NYSE:EMR - Emerson 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 decreased by 8.6% and is now trading at $47.65. 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The industrial products company reported $0.67 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.67. The industrial products company earned $4.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 for the quarter was up .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.74 earnings per share. View Emerson Electric's earnings history.

Emerson Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders 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 yield of 4.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. View Emerson Electric's dividend history.

Emerson Electric issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.55-3.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 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 $72.77 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 52.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Emerson Electric.

Headlines about EMR stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Emerson Electric earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage 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 term. View the latest news aboutEmerson Electric.

Emerson Electric saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 daily trading volume, of 3,490,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the 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."

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One share of EMR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.65.

Emerson Electric has a market capitalization of $29.15 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.