Strategic Blueprint LLC Has $970,000 Holdings in Emerson Electric Co. $EMR

Strategic Blueprint LLC cut its position in Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) by 41.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,310 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 5,150 shares during the quarter. Strategic Blueprint LLC’s holdings in Emerson Electric were worth $970,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EMR. Institute for Wealth Management LLC. grew its position in Emerson Electric by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Institute for Wealth Management LLC. now owns 4,546 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $603,000 after acquiring an additional 71 shares during the last quarter. Cornell Pochily Investment Advisors Inc. grew its position in Emerson Electric by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Cornell Pochily Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 29,260 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $3,883,000 after acquiring an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. Klingman & Associates LLC grew its position in Emerson Electric by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Klingman & Associates LLC now owns 5,680 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $754,000 after acquiring an additional 78 shares during the last quarter. Atlas Legacy Advisors LLC grew its position in Emerson Electric by 2.1% during the 3rd quarter. Atlas Legacy Advisors LLC now owns 3,921 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $514,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Unison Advisors LLC grew its position in Emerson Electric by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Unison Advisors LLC now owns 21,496 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,820,000 after acquiring an additional 80 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 74.30% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

EMR has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Daiwa Securities Group increased their price target on Emerson Electric from $153.00 to $177.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of Emerson Electric in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Emerson Electric from $150.00 to $157.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, January 16th. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on Emerson Electric from $143.00 to $164.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, January 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Emerson Electric from $115.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Twelve equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Emerson Electric presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $162.38.

Insider Buying and Selling at Emerson Electric

In other Emerson Electric news, VP Nicholas J. Piazza sold 6,703 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.07, for a total transaction of $1,066,246.21. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 31,664 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,036,792.48. The trade was a 17.47% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Surendralal Lanca Karsanbhai sold 5,700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.32, for a total transaction of $811,224.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 281,393 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $40,047,851.76. The trade was a 1.99% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 13,879 shares of company stock worth $2,116,818. Insiders own 0.23% of the company’s stock.

Emerson Electric Trading Down 1.4%

EMR opened at $136.46 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 0.84 and a quick ratio of 0.62. The company has a market cap of $76.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.28. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $139.06 and a 200 day simple moving average of $138.83. Emerson Electric Co. has a fifty-two week low of $102.84 and a fifty-two week high of $165.15.

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The industrial products company reported $1.46 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $4.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.37 billion. Emerson Electric had a net margin of 12.72% and a return on equity of 17.25%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.38 EPS. 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. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Emerson Electric Co. will post 6.51 earnings per share for the current year.

Emerson Electric Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 13th were given a dividend of $0.555 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 13th. This represents a $2.22 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.6%. Emerson Electric’s payout ratio is presently 54.28%.

About Emerson Electric

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.