Emerson Electric Co. $EMR Shares Acquired by Sarasin & Partners LLP

Sarasin & Partners LLP boosted its holdings in shares of Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) by 3.0% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 2,249,935 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after buying an additional 65,836 shares during the period. Emerson Electric comprises about 3.1% of Sarasin & Partners LLP’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Sarasin & Partners LLP’s holdings in Emerson Electric were worth $298,611,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Emerson Electric by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 54,330,938 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $7,127,132,000 after acquiring an additional 201,040 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of Emerson Electric by 3.0% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 27,053,019 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $3,606,979,000 after acquiring an additional 784,987 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in Emerson Electric by 75.0% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 12,538,402 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,671,762,000 after purchasing an additional 5,371,585 shares during the last quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group boosted its position in Emerson Electric by 13.5% during the third quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 7,205,569 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $945,227,000 after purchasing an additional 859,171 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new position in Emerson Electric during the second quarter valued at approximately $918,830,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 74.30% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on EMR shares. Evercore lifted their price target on shares of Emerson Electric from $170.00 to $185.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Emerson Electric from $150.00 to $157.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on shares of Emerson Electric from $153.00 to $176.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Emerson Electric from $165.00 to $174.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, UBS Group raised Emerson Electric from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the company from $131.00 to $168.00 in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $164.85.

Insider Buying and Selling at Emerson Electric

In other news, CEO Surendralal Lanca Karsanbhai sold 5,700 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $142.32, for a total transaction of $811,224.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 281,393 shares in the company, valued at approximately $40,047,851.76. The trade was a 1.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Matthew S. Levatich sold 1,476 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $162.16, for a total value of $239,348.16. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 24,349 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,948,433.84. This trade represents a 5.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 13,879 shares of company stock valued at $2,116,818 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.23% of the company’s stock.

Emerson Electric Trading Down 1.4%

Shares of EMR stock opened at $128.12 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $72.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.24. Emerson Electric Co. has a 1 year low of $90.06 and a 1 year high of $165.15. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $146.41 and its 200 day simple moving average is $137.83. The company has a current ratio of 0.84, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37.

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The industrial products company reported $1.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.05. Emerson Electric had a net margin of 12.72% and a return on equity of 17.25%. The company had revenue of $4.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.37 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.38 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. Emerson Electric has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.400-6.550 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.500-1.550 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Emerson Electric Co. will post 5.96 EPS for the current year.

Emerson Electric Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Investors of record on Friday, February 13th were paid a dividend of $0.555 per share. This represents a $2.22 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 13th. Emerson Electric’s payout ratio is currently 54.28%.

Emerson Electric Company Profile

Emerson Electric Co is a global technology and engineering company that designs and manufactures products and provides services for industrial, commercial and consumer markets. Founded in 1890, the company is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, and has built a long-standing presence in automation, control and climate-related technologies. Emerson’s offerings are aimed at improving productivity, energy efficiency and reliability for a wide range of end markets.

Emerson operates through two principal platforms—Automation Solutions and Commercial & Residential Solutions—providing process automation systems, measurement and analytical instrumentation, valves and actuators, control software, and related aftermarket services, alongside products for heating, ventilation and refrigeration, residential and commercial climate controls, tools and storage solutions.