NYSE:EMR - Emerson Electric Stock Price, Forecast & News

Emerson Electric's stock was trading at $52.14 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EMR shares have decreased by 9.5% and is now trading at $47.2028. View which stocks have been mosted 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, 9 hold ratings and 5 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, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Emerson Electric.

Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The industrial products company reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.67. The industrial products company had revenue of $4.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.16 billion. Emerson Electric had a return on equity of 25.55% and a net margin of 11.79%. Emerson Electric's revenue was up .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.74 earnings per share. View Emerson Electric's earnings history.

Emerson Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 5th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Tuesday, March 10th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.24%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 13th. View Emerson Electric's dividend history.

Emerson Electric updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.55-3.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.63. The company issued revenue guidance of $18.005-18.739 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $18.45 billion.

15 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Emerson Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $88.00. On average, they anticipate Emerson Electric's stock price to reach $72.77 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 54.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Emerson Electric.

News headlines about EMR stock have trended very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Emerson Electric earned a news sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutEmerson Electric.

Emerson Electric saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 9,463,800 shares, an increase of 21.0% from the February 27th total of 7,820,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,490,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the stock 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."

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One share of EMR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.20.

Emerson Electric has a market capitalization of $28.88 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. View additional information about Emerson Electric.

The official website for Emerson Electric is http://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.