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EATON SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Equity [Abstract]  
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There are 750 million Eaton ordinary shares authorized ($0.01 par value per share), 387.9 million and 392.9 million of which were issued and outstanding at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Eaton's Memorandum and Articles of Association authorized 40 thousand deferred ordinary shares (€1.00 par value per share) and 10 thousand preferred A shares ($1.00 par value per share), all of which were issued and outstanding at December 31, 2025 and 2024, and 10 million serial preferred shares ($0.01 par value per share), none of which is outstanding at December 31, 2025 and 2024. At December 31, 2025, there were 8,691 holders of record of Eaton ordinary shares. Additionally, 13,766 current and former employees were shareholders through participation in the Eaton Savings Plan, the Eaton Personal Investment Plan, or The Eaton Puerto Rico Retirement Savings Plan.
On February 23, 2022, the Board of Directors adopted a share repurchase program for repurchases of ordinary shares up to $5.0 billion to be made during the three-year period commencing on that date (2022 Program). On February 27, 2025, the Board of Directors renewed the 2022 Program by providing authority for up to $9.0 billion in repurchases to be made during the three-year period commencing on that date (2025 Program). Under the 2025 Program, the ordinary shares are expected to be repurchased over time, depending on market conditions, the market price of ordinary shares, capital levels, and other considerations. During 2025 and 2024, 5.7 million and 7.8 million ordinary shares were repurchased under the 2025 or 2022 Programs in the open market at a total cost of $1.9 billion and $2.5 billion, respectively. During 2023, no ordinary shares were repurchased.
Eaton has deferral plans that permit certain employees and directors to defer a portion of their compensation. A trust contains $3 million of ordinary shares and marketable securities at December 31, 2025 and 2024 to fund a portion of these liabilities. The marketable securities were included in Other assets and the ordinary shares were included in Shareholders' equity at historical cost.
On February 26, 2026, Eaton's Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $1.10 per ordinary share, a 6% increase over the dividend paid in the fourth quarter of 2025. The dividend is payable on March 27, 2026 to shareholders of record on March 10, 2026.
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Comprehensive income (loss) consists primarily of net income, currency translation and related hedging instruments, changes in unrecognized costs of pension and other postretirement benefits, and changes in the effective portion of open derivative contracts designated as cash flow hedges. The following table summarizes the pre-tax and after-tax amounts recognized in Comprehensive income (loss):
202520242023
(In millions)Pre-taxAfter-taxPre-taxAfter-taxPre-taxAfter-tax
Currency translation and related hedging instruments
Gain (loss) from currency translation and related hedging
   instruments		$246 $255 $(358)$(355)$252 $247 
Amortization of gains on net investment hedges (amount
   excluded from effectiveness testing) reclassified to earnings		(15)(15)(15)(15)(12)(12)
231 240 (373)(370)241 235 
Pensions and other postretirement benefits
Prior service credit (cost) arising during the year(10)(7)1 1 — — 
Net gain (loss) arising during the year(27)(18)(141)(104)(246)(189)
Currency translation(55)(43)18 13 (29)(21)
Amortization of actuarial loss and prior service cost
   reclassified to earnings		67 50 55 41 32 24 
(25)(18)(67)(49)(243)(185)
Cash flow hedges
Gain (loss) on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges29 23 (6)(5)63 50 
Changes in cash flow hedges reclassified to earnings(27)(22)(16)(12)(78)(61)
2 1 (22)(17)(14)(11)
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Eaton ordinary shareholders$208 $223 $(462)$(436)$(17)$39 
The changes in Accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows:
(In millions)Currency translation and related hedging instrumentsPensions and other postretirement benefitsCash flow
hedges		Total
Balance at January 1, 2025
$(3,399)$(1,044)$101 $(4,342)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before
    reclassifications		255 (68)23 210 
Amounts reclassified from Accumulated other
   comprehensive loss (income)		(15)50 (22)13 
Net current-period Other comprehensive
   income (loss)		240 (18)1 223 
Balance at December 31, 2025
$(3,159)$(1,062)$102 $(4,118)
The reclassifications out of Accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows:
(In millions)December 31, 2025Consolidated Statements
of Income classification
Gains and (losses) on net investment hedges (amount excluded
  from effectiveness testing)
Currency exchange contracts$15 Interest expense - net
Tax expense— 
Total, net of tax15 
Amortization of defined benefits pensions and other
   postretirement benefits items
Actuarial loss and prior service cost(67)1
Tax benefit17 
Total, net of tax(50)
Gains and (losses) on cash flow hedges
Floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps13 Interest expense - net
Currency exchange contracts13 Net sales and Cost of products sold
Commodity contracts1 Cost of products sold
Tax expense(6)
Total, net of tax22 
Total reclassifications for the period$(13)
1 These components of Accumulated other comprehensive loss are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost. See Note 10 for additional information about pension and other postretirement benefits items.
Net Income Per Share Attributable to Eaton Ordinary Shareholders
A summary of the calculation of net income per share attributable to Eaton ordinary shareholders is as follows:
(In millions except for per share data)202520242023
Net income attributable to Eaton ordinary shareholders$4,087 $3,794 $3,218 
Weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding - diluted391.2 399.4 401.1 
Less dilutive effect of equity-based compensation1.3 1.8 2.0 
Weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding - basic389.9 397.6 399.1 
Net income per share attributable to Eaton ordinary shareholders
Diluted$10.45 $9.50 $8.02 
Basic10.48 9.54 8.06 
In 2025, 2024, and 2023, all stock options were included in the calculation of diluted net income per share attributable to Eaton ordinary shareholders because they were all dilutive.