Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 5.850-6.050 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 5.480. The company issued revenue guidance of $18.1 billion-$18.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $17.4 billion. Emerson Electric also updated its FY25 guidance to $5.85-6.05 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Emerson Electric from $128.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded Emerson Electric from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $132.00 to $115.00 in a report on Wednesday, August 14th. Barclays increased their price objective on Emerson Electric from $103.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price objective on Emerson Electric from $136.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded Emerson Electric from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $127.65.

Emerson Electric Stock Performance

EMR stock traded up $0.48 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $127.34. The stock had a trading volume of 2,752,279 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,728,485. The firm has a market capitalization of $72.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.69, a P/E/G ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.30. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $107.50 and a 200 day simple moving average of $109.05. Emerson Electric has a 52 week low of $84.61 and a 52 week high of $127.74. The company has a current ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27.

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 7th. The industrial products company reported $1.43 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.42 by $0.01. Emerson Electric had a return on equity of 11.41% and a net margin of 10.12%. The company had revenue of $4.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.44 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.29 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Emerson Electric will post 5.48 earnings per share for the current year.

Emerson Electric Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 15th will be paid a $0.5275 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 15th. This is a positive change from Emerson Electric’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. This represents a $2.11 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.66%. Emerson Electric’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 70.47%.

About Emerson Electric

Emerson Electric Co, a technology and software company, provides various solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. It operates in six segments: Final Control, Control Systems & Software, Measurement & Analytical, AspenTech, Discrete Automation, and Safety & Productivity.