Eaton Corporation plc Q3 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Quarter Highlights

  • Adjusted EPS reached an all-time record of $2.84, up 15% from Q3 2023.
  • Record segment margins of 24.3%, expanding 70 bps year-over-year.
  • Sales reached a quarterly record of $6.3 billion, up 8% organically.
  • Operating cash flow hit a quarterly record at $1.3 billion, up 15% year-over-year; free cash flow was $1.1 billion, up 23%.
  • Revenue was negatively impacted by Hurricane Helene and aerospace labor strikes (~$50M), but demand remained robust.
  • Backlog reached $15.5 billion: Electrical up 25% year-over-year and Aerospace up 14% year-over-year.

Business Segment Performance

Electrical Americas

  • Organic sales up 14% (two-year stack +33%).
  • Operating margin expanded to 13.1%, up 240 bps from Q3 2023.
  • Orders up 16% on a rolling 12-month basis; data center demand especially strong.
  • Backlog up 26% year-over-year; book-to-bill 1.2.
  • Hurricane Helene temporarily impacted output; all facilities now operating normally.

Electrical Global

  • Total revenue up 5% (4% organic, 1% FX tailwind).
  • Strength in data center and utility markets offset by weakness in residential.
  • Operating margin at 18.7%, down 310 bps versus prior year due to a real estate transaction in 2023.

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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Eaton Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]. As a reminder, today's call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, Yan Jin. Please go ahead. Yan Jin: Hey, good morning. Thank you all for joining us for Eaton's third quarter 2024 earnings call. With me today are Craig Arnold, our Chairman and CEO; and Olivier Leonetti, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Our agenda today includes operating remarks by Craig, then he will turn it over to Oliver who will highlight the company's performance in the third quarter. As we have done in our past calls, we'll 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. They 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 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 an

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