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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 large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emerson Electric has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Emerson Electric has a net margin of 14.92% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.64%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 22.01% beat Emerson Electric's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied Industrial Technologies8.64% 22.01% 12.83%
Emerson Electric 14.92%14.34%7.79%

In the previous week, Emerson Electric had 60 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for Emerson Electric and 8 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Emerson Electric's score of 0.99 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Applied Industrial Technologies
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Emerson Electric
33 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
20 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Emerson Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Emerson Electric shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.50B2.23$385.76M$9.9626.40
Emerson Electric$17.78B4.20$1.97B$4.6528.57

Applied Industrial Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.37%. Emerson Electric has a consensus target price of $142.39, indicating a potential upside of 7.17%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than Emerson Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Emerson Electric
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74

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 1.6%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.5% 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.

Summary

Emerson Electric beats Applied Industrial Technologies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EMR vs. The Competition

MetricEmerson ElectricMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$74.74B$24.48B$7.62B$20.68B
Dividend Yield1.50%0.98%4.57%3.69%
P/E Ratio28.5719.9524.9328.57
Price / Sales4.2024.0399.2866.60
Price / Cash15.1320.0328.0723.59
Price / Book3.763.764.294.31
Net Income$1.97B$702.35M$795.91M$995.66M
7 Day Performance-6.23%0.10%0.96%2.02%
1 Month Performance-4.28%2.65%1.81%-0.45%
1 Year Performance27.01%-4.55%33.85%14.87%

Emerson Electric Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EMR
Emerson Electric
4.3768 of 5 stars
$132.87
+0.0%
$142.39
+7.2%
+33.4%$74.74B$17.78B28.5773,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
3.7155 of 5 stars
$267.38
+1.2%
$285.00
+6.6%
+36.8%$10.18B$4.48B26.856,500News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ALLE
Allegion
4.7629 of 5 stars
$166.85
+1.0%
$165.88
-0.6%
+29.3%$14.32B$3.88B23.1714,400
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.7333 of 5 stars
$70.34
-0.1%
$77.43
+10.1%
-12.0%$9.86B$3.79B19.5912,700Positive News
AZZ
AZZ
3.5764 of 5 stars
$106.67
+0.3%
$108.00
+1.2%
+51.0%$3.20B$1.59B12.363,684
DOV
Dover
4.74 of 5 stars
$176.12
+0.7%
$213.92
+21.5%
+0.8%$24.15B$7.75B10.6224,000Analyst Revision
ETN
Eaton
4.459 of 5 stars
$384.42
+0.8%
$377.89
-1.7%
+29.4%$150.42B$25.31B38.7994,000Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.5707 of 5 stars
$78.62
+4.9%
$98.75
+25.6%
-12.6%$31.72B$7.24B61.4221,000
ITT
ITT
4.2415 of 5 stars
$166.90
+1.7%
$179.22
+7.4%
+29.3%$13.14B$3.70B26.2411,700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5228 of 5 stars
$718.92
+1.0%
$739.59
+2.9%
+41.4%$91.86B$19.93B27.6861,120Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ROP
Roper Technologies
4.2775 of 5 stars
$546.33
+0.8%
$637.18
+16.6%
+4.2%$58.74B$7.47B38.1015,800Positive News
Dividend Announcement

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This page (NYSE:EMR) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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