NYSE:EMREmerson Electric Stock Price, Forecast & News

Emerson Electric's stock was trading at $52.14 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EMR shares have increased by 17.4% and is now trading at $61.22. 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 21st. The industrial products company reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.12. The industrial products company had revenue of $4.57 billion for 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%. The firm's revenue for the quarter 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. Investors 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 dividend yield of 3.27%. The ex-dividend date 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 earnings per share 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 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Emerson Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $88.00. On average, they anticipate Emerson Electric's share price to reach $64.79 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Emerson Electric.

News headlines about EMR stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Emerson Electric earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. 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 short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Park National Corp OH (0.04%) and Thomasville National Bank (0.01%). 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, and Thomasville National Bank. 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.

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One share of EMR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.22.

Emerson Electric has a market capitalization of $36.58 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.