Eaton Corporation plc Q3 FY2020 Earnings Call

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Overall Performance

  • Q3 adjusted EPS was $1.18 (GAAP: $1.11), outperforming guidance despite being lower year-over-year.
  • Total revenue was $4.5 billion, down 9% organically versus Q3 2019 but up 16% sequentially versus Q2 2020.
  • Segment margin was 17.6%, down year-over-year but 290 basis points higher than Q2 2020.
  • Strong cash flow: operating cash flow reached $921 million; free cash flow was $832 million.
  • 2020 full-year free cash flow guidance reaffirmed at midpoint $2.5 billion (range narrowed to $2.4B–$2.6B).
  • Share repurchases totaled $177 million in Q3 and $1.5 billion year-to-date.

Segment Performance

Electrical Americas
  • Organic revenue +3%, exceeding guidance. Better than Q3 2019, driven by strong residential and utility markets.
  • Margins expanded to 22.2%, up 280 basis points year-over-year, supported by Lighting business divestiture and cost controls.
  • Orders down 1% on rolling 12-month basis but Q3 orders rose 16% from Q2; backlog up 11% year-over-year.
Electrical Global
  • Revenues -8%, with organic revenue -10% year-over-year. Weak oil & gas and industrial demand were key drivers.
  • Operating margin 16.6%, down 280 basis points year-over-year but up 60 basis points sequentially.

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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to the Eaton Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. Yan Jin: We just lost him. Unidentified Company Representative: Yes. Operator: Mr. Jin, can you hear me? Please go ahead. Yan Jin: Okay. Now I can hear you. Okay. Good morning, everyone. I'm Yan Jin, Eaton's Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Thank you all for joining us for Eaton's Third Quarter 2020 Earning Call. With me today are Craig Arnold, our Chairman and CEO; and Rick Fearon, Vice Chairman and the Chief Financial and Planning Officer. Our agenda today includes opening remarks by Craig highlighting the company's performance in the third quarter. As we have done on our past calls, we'll be taking questions at the end of Craig's comments. The press release and the presentation we'll go through today have been posted on our website at www.eaton.com. Please note that both the press release and the presentation, including reconciliations to non-GAAP measures, and webcast of this call is accessible on our website and will be available for replay. I would like to remind you that our comments today will including statements related to the expected future results of the company and are, therefore, forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from our forecasted projection due to a wide range of risks and uncertainties that are described into our earning release and our presentation. They're also

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