Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) Price Target Raised to $135.00 at Morgan Stanley

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) had its target price hoisted by investment analysts at Morgan Stanley from $125.00 to $135.00 in a note issued to investors on Friday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has an “underweight” rating on the industrial products company’s stock. Morgan Stanley’s price objective would suggest a potential downside of 13.74% from the stock’s current price.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. DA Davidson upped their price target on Emerson Electric from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday. HSBC boosted their target price on shares of Emerson Electric from $170.00 to $180.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein upped their target price on shares of Emerson Electric from $169.00 to $186.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, August 14th. Barclays increased their target price on shares of Emerson Electric from $140.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Emerson Electric from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $157.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 17th. Thirteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $167.83.

Emerson Electric Price Performance

NYSE EMR traded down $1.21 during trading on Friday, reaching $156.50. 99,815 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,042,795. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a current ratio of 0.90. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $148.70 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $143.49. The company has a market cap of $87.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.25, a P/E/G ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 1.24. Emerson Electric has a 1-year low of $122.64 and a 1-year high of $166.35.

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.71 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.68 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $4.87 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.80 billion. Emerson Electric had a return on equity of 17.58% and a net margin of 13.83%.The company’s revenue was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.52 EPS. Emerson Electric has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.550-6.550 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.850-1.850 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Emerson Electric will post 6.56 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Emerson Electric

In other Emerson Electric news, CEO Surendralal Lanca Karsanbhai sold 9,650 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $161.91, for a total value of $1,562,431.50. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 271,743 shares in the company, valued at approximately $43,997,909.13. This trade represents a 3.43% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.23% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Emerson Electric

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in EMR. PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab boosted its holdings in Emerson Electric by 9.4% during the second quarter. PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab now owns 101,731 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $14,563,000 after buying an additional 8,700 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in Emerson Electric during the second quarter valued at approximately $6,193,425,000. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in Emerson Electric by 14.8% in the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 7,191,118 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $954,405,000 after purchasing an additional 928,548 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp grew its holdings in shares of Emerson Electric by 4.6% in the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 1,185,160 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $157,294,000 after buying an additional 52,440 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Emerson Electric by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 12,328,324 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,628,638,000 after buying an additional 76,488 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 74.30% of the company’s stock.

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.