NYSE:EMREmerson Electric Stock Price, Forecast & News

Emerson Electric's stock was trading at $52.14 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EMR shares have increased by 14.6% and is now trading at $59.77. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Emerson Electric in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Emerson Electric.

Emerson Electric is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Emerson Electric.

Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 21st. The industrial products company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.12. The industrial products company earned $4.57 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.29 billion. Emerson Electric had a net margin of 12.04% and a return on equity of 26.66%. Emerson Electric's revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.84 EPS. View Emerson Electric's earnings history.

Emerson Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Wednesday, June 10th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th. View Emerson Electric's dividend history.

Emerson Electric issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 21st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.00-3.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.17. The company issued revenue guidance of (11%) - (9%) to $16.53-16.72 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $16.86 billion.

15 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Emerson Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $88.00. On average, they expect Emerson Electric's share price to reach $64.79 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Emerson Electric.

Press coverage about EMR stock has been trending neutral on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Emerson Electric earned a coverage optimism score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Emerson Electric.

Emerson Electric saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 10,190,000 shares, a drop of 5.5% from the May 31st total of 10,780,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,140,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's shares are sold short. View Emerson Electric's Current Options Chain.

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Emerson Electric trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EMR."

Emerson Electric's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.09%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.05%), Park National Corp OH (0.04%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%). Company insiders that own Emerson Electric stock include Arthur F Golden, Bell Katherine Button, Edward L Monser, Frank J Dellaquila, Mark A Blinn, Michael H Train, Robert T Sharp, Sara Yang Bosco, Steven J Pelch and Surendralal Lanca Karsanbhai. View institutional ownership trends for Emerson Electric.

EMR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Whittier Trust Co., First American Trust FSB, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Rockland Trust Co., Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt, Chemung Canal Trust Co., and Private Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Emerson Electric company stock in the last year include Bell Katherine Button, Frank J Dellaquila, Robert T Sharp, Sara Yang Bosco, Steven J Pelch, and Surendralal Lanca Karsanbhai. View insider buying and selling activity for Emerson Electric.

EMR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Exane Derivatives, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Canandaigua National Corp, Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Allied Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Emerson Electric stock in the last two years include Arthur F Golden, and Mark A Blinn. View insider buying and selling activity for Emerson Electric.

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One share of EMR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $59.77.

Emerson Electric has a market capitalization of $35.71 billion and generates $18.37 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $2.31 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.69 on an earnings per share basis. Emerson Electric employs 88,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Emerson Electric is www.emerson.com.

Emerson Electric's mailing address is 8000 West Florissant Avenue P O BOX 4100, St. Louis MO, 63136. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 314-553-2000.