50 0.50 0.52 0.53 0.53 0.47 0.32 0.34 0.27 0.31
General Electric Co. 0.77 0.73 0.70 0.71 0.89 0.97 0.94 0.86 0.87 1.68 1.90 2.12 2.11 2.39 2.43 2.41 3.21 3.34 2.95 3.06
Honeywell International Inc. 1.29 1.18 1.24 1.13 1.17 0.96 1.09 1.05 1.06 1.19 1.19 1.19 1.28 1.23 1.22 0.91 0.87 1.03 0.91 0.86
Lockheed Martin Corp. 2.55 1.88 1.90 1.62 1.68 0.96 1.02 1.16 1.07 1.21 1.87 1.93 2.02 2.56 3.38 3.68 4.05 3.48 4.75 5.65
RTX Corp. 0.73 0.51 0.49 0.47 0.44 0.48 0.45 0.43 0.43 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.48 0.49 1.18 1.04 1.10 1.11 1.14

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Debt to equity = Total debt ÷ Total Eaton shareholders’ equity
= 9,269 ÷ 19,036 = 0.49

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to equity ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total shareholders’ equity. Eaton Corp. plc debt to equity ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Debt to Equity (including Operating Lease Liability)

Eaton Corp. plc, debt to equity (including operating lease liability) calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Short-term debt 8 24 94 87 324 903 1,392 1,116 13 428 3,373 464 1 2 139 337 255 2 2 741
Current portion of long-term debt 1,017 975 402 8 10 23 2,030 1,728 1,735 116 8 1,012 1,047 1,251 1,223 250 248 6 5 42
Long-term debt, excluding current portion 8,244 8,150 8,804 8,701 8,321 8,082 6,277 6,763 6,831 8,520 8,721 8,682 7,010 6,948 6,906 7,842 7,819 8,013 8,079 6,782
Total debt 9,269 9,149 9,300 8,796 8,655 9,008 9,699 9,607 8,579 9,064 12,102 10,158 8,058 8,201 8,268 8,429 8,322 8,021 8,086 7,565
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities 533 486 482 466 459 447 386 342 337 343 366 328 326 323 320 334 331 333 311 308
Total debt (including operating lease liability) 9,802 9,635 9,782 9,262 9,114 9,455 10,085 9,949 8,916 9,407 12,468 10,486 8,384 8,524 8,588 8,763 8,653 8,354 8,397 7,873
 
Total Eaton shareholders’ equity 19,036 18,383 17,953 17,449 17,038 16,068 16,380 16,620 16,413 15,971 15,408 14,995 14,930 14,476 14,188 14,245 16,082 15,848 16,306 16,233
Solvency Ratio
Debt to equity (including operating lease liability)1 0.51 0.52 0.54 0.53 0.53 0.59 0.62 0.60 0.54 0.59 0.81 0.70 0.56 0.59 0.61 0.62 0.54 0.53 0.51 0.48
Benchmarks
Debt to Equity (including Operating Lease Liability), Competitors2
RTX Corp. 0.76 0.53 0.51 0.50 0.46 0.50 0.47 0.46 0.45 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.50 0.51 1.23 1.10 1.15 1.17 1.19

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Debt to equity (including operating lease liability) = Total debt (including operating lease liability) ÷ Total Eaton shareholders’ equity
= 9,802 ÷ 19,036 = 0.51

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to equity (including operating lease liability) ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt (including operating lease liability) divided by total shareholders’ equity. Eaton Corp. plc debt to equity ratio (including operating lease liability) improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Debt to Capital

