Analysts Set Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) Price Target at $167.83

Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-four ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, ten have given a hold recommendation and thirteen have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $167.8261.

A number of brokerages have recently commented on EMR. DA Davidson lifted their price target on shares of Emerson Electric from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, August 24th. Evercore decreased their price objective on Emerson Electric from $190.00 to $185.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, August 31st. KeyCorp lowered their price objective on Emerson Electric from $185.00 to $170.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, July 13th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Emerson Electric from $125.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 28th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane raised their price target on Emerson Electric from $180.00 to $185.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 6th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Emerson Electric news, CEO Surendralal Karsanbhai sold 9,650 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $161.91, for a total transaction of $1,562,431.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 271,743 shares in the company, valued at $43,997,909.13. This represents a 3.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.23% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Emerson Electric

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of EMR. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Emerson Electric in the second quarter worth $6,193,425,000. State Street Corp boosted its position in Emerson Electric by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 27,483,440 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $3,647,602,000 after purchasing an additional 541,887 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new stake in Emerson Electric in the 2nd quarter valued at $2,629,146,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Emerson Electric by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 12,328,324 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,628,638,000 after purchasing an additional 76,488 shares during the period. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its position in Emerson Electric by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 10,840,109 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,438,699,000 after purchasing an additional 134,049 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 74.30% of the company’s stock.

Emerson Electric Price Performance

EMR stock opened at $147.47 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $151.09 and its 200 day moving average price is $143.39. The firm has a market cap of $82.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.27, a PEG ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a current ratio of 0.90. Emerson Electric has a 1 year low of $122.64 and a 1 year high of $166.35.

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.68 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $4.87 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.80 billion. Emerson Electric had a return on equity of 17.58% and a net margin of 13.83%.The business’s revenue was up .0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.52 earnings per share. Emerson Electric has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.550-6.550 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.850-1.850 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Emerson Electric will post 6.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Emerson Electric Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 14th were given a dividend of $0.555 per share. This represents a $2.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 14th. Emerson Electric’s payout ratio is 48.58%.

Emerson Electric Company Profile

Emerson Electric Co is a global technology and engineering company that provides automation, control and software solutions for industrial customers. Its offerings help organizations monitor, manage and optimize operations, improve safety and reliability, and reduce energy use and emissions across complex facilities and production environments.

The company’s portfolio includes process control systems, industrial software, measurement and analytical instruments, control valves, regulators, industrial computers and related automation technologies.