Emerson Electric Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:EMR)

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

Emerson Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 16th will be given a dividend of $0.49 per share on Tuesday, September 10th. This represents a $1.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.02%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 15th. View Emerson Electric's Dividend History.

Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) released its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.94. The industrial products company earned $4.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.82 billion. Emerson Electric had a return on equity of 24.67% and a net margin of 12.06%. Emerson Electric's revenue was up 5.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.12 earnings per share. View Emerson Electric's Earnings History.

Emerson Electric is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Emerson Electric.

Emerson Electric updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.60-3.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.65. The company issued revenue guidance of +6% to $18.45 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $18.72 billion.

16 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Emerson Electric's shares. Their forecasts range from $61.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Emerson Electric's stock price to reach $72.5385 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Emerson Electric.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Emerson Electric in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Emerson Electric.

Press coverage about EMR stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Emerson Electric earned a media sentiment score of -1.3 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 press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Emerson Electric.

Emerson Electric saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 7,100,600 shares, an increase of 9.4% from the July 31st total of 6,492,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,190,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View Emerson Electric's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Emerson Electric investors own include General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

Emerson Electric's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.68%), Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (2.74%), Northern Trust Corp (1.54%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.14%), Morgan Stanley (1.06%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.79%). Company insiders that own Emerson Electric stock include Bell Katherine Button, David George Watkinson, Edgar M Purvis Jr, Edward L Monser, Frank J Dellaquila, Michael H Train, 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 APG Asset Management N.V., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Conning Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Jennison Associates LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Sabal Trust CO and Renaissance Technologies LLC. Company insiders that have sold Emerson Electric company stock in the last year include Bell Katherine Button, Michael H Train and Surendralal Lanca Karsanbhai. View Insider Buying and Selling for Emerson Electric.

EMR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Longview Partners Guernsey LTD, Morgan Stanley, Senator Investment Group LP, Jensen Investment Management Inc., Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P. and AQR Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Emerson Electric.

Shares of EMR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EMR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $64.95.

Emerson Electric has a market capitalization of $39.95 billion and generates $17.41 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $2.20 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.38 on an earnings per share basis. Emerson Electric employs 87,500 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.