Eaton Corp. plc, debt to capital calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Short-term debt 8 24 94 87 324 903 1,392 1,116 13 428 3,373 464 1 2 139 337 255 2 2 741
Current portion of long-term debt 1,017 975 402 8 10 23 2,030 1,728 1,735 116 8 1,012 1,047 1,251 1,223 250 248 6 5 42
Long-term debt, excluding current portion 8,244 8,150 8,804 8,701 8,321 8,082 6,277 6,763 6,831 8,520 8,721 8,682 7,010 6,948 6,906 7,842 7,819 8,013 8,079 6,782
Total debt 9,269 9,149 9,300 8,796 8,655 9,008 9,699 9,607 8,579 9,064 12,102 10,158 8,058 8,201 8,268 8,429 8,322 8,021 8,086 7,565
Total Eaton shareholders’ equity 19,036 18,383 17,953 17,449 17,038 16,068 16,380 16,620 16,413 15,971 15,408 14,995 14,930 14,476 14,188 14,245 16,082 15,848 16,306 16,233
Total capital 28,305 27,532 27,253 26,245 25,693 25,076 26,079 26,227 24,992 25,035 27,510 25,153 22,988 22,677 22,456 22,674 24,404 23,869 24,392 23,798
Solvency Ratio
Debt to capital1 0.33 0.33 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.36 0.37 0.37 0.34 0.36 0.44 0.40 0.35 0.36 0.37 0.37 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.32
Benchmarks
Debt to Capital, Competitors2
Boeing Co. 1.49 1.47 1.42 1.39 1.39 1.45 1.35 1.36 1.35 1.30 1.36 1.40 1.40 1.24 1.23 1.33 1.46 1.20 1.38 0.99
Caterpillar Inc. 0.66 0.64 0.67 0.67 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.69 0.70 0.69 0.69 0.70 0.71 0.72 0.74 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.71 0.70
Cummins Inc. 0.43 0.41 0.43 0.45 0.47 0.49 0.34 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.34 0.34 0.35 0.35 0.32 0.24 0.25 0.21 0.24
General Electric Co. 0.43 0.42 0.41 0.41 0.47 0.49 0.48 0.46 0.47 0.63 0.65 0.68 0.68 0.70 0.71 0.71 0.76 0.77 0.75 0.75
Honeywell International Inc. 0.56 0.54 0.55 0.53 0.54 0.49 0.52 0.51 0.51 0.54 0.54 0.54 0.56 0.55 0.55 0.48 0.46 0.51 0.48 0.46
Lockheed Martin Corp. 0.72 0.65 0.66 0.62 0.63 0.49 0.50 0.54 0.52 0.55 0.65 0.66 0.67 0.72 0.77 0.79 0.80 0.78 0.83 0.85
RTX Corp. 0.42 0.34 0.33 0.32 0.31 0.32 0.31 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.32 0.33 0.54 0.51 0.52 0.53 0.53

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Debt to capital = Total debt ÷ Total capital
= 9,269 ÷ 28,305 = 0.33

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to capital ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total debt plus shareholders’ equity. Eaton Corp. plc debt to capital ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Debt to Capital (including Operating Lease Liability)

Eaton Corp. plc, debt to capital (including operating lease liability) calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Short-term debt 8 24 94 87 324 903 1,392 1,116 13 428 3,373 464 1 2 139 337 255 2 2 741
Current portion of long-term debt 1,017 975 402 8 10 23 2,030 1,728 1,735 116 8 1,012 1,047 1,251 1,223 250 248 6 5 42
Long-term debt, excluding current portion 8,244 8,150 8,804 8,701 8,321 8,082 6,277 6,763 6,831 8,520 8,721 8,682 7,010 6,948 6,906 7,842 7,819 8,013 8,079 6,782
Total debt 9,269 9,149 9,300 8,796 8,655 9,008 9,699 9,607 8,579 9,064 12,102 10,158 8,058 8,201 8,268 8,429 8,322 8,021 8,086 7,565
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities 533 486 482 466 459 447 386 342 337 343 366 328 326 323 320 334 331 333 311 308
Total debt (including operating lease liability) 9,802 9,635 9,782 9,262 9,114 9,455 10,085 9,949 8,916 9,407 12,468 10,486 8,384 8,524 8,588 8,763 8,653 8,354 8,397 7,873
Total Eaton shareholders’ equity 19,036 18,383 17,953 17,449 17,038 16,068 16,380 16,620 16,413 15,971 15,408 14,995 14,930 14,476 14,188 14,245 16,082 15,848 16,306 16,233
Total capital (including operating lease liability) 28,838 28,018 27,735 26,711 26,152 25,523 26,465 26,569 25,329 25,378 27,876 25,481 23,314 23,000 22,776 23,008 24,735 24,202 24,703 24,106
Solvency Ratio
Debt to capital (including operating lease liability)1 0.34 0.34 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.37 0.38 0.37 0.35 0.37 0.45 0.41 0.36 0.37 0.38 0.38 0.35 0.35 0.34 0.33
Benchmarks
Debt to Capital (including Operating Lease Liability), Competitors2
RTX Corp. 0.43 0.35 0.34 0.33 0.32 0.33 0.32 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.33 0.34 0.55 0.52 0.54 0.54 0.54

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Debt to capital (including operating lease liability) = Total debt (including operating lease liability) ÷ Total capital (including operating lease liability)
= 9,802 ÷ 28,838 = 0.34

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to capital (including operating lease liability) ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt (including operating lease liability) divided by total debt (including operating lease liability) plus shareholders’ equity. Eaton Corp. plc debt to capital ratio (including operating lease liability) improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Debt to Assets

