EMR vs. AIT, ALLE, AOS, AZZ, DOV, ETN, IR, ITT, PH, and ROP
Should you be buying Emerson Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Emerson Electric include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Allegion (ALLE), A. O. Smith (AOS), AZZ (AZZ), Dover (DOV), Eaton (ETN), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Roper Technologies (ROP).
Emerson Electric vs. Its Competitors
Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Emerson Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Emerson Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emerson Electric has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Emerson Electric has a net margin of 14.92% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.61%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 21.78% beat Emerson Electric's return on equity.
Applied Industrial Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.94%. Emerson Electric has a consensus target price of $144.29, indicating a potential upside of 14.53%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than Emerson Electric.
Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Emerson Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Emerson Electric pays out 45.4% 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. Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and 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.
In the previous week, Emerson Electric had 24 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Emerson Electric and 6 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Emerson Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 0.53 indicating that Emerson Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Emerson Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Emerson Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Emerson Electric beats Applied Industrial Technologies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EMR) was last updated on 10/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
