Eaton vs Illinois Tool Works
ETN and ITW side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ETN and ITW compare
Eaton is the larger company, worth 1.8 times as much as Illinois Tool Works ($144B against $79.3B).
Eaton grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (15.5% versus 4.3% for Illinois Tool Works).
Both pay dividends: Eaton yields 1.2% and Illinois Tool Works 2.4%.
Eaton scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 9 for Illinois Tool Works), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ETN | ITW |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $144B | $79.3B |
| Share price | $369.97 | $278.55 |
| Change, 1 year | −4.6% | 15.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 116% | 19.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.08 | 0.83 |
| Employees | 97K | 43K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 (better) | 9 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 37.7× | – |
| P/S | 4.8× (better) | 4.8× |
| P/B | 7.1× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.4× | 20.2× (better) |
| P/FCF | 36.5× | 27.2× (better) |
| PEG | 1.94 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.7% | 3.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $233.60 | $223.22 |
| Margin of safety | −58.4% | −24.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 15.5% (better) | 4.3% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 9.0% (better) | 5.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −2.5% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −1.2% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 24.5% (better) | 9.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 35.9% | 53.0% (better) |
| Operating margin | – | 26.5% |
| Net margin | 12.8% | – |
| FCF margin | 13.1% | 17.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | 19.7% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.02 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.09 | 2.03 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 14.5× |
| Current ratio | 1.24 (better) | 1.11 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.29 | 8.03 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | 2.4% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 43.5% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 15 (better) | 12 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 7.3% (better) | 7.0% |
| Buyback yield | 0.39% | 2.3% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.6% | 4.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 85.3% | 85.5% |
| Held by insiders | 0.19% | 0.29% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$22.0M (better) | −$65.4M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.1% | 3.2% |
Go deeper
- ETN stock overview
- ETN income statement
- ETN valuation and score
- ITW stock overview
- ITW income statement
- ITW valuation and score
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