Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. Has $18.12 Million Stake in Emerson Electric Co. $EMR

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. lifted its stake in Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) by 473.9% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 138,123 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after acquiring an additional 114,054 shares during the period. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.’s holdings in Emerson Electric were worth $18,119,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Emerson Electric by 0.4% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 54,330,938 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $7,127,132,000 after purchasing an additional 201,040 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of Emerson Electric by 3.0% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 27,053,019 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $3,606,979,000 after buying an additional 784,987 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Emerson Electric by 75.0% during 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 buying an additional 5,371,585 shares during the period. Schroder Investment Management Group grew its stake in Emerson Electric by 13.5% in the 3rd quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 7,205,569 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $945,227,000 after buying an additional 859,171 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new position in Emerson Electric in the 2nd quarter worth $918,830,000. Institutional investors own 74.30% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Emerson Electric news, CEO Surendralal Lanca Karsanbhai sold 5,700 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.32, for a total value 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 sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Matthew S. Levatich sold 1,476 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $162.16, for a total transaction of $239,348.16. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 24,349 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,948,433.84. This represents a 5.72% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 13,879 shares of company stock worth $2,116,818 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.23% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

EMR has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Rothschild & Co Redburn upped their price target on shares of Emerson Electric from $154.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 9th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered Emerson Electric from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $170.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. HSBC increased their target price on Emerson Electric from $165.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Wolfe Research lowered their target price on Emerson Electric from $177.00 to $176.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, KeyCorp upped their price target on Emerson Electric from $155.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Emerson Electric presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $164.85.

Emerson Electric Stock Up 0.1%

EMR stock opened at $132.26 on Monday. Emerson Electric Co. has a twelve month low of $90.06 and a twelve month high of $165.15. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. The company has a market cap of $74.33 billion, a PE ratio of 32.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 1.24. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $147.72 and its 200 day simple moving average is $137.93.

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) last posted its quarterly 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. Emerson Electric had a return on equity of 17.25% and a net margin of 12.72%.The firm had revenue of $4.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.37 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.38 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter 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. On average, research analysts anticipate that Emerson Electric Co. will post 5.96 earnings per share for the current year.

Emerson Electric Announces Dividend

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