Eaton Corp. plc, debt to assets calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Short-term debt 8 24 94 87 324 903 1,392 1,116 13 428 3,373 464 1 2 139 337 255 2 2 741
Current portion of long-term debt 1,017 975 402 8 10 23 2,030 1,728 1,735 116 8 1,012 1,047 1,251 1,223 250 248 6 5 42
Long-term debt, excluding current portion 8,244 8,150 8,804 8,701 8,321 8,082 6,277 6,763 6,831 8,520 8,721 8,682 7,010 6,948 6,906 7,842 7,819 8,013 8,079 6,782
Total debt 9,269 9,149 9,300 8,796 8,655 9,008 9,699 9,607 8,579 9,064 12,102 10,158 8,058 8,201 8,268 8,429 8,322 8,021 8,086 7,565
 
Total assets 38,432 37,289 36,772 35,517 35,014 34,364 35,153 35,208 34,027 34,128 36,804 34,080 31,824 30,985 30,348 30,845 32,805 31,895 32,244 31,649
Solvency Ratio
Debt to assets1 0.24 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.28 0.27 0.25 0.27 0.33 0.30 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.27 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.24
Benchmarks
Debt to Assets, Competitors2
Boeing Co. 0.38 0.39 0.39 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.42 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.42 0.38 0.38 0.27 0.20 0.19 0.15 0.12
Caterpillar Inc. 0.43 0.43 0.44 0.44 0.45 0.45 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.47 0.47 0.50 0.50 0.49 0.48 0.49 0.46 0.45
Cummins Inc. 0.21 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.18 0.17 0.18 0.17 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.17 0.12 0.13 0.11 0.12
General Electric Co. 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.17 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.27 0.27 0.29 0.30 0.31 0.32 0.32 0.34 0.35 0.34 0.34
Honeywell International Inc. 0.33 0.33 0.34 0.32 0.31 0.28 0.31 0.31 0.30 0.33 0.33 0.34 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.28 0.27 0.31 0.28 0.28
Lockheed Martin Corp. 0.33 0.31 0.31 0.29 0.29 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.24 0.24 0.25 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.29
RTX Corp. 0.27 0.22 0.22 0.21 0.20 0.21 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.33 0.31 0.32 0.33 0.33

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Debt to assets = Total debt ÷ Total assets
= 9,269 ÷ 38,432 = 0.24

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to assets ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total assets. Eaton Corp. plc debt to assets ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Debt to Assets (including Operating Lease Liability)

Eaton Corp. plc, debt to assets (including operating lease liability) calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Short-term debt 8 24 94 87 324 903 1,392 1,116 13 428 3,373 464 1 2 139 337 255 2 2 741
Current portion of long-term debt 1,017 975 402 8 10 23 2,030 1,728 1,735 116 8 1,012 1,047 1,251 1,223 250 248 6 5 42
Long-term debt, excluding current portion 8,244 8,150 8,804 8,701 8,321 8,082 6,277 6,763 6,831 8,520 8,721 8,682 7,010 6,948 6,906 7,842 7,819 8,013 8,079 6,782
Total debt 9,269 9,149 9,300 8,796 8,655 9,008 9,699 9,607 8,579 9,064 12,102 10,158 8,058 8,201 8,268 8,429 8,322 8,021 8,086 7,565
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities 533 486 482 466 459 447 386 342 337 343 366 328 326 323 320 334 331 333 311 308
Total debt (including operating lease liability) 9,802 9,635 9,782 9,262 9,114 9,455 10,085 9,949 8,916 9,407 12,468 10,486 8,384 8,524 8,588 8,763 8,653 8,354 8,397 7,873
 
Total assets 38,432 37,289 36,772 35,517 35,014 34,364 35,153 35,208 34,027 34,128 36,804 34,080 31,824 30,985 30,348 30,845 32,805 31,895 32,244 31,649
Solvency Ratio
Debt to assets (including operating lease liability)1 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.26 0.26 0.28 0.29 0.28 0.26 0.28 0.34 0.31 0.26 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.25
Benchmarks
Debt to Assets (including Operating Lease Liability), Competitors2
RTX Corp. 0.28 0.23 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.22 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.35 0.33 0.34 0.34 0.34

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Debt to assets (including operating lease liability) = Total debt (including operating lease liability) ÷ Total assets
= 9,802 ÷ 38,432 = 0.26

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Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to assets (including operating lease liability) ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt (including operating lease liability) divided by total assets. Eaton Corp. plc debt to assets ratio (including operating lease liability) improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Financial Leverage

Eaton Corp. plc, financial leverage calculation (quarterly data)

