First National Bank of Omaha Increases Stock Position in Emerson Electric Co. $EMR

First National Bank of Omaha grew its stake in shares of Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) by 1,306.7% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 74,866 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after buying an additional 69,544 shares during the quarter. First National Bank of Omaha’s holdings in Emerson Electric were worth $10,115,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Emerson Electric by 229.1% during the 4th quarter. Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc. now owns 46,467 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $6,167,000 after acquiring an additional 32,346 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings 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 valued at $7,127,132,000 after acquiring an additional 201,040 shares in the last quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Emerson Electric by 88.4% during the 3rd quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 19,197 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,518,000 after acquiring an additional 9,009 shares in the last quarter. Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co lifted its holdings in shares of Emerson Electric by 26.6% during the 3rd quarter. Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co now owns 67,546 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $8,861,000 after acquiring an additional 14,210 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Empirical Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Emerson Electric during the 3rd quarter valued at $1,738,000. 74.30% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on EMR shares. Sanford C. Bernstein started coverage on shares of Emerson Electric in a report on Wednesday. They set an “outperform” rating and a $175.00 target price on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Emerson Electric from $161.00 to $169.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on shares of Emerson Electric from $150.00 to $157.00 in a report on Friday, May 8th. Daiwa Securities Group cut their price objective on shares of Emerson Electric from $177.00 to $156.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 15th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Emerson Electric from $135.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $163.77.

Emerson Electric Stock Performance

Shares of Emerson Electric stock opened at $143.06 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $80.13 billion, a PE ratio of 33.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 1.25. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $139.73 and its 200-day simple moving average is $140.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 0.64 and a current ratio of 0.87. Emerson Electric Co. has a 1 year low of $122.64 and a 1 year high of $165.15.

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The industrial products company reported $1.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.53 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $4.56 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.59 billion. Emerson Electric had a net margin of 13.35% and a return on equity of 17.18%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.48 EPS. Emerson Electric has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.450-6.550 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.650-1.700 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Emerson Electric Co. will post 6.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Emerson Electric Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th were paid a $0.555 dividend. This represents a $2.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 15th. Emerson Electric’s dividend payout ratio is 51.27%.

Emerson Electric 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.