EMR vs. ETN, ROP, AME, ROK, AYI, GNRC, ENPH, BDC, FELE, and ENS
Should you be buying Emerson Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Emerson Electric include Eaton (ETN), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Acuity Brands (AYI), Generac (GNRC), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Belden (BDC), Franklin Electric (FELE), and EnerSys (ENS). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Emerson Electric vs.
Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) and Eaton (NYSE:ETN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
In the previous week, Eaton had 10 more articles in the media than Emerson Electric. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Eaton and 36 mentions for Emerson Electric. Eaton's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Emerson Electric's score of 1.10 indicating that Eaton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eaton received 199 more outperform votes than Emerson Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.31% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote while only 58.16% of users gave Emerson Electric an outperform vote.
Emerson Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Eaton pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Emerson Electric pays out 50.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eaton pays out 42.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Emerson Electric has raised its dividend for 68 consecutive years. Emerson Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Eaton has higher revenue and earnings than Emerson Electric. Emerson Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eaton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Emerson Electric currently has a consensus target price of $135.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.65%. Eaton has a consensus target price of $368.78, suggesting a potential upside of 12.97%. Given Eaton's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eaton is more favorable than Emerson Electric.
74.3% of Emerson Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Eaton shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Emerson Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Eaton shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Emerson Electric has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eaton has a net margin of 15.25% compared to Emerson Electric's net margin of 13.74%. Eaton's return on equity of 22.62% beat Emerson Electric's return on equity.
Summary
Eaton beats Emerson Electric on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EMR) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
