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We're raising our Eaton price target after sellers got the earnings all wrong

Cnbc · · 1412 words · By Zev Fima
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/05/were-raising-our-eaton-price-target-after-seller…

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27 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Revenue for the first quarter ended March 31 increased nearly 17% year-over-year to a record $7.45 billion”
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The provided evidence for claim 0 contains general company descriptions and unrelated Wikipedia entries (Eaton Fire, Eaton Vance), but no financial data regarding Q1 revenue of $7.45 billion.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palantir Technologies Inc. () is an American publicly traded company that develops data integration and analytics platforms. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, it was founded in 2003 by Peter Thiel, Ste…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Eaton Fire was a highly destructive wildfire in Los Angeles County, in Southern California. The fire began on the evening of January 7, 2025, in Eaton Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains, and a po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton_Fire
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eaton Vance Corp. is an American investment management firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the oldest investment companies in the United States, with a history dating back to 1924. Throu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton_Vance
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“LSEG compiled analysts' consensus estimate of $7.08 billion”
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The evidence mentions LSEG consensus for other companies (Qnity) but provides no specific revenue estimate for Eaton.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ride sharing and on-demand delivery platform Uber (NYSE: UBER) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2026, but sales rose 14.5% year on year to $13.2 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.72 …
https://markets.financialcontent.com/stocks/article/stocksto…
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web search NEUTRAL — Solventum (SOLV) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +9.36% and +1.01%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2915251/solventum-solv-tops…
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web search NEUTRAL — The LSEG consensus expectation for Qnity is earnings of 58 cents per share on revenue of $1.16 billion. Retail Sector in Focus.
https://theworldpolitics.com/nvidia-home-depot-earnings-ppi-…
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“Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) rose a little over 3% to $2.81”
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The evidence explicitly states that Eaton reported Q1 adjusted earnings of $2.72 per diluted share, which contradicts the claim of $2.81.
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web search NEUTRAL — Eaton reported Q1 adjusted earnings Friday of $2.72 per diluted share, up from $2.40 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $2.71.
https://in.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/EATON-CORPORATION-…
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web search NEUTRAL — This video provides a basic introduction into the price to earnings ratio and earnings per share value.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac-5L0Q_q14
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web search NEUTRAL — The year-over-year increase in operating expenses, primarily related to launch investments, is expected to be approximately 8% in constant currency. As a result, we anticipate adjusted EBITDA of $240 …
https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/05/06/el…
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“the $2.74 expected, according to LSEG”
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The evidence defines LSEG as a data provider but does not provide the specific EPS estimate for Eaton.
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web search NEUTRAL — London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) is a British global provider of financial markets data and infrastructure headquartered in London, England. It owns the London Stock Exchange (on which it is als…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange_Group
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · LSEG is your trusted global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Discover how we deliver value for our customers.
https://www.lseg.com/en
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web search NEUTRAL — LSEG is a leading global financial infrastructure and data provider.
https://lseg.group/m/LSEG
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“Eaton shares were still down more than 2% in afternoon trading to $412 each”
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The evidence provided consists of general stock trading platforms and unrelated news; there is no specific data confirming Eaton shares were at $412 or down 2% on the report date.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eaton may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eaton Corporation plc is an American-Irish multinational power management company, with a primary administrative center in Beachwood, Ohio. Eaton has more than 85,000 employees and sells products to c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton_Corporation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mark Edward Eaton (January 24, 1957 – May 28, 2021) was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire career (1982–1993) with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NB…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Eaton
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“They hit an all-time intraday high of $435 each on Friday”
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Two independent sources confirm the all-time intraday high of $435. One source explicitly mentions the $435 high on Friday, and another records the all-time high as $435.43 on May 01, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — They hit an all-time intraday high of $435 each on Friday. What that means is that there was/is "hot money" in the stock.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/05/were-raising-our-eaton-price…
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web search NEUTRAL — Eaton Corporation plc is an American-Irish multinational power management company, with a primary administrative center in Beachwood, Ohio. Eaton has more than 85,000 employees and sells products ...
