---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-001451"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETN"
cik: "0001551182"
company_name: "Eaton Corp plc"
filed_at: "2022-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T18:13:27.594675+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eaton reports record Q3 adjusted EPS of $2.02, up 15% YoY; segment margins 21.2%

## Summary
- Adjusted EPS $2.02 (record) vs $1.76 in Q3 2021; GAAP EPS $1.52.
- Sales $5.3B, up 8% total; organic sales up 15%, in line with guidance.
- Segment margins 21.2% (record), 130 bps above Q3 2021 and above high-end guidance.
- Operating cash flow $965M (+29% YoY); free cash flow $830M (+36% YoY).
- Electrical Americas orders up 36% rolling 12-month; backlog up 97% YoY organically.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-001451
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETN
- cik: 0001551182
- company_name: Eaton Corp plc
- filed_at: 2022-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000115752322001451/0001157523-22-001451-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000115752322001451/a52956691.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Eaton Corp plc reported the third quarter of 2022 results: revenue $5.3 billion, EPS $1.52. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the third quarter of 2022
  - Revenue: $5.3 billion
  - EPS: $1.52
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: restructuring program, adjusted earnings per share of $2.02 were a quarterly record and up 15% over the third quarter of 2021. Sales in the third quarter of 2022 were $5.3 billion, up 8% from the third quarter of 2021. Organic sales were up 15% and acquisitions added 1%, which was partially offset by 4% from the divestiture of the Hydraulics business and
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000115752322001451/0001157523-22-001451-index.htm

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