Eaton Corporation plc Q3 FY2023 Earnings Call

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Quarter Overview

  • Eaton delivered another record quarter, citing strong execution and robust demand supported by megatrends such as electrification, reindustrialization, energy transition, and digitalization.
  • Revenue reached an all-time quarterly high of $5.9 billion, up 9% organically from Q3 2022.
  • Adjusted EPS was a record $2.47, up 22% year-over-year.
  • Operating cash flow was a Q3 record at $1.14 billion, up 18% year-over-year.
  • Backlog continues to expand, up 15% in Electrical and 22% in Aerospace versus the prior year.

Key Financial Results (vs. Q3 2022)

  • Organic revenue growth: +9%
  • Segment operating margin: 23.6%, up 240 bps
  • Incremental margins: 46%, improving from 33% in Q2 and 27% in Q1
  • Free cash flow margin: 16%
  • Year-to-date EPS growth: +19%

Segment Performance

Electrical Americas

  • Organic sales +19% (7th straight quarter of double-digit organic growth).
  • Operating margin 27.7%, +420 bps vs. prior year.
  • Backlog +19% year-over-year; book-to-bill >1.1.
  • Strong growth in industrial, utility, machine OEM, and data center markets.
  • Negotiations pipeline +33% year-over-year, +19% sequentially; data center negotiations up nearly 4x.

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Operator: [Abrupt Start] Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] And as a reminder, today’s conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, Yan Jin, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Yan Jin: Good morning. Thank you all for joining us for Eaton’s third quarter 2023 earnings call. With me today are Craig Arnold, our Chairman and CEO; and Tom Okray, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Our agenda today includes the opening remarks by Craig, then he will turn it over to Tom, who will highlight the company’s performance in the third quarter. As we have done in our past calls, we will be taking questions at the end of Craig’s closing commentary. The press release and the presentation we’ll go through today have been posted on our website. This presentation, including adjusted earnings per share, adjusted free cash flow and other non-GAAP measures that are reconciled in the appendix. A webcast of this call is accessible on our website and will be available for replay. I would like to remind you that our commentary today will be 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 in our earnings release and the presentation. With that, I will turn it over to Craig. Craig Arnold: Okay. Thanks, Y

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