Dividends

ETNEaton Corporation

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+5.1% today · −3.1% over a year

3/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 32% of the instruments we score

Priced higher than most peers (P/E 35.8). Dividend yield 1.22%.

Eaton Corporation (ETN) dividends: trailing yield 1.22%, next ex-dividend date 10 Nov 2026, Dividend Safety 79/100, not lowered for 6 years, 5-year growth 7.7% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
1.22%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
1.22%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$4.40
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
79 / 100
Safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
1.22% → 0.95%
Forward
1.22% → 0.95%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (Ireland)
20.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
77.35%
  • Source country assumed: Ireland (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • Other EU countries withhold 15–26.375 % by law; we model 20 %. Treaty relief is often only by reclaim.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 0.95%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

Ex-dividend date
10 Nov 2026
Payment date
27 Nov 2026
Amount per share
$1.10
Status
Single source

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+7.7%
Years without a lower dividend
6
Years without a cut of over 10 %
25
Payout ratio (earnings)
44%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
45%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2017 $2.40, 2018 $2.64, 2019 $2.84, 2020 $2.59, 2021 $3.04, 2022 $3.24, 2023 $3.44, 2024 $3.76, 2025 $4.162017: $2.402018: $2.642019: $2.842020: $2.592021: $3.042022: $3.242023: $3.442024: $3.762025: $4.16

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
10 Nov 202627 Nov 2026$1.10RegularSingle source1
07 Aug 202631 Aug 2026$1.10RegularVerified2
08 May 202601 Jun 2026$1.10RegularVerified2
10 Mar 202630 Mar 2026$1.10RegularVerified2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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