Eaton Corporation plc Q4 FY2022 Earnings Call

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Overall Performance

  • Delivered record quarterly and full-year results.
  • Q4 adjusted EPS of $2.06, up 20% year-over-year (23% excluding FX impact).
  • Full-year adjusted EPS reached an all-time high of $7.57, up despite approximately $500M or $0.20/share FX headwinds.
  • Q4 sales: $5.4B, up 15% organically.
  • Q4 segment margins: 20.8%, up 150 bps from last year.
  • Full-year segment margin: 20.2%, up 130 bps year-over-year.
  • Record free cash flow in Q4; however, full-year FCF missed guidance due to higher working capital needed to support demand.

Market Strength & Backlog

  • Rolling 12‑month Electrical orders up 25%, Aerospace orders up 24%.
  • Record backlog levels: Electrical up 68%, Aerospace up 21% year-over-year.
  • Strong multi-year secular tailwinds include grid modernization, electrification, renewables, EV infrastructure, digitalization, and aerospace recovery.
  • Government stimulus in U.S. and EU expected to expand Eaton’s addressable market by $11B–$14B over the next five years.

Segment Highlights

Electrical Americas
  • All-time records for quarterly and annual sales, operating profit, and margins.
  • Q4 organic sales up 20% (vs. 18% in Q3).
  • Operating margin 23.7%, up 450 bps year-over-year.
  • Incremental margins 47%.
  • Backlog up 87%, orders up 34% on a rolling 12-month basis.

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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Eaton fourth quarter earnings call. [Operator Instructions]. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Yan Jin, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Yan Jin: Good morning, everyone. Thank you all for joining us for Eaton's Fourth Quarter 2022 Earning 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 opening remarks by Craig, then we will turn it over to Tom, who will highlight the company's performance in the fourth quarter. As we have done on 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 includes adjusted earnings per share, adjusted free cash flow and other non-GAAP measures. They're 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 include 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 projections due to a wide range of risks and uncertainties that are described in our earning release and the presentation. With that, I will turn it over to Craig. Craig Arnold: Thanks, Ya

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