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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001551182-25-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETN"
cik: "0001551182"
company_name: "Eaton Corp plc"
filed_at: "2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T04:41:37.230005+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.95
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eaton reports record Q4 2024 results with adjusted EPS $2.83, up 11%, and issues 2025 guidance

## Summary
- Q4 2024 adjusted EPS $2.83, record, up 11% YoY; GAAP EPS $2.45, up 4% YoY
- Record Q4 segment margins 24.7%, up 190 bps YoY; Electrical Americas backlog up 29% organically
- Full year 2024 adjusted EPS $10.80, up 18% YoY; GAAP EPS $9.50, record
- 2025 guidance: adjusted EPS $11.80-$12.20, organic growth 7-9%, segment margins 24.4-24.8%
- Q4 2024 sales $6.2B record, up 5% YoY; free cash flow $1.3B record, up 27%

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001551182-25-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETN
- cik: 0001551182
- company_name: Eaton Corp plc
- filed_at: 2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.95
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000155118225000003/0001551182-25-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000155118225000003/etn-20250131.htm

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