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DUBLIN, October 01, 2026--Eaton will celebrate the expansion of its manufacturing facility in Schrems, Austria, on 1 October 2026. The expansion supports growing demand driven by electrification and digitalisation across Europe while increasing regional manufacturing capacity for electrical protection and power management solutions. Completed in less than ten months, the expansion combines fully automated production with advanced digital integration and end-to-end product traceability.
Vertiv (VRT) stock trades at 55.1 times earnings, against 21.9 for the S&P 500. At that price, investors expect years of fast growth from AI data centers. For that to hold, customers have to keep placing large orders, and Vertiv has to ship what it has sold. Management used to give you a hard figure on that demand. By the July call, it led with other numbers. So what did Vertiv's management use to put first.
SWORDS, Ireland, September 30, 2026--Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator, today announced the successful laboratory demonstration of the industry’s first 800-volt direct current (800 VDC) cooling architecture designed to support the mission-critical energy and thermal demands of next-generation AI factories and gigawatt-scale data centers. First validated on a high-efficiency chiller platform, the proof-of-concept demonstrates the performance, efficiency and design advantag
Accelevation is set to make its trading debut on Wednesday after the artificial intelligence infrast
AI data centers are burning through electricity so fast that chip supply is no longer the binding constraint on the industry's growth, and the companies racing to close the gap may not be the ones investors expect.
On September 25, Eaton Corporation plc (NYSE:ETN) announced an agreement to acquire Italy-based COL Group from Oaktree’s Power Opportunities strategy for an enterprise value of €810 million. COL Group specializes in medium-voltage electrical power distribution solutions, including SF6-free switchgear, grid automation technologies, and modular power systems. Operating four Italian manufacturing facilities with roughly 400 employees, […]
As data centers become larger and more power-hungry, companies need far more than servers and chips. They need equipment to deliver electricity, manage heat, and keep everything running reliably. That has put Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE:VRT) and Eaton Corporation plc (NYSE:ETN) in an interesting position. Both companies are benefiting from the same underlying trend, but […]
A nine-day run has pushed the stock higher, raising new questions about whether the price now reflects the underlying business.
Vertiv (VRT) stock returned 79% in the twelve months that began on September 24, 2025. A $10,000 holding at the start of that window was worth about $17,900 at the end. The run came as Vertiv's data center sales kept growing, at prices rising faster than its costs. So did Vertiv say any of this before its stock took off.
The deal aims to strengthen Eaton's manufacturing and power distribution presence in EMEA, with a focus on data centres and utilities.
Vertiv (VRT) stock has lost about a quarter of its value over the past three months and now trades near $245. Its options price a range of $135 to $444 over roughly twelve months. The options market is not pricing panic, and the band is still very wide. For a holder, the width is the risk.
Eaton (ETN) agreed to acquire COL Group from Oaktree for an enterprise value of 810 million euros ($
Eaton Corporation plc (NYSE:ETN) is expanding its European power-distribution business through the acquisition of COL Group, adding medium-voltage technology and manufacturing capacity to serve growing data center and utility demand. Eaton agreed to acquire COL Group from Oaktree’s Power Opportunities strategy for an enterprise value of 810 million euros (~$921.32 million). With COL Group forecasting 250 million euros in 2027 sales, the deal implies an enterprise value-to-2027-sales multiple of
DUBLIN, September 25, 2026--Intelligent power management company Eaton (NYSE:ETN) today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire COL Group from Oaktree’s Power Opportunities strategy. COL Group is a leader in medium-voltage electrical distribution solutions, including SF₆-free switchgear, grid automation technologies and modular power systems. The acquisition will expand Eaton's European power distribution capabilities and manufacturing footprint, enhancing its ability to support growing
Eaton has delivered a powerful share price run in recent years, which naturally raises a question for anyone looking at the stock today. Are investors now paying a price that is fully supported by the cash the business is expected to generate over time, or has enthusiasm moved ahead of those cash flows? Over the past 5 years, Eaton has returned 218.4%, which puts real weight on whether the current valuation is still grounded in its future cash generation. The group’s model of selling...
Eaton's net margin is the number a holder should watch now. That margin, the share of each sales dollar kept as profit, was 12.8% over the last twelve months. It has been shrinking. Yet the stock's price relative to earnings is in the top tenth of its ten-year range. At that level, the price likely assumes profits will widen. Is the squeeze on Eaton's margin a passing one.
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