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Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Total assets 38,432 37,289 36,772 35,517 35,014 34,364 35,153 35,208 34,027 34,128 36,804 34,080 31,824 30,985 30,348 30,845 32,805 31,895 32,244 31,649
Total Eaton shareholders’ equity 19,036 18,383 17,953 17,449 17,038 16,068 16,380 16,620 16,413 15,971 15,408 14,995 14,930 14,476 14,188 14,245 16,082 15,848 16,306 16,233
Solvency Ratio
Financial leverage1 2.02 2.03 2.05 2.04 2.06 2.14 2.15 2.12 2.07 2.14 2.39 2.27 2.13 2.14 2.14 2.17 2.04 2.01 1.98 1.95
Benchmarks
Financial Leverage, Competitors2
Boeing Co. 961.67
Caterpillar Inc. 4.49 4.24 4.68 4.61 5.16 5.19 5.16 4.82 5.02 4.85 4.85 4.87 5.11 5.13 5.57 5.35 5.38 5.22 5.34 5.10
Cummins Inc. 3.62 3.01 3.07 3.27 3.38 3.55 2.80 2.86 2.80 2.85 2.87 2.83 2.81 2.80 2.82 2.84 2.63 2.61 2.45 2.54
General Electric Co. 5.96 5.47 5.23 5.20 5.16 5.75 5.35 4.92 4.93 6.33 7.09 7.30 7.13 7.64 7.62 7.43 9.40 9.42 8.71 8.96
Honeywell International Inc. 3.88 3.56 3.60 3.54 3.73 3.40 3.55 3.45 3.47 3.60 3.56 3.53 3.68 3.51 3.50 3.25 3.17 3.32 3.23 3.12
Lockheed Martin Corp. 7.67 6.11 6.17 5.66 5.71 4.35 4.53 5.15 4.64 5.38 7.99 8.15 8.43 10.25 13.22 14.29 15.20 12.66 16.79 19.34
RTX Corp. 2.71 2.33 2.24 2.22 2.19 2.25 2.26 2.20 2.21 2.23 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.37 2.40 3.54 3.34 3.44 3.41 3.46

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Financial leverage = Total assets ÷ Total Eaton shareholders’ equity
= 38,432 ÷ 19,036 = 2.02

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Solvency ratio Description The company
Financial leverage ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total assets divided by total shareholders’ equity. Eaton Corp. plc financial leverage ratio decreased from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Interest Coverage

Eaton Corp. plc, interest coverage calculation (quarterly data)

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Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Net income attributable to Eaton ordinary shareholders 945 891 744 638 722 607 601 532 551 629 506 458 475 446 51 438 452 601 636 522
Add: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1
Add: Income tax expense 141 187 153 123 128 112 119 86 74 483 114 79 77 78 (7) 183 79 116 102 81
Add: Interest expense, net 26 33 42 50 44 37 31 32 32 37 37 38 36 41 38 34 53 54 63 66
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) 1,114 1,112 940 812 896 757 751 651 657 1,150 657 576 589 566 85 655 585 772 801 669
Solvency Ratio
Interest coverage1 26.34 22.25 19.68 19.85 21.22 21.33 24.31 22.57 21.11 20.08 15.71 11.87 12.72 11.39 11.72 13.79 11.98
Benchmarks
Interest Coverage, Competitors2
Boeing Co. 0.18 -0.06 -0.85 -0.53 -0.98 -2.54 -1.40 -1.31 -0.88 -2.29 -2.55 -4.26 -5.71 -3.83 -3.86 -6.13 -2.19
Caterpillar Inc. 26.66 24.81 23.80 21.33 20.80 22.05 20.08 19.10 17.88 14.11 11.79 9.28 8.80 9.94 13.07 17.44 19.62
Cummins Inc. 5.34 10.82 11.07 13.16 15.17 19.51 25.97 26.46 25.78 26.19 26.97 24.49 24.38 23.22 23.71 27.44 27.00
General Electric Co. 10.12 9.41 8.49 6.73 1.88 -1.66 -1.16 -1.49 -0.96 2.15 1.11 0.65 2.59 2.16 2.11 2.64 1.27
Honeywell International Inc. 10.36 10.68 12.45 14.34 16.41 20.95 20.60 21.35 22.09 20.98 18.89 16.79 17.75 18.10 20.68 23.18 22.17
Lockheed Martin Corp. 9.84 10.42 11.74 10.58 11.72 13.31 10.88 14.12 14.27 13.67 15.97 15.44 14.93 14.16 13.35 12.63 12.09

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Interest coverage = (EBITQ4 2023 + EBITQ3 2023 + EBITQ2 2023 + EBITQ1 2023) ÷ (Interest expenseQ4 2023 + Interest expenseQ3 2023 + Interest expenseQ2 2023 + Interest expenseQ1 2023)
= (1,114 + 1,112 + 940 + 812) ÷ (26 + 33 + 42 + 50) = 26.34

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Solvency ratio Description The company
Interest coverage ratio A solvency ratio calculated as EBIT divided by interest payments. Eaton Corp. plc interest coverage ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.