https://www.google.com/finance/beta/quote/ETN:NYSE
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web search NEUTRAL — Eaton Corp Plc all-time high stock price is $435.43, occurred on May 01, 2026. The lowest Eaton Corp Plc stock price recorded was $46.19 on January 20, 2016. Since then, Eaton Corp Plc's stock price h…
https://stockscan.io/stocks/ETN/price-history
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“the backlog at Eaton saw 44% growth in Electrical Americas, 73% growth in Electrical Global, and 28% growth in Aerospace”
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A news source explicitly confirms the backlog growth figures: 44% in Electrical Americas, 73% in Electric Global, and 26% in Aerospace (the claim says 28%, but the source says 26%, which is very close, though the other two are exact matches).
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web search NEUTRAL — Eaton’s backlog, at the end of first-quarter 2026, increased 44% in Electrical Americas, 26% in Aerospace and 73% in Electric Global on a rolling 12-month basis.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/eatons-q1-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Eaton Corporation plc (ETN 2.49%) delivered record financials, including revenue and segment profit, fueled by exceptional demand and order acceleration across key businesses, notably data centers and…
https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/05/05/ea…
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web search NEUTRAL — Our Electrical Americas backlog grew 31% year-over-year, hitting an all-time record.Versus prior year, our backlogs grew 29% in Electrical and 16% in aerospace. They also increased compared to Q3 by 9…
https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-tra…
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“Eaton's total data center backlog has 'grown to 228GW'”
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The evidence discusses data centers generally or mentions a 14 GW backlog in a different context, but does not confirm the '228GW' figure for Eaton.
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web search NEUTRAL — We currently have 11365 data centers listed, from 178 countries worldwide. Click on a country below, to explore its data center locations. Our database contains lists of data center operators and serv…
https://www.datacentermap.com/datacenters/
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web search NEUTRAL — Eaton announces earnings on a quarterly basis and hosts a conference call to discuss results. The webcast replay and corresponding presentation materials are available on the financial presentations a…
https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Data centers alone account for 14 GW of that backlog.A data center takes 18–36 months to build. The infrastructure to power it? decades and public funds. We know that 80–90% of AI compute is inference…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/manueltoscano_ai-data-centers…
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“first quarter revenue for the acquired business [Boyd Thermal] increasing over 100%”
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No evidence was found regarding Boyd Thermal's revenue increase.
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“full-year 2026 sales [for Boyd Thermal] are expected to come in at about $1.7 billion, up from the $1.1 billion realized in 2025”
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No evidence was found regarding Boyd Thermal's projected sales for 2025 or 2026.
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“it remains on track to spin off its Mobility segment”
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“In Electrical Americas , revenue was an all-time record, growing 20% year over year”
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“Within the key segment, data center revenue increased 50% year over year, while orders surged 240% versus the year-ago period”
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“The Data Centers & Distributed IT end-market accounted for 21% of fiscal 2025 sales”
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“In Electrical Global , both revenue and segment profit came in better than expected, with both also representing all-time records for the company”
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“The 21% revenue growth [in Electrical Global] was the result of a 9% organic increase, along with a 6% tailwind from acquisitions and 6% benefit from foreign exchange dynamics”
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“Aerospace was another bright spot, with sales, segment profit, and the segment margin all coming in at all-time highs”
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“The 16% revenue growth [in Aerospace] was the result of a 9% organic increase compounded by a 5% tailwind from acquisitions and 2% benefit from foreign exchange”
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“Mobility... reported a slight miss on the top line”
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“An organic revenue decline of 6% [in Mobility] was partially offset by a 2% foreign exchange tailwind”
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“management affirmed that the segment [Mobility] is on track to be spun off by the first quarter of 2027”
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“It now expects organic growth of 9% to 11%, up from the prior 7% to 9% range”
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“Margins are expected to be 24.1% to 24.5%, a decrease from the prior 24.6% to 25% range”
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“Adjusted EPS is expected to be in the range of $13.05 to $13.50”
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“Organic growth [for Q2] is projected to be in the range of 9% to 11%”
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“Segment margins [for Q2] are expected to be 22.6% to 23%”
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“Adjusted EPS [for Q2] is expected to be in the range of $3 to $3.10”
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