Emerson Electric Co. $EMR Shares Acquired by California Public Employees Retirement System

California Public Employees Retirement System lifted its stake in shares of Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) by 11.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,036,756 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after purchasing an additional 104,732 shares during the quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System’s holdings in Emerson Electric were worth $136,002,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in Emerson Electric by 3.5% during the 3rd quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $303,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. Atlas Legacy Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Emerson Electric by 2.1% in the third quarter. Atlas Legacy Advisors LLC now owns 3,921 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $514,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. Unison Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Emerson Electric by 0.4% during the third 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 period. Abbot Financial Management Inc. lifted its position in Emerson Electric by 0.5% in the third quarter. Abbot Financial Management Inc. now owns 17,594 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,308,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares during the period. Finally, Live Oak Private Wealth LLC increased its position in Emerson Electric by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Live Oak Private Wealth LLC now owns 4,407 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $578,000 after purchasing an additional 81 shares during the period. 74.30% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently weighed in on EMR. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on Emerson Electric from $115.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. UBS Group raised Emerson Electric from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the company from $131.00 to $168.00 in a report on Monday, January 5th. HSBC boosted their target price on shares of Emerson Electric from $165.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Emerson Electric from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, KeyCorp boosted their price objective on shares of Emerson Electric from $155.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $164.85.

Emerson Electric Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of EMR stock opened at $132.26 on Monday. Emerson Electric Co. has a fifty-two week low of $90.06 and a fifty-two week 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 business has a fifty day simple moving average of $147.72 and a 200-day simple moving average of $137.93. The stock has a market cap of $74.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.34, a P/E/G ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 1.24.

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The industrial products company reported $1.46 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.41 by $0.05. Emerson Electric had a net margin of 12.72% and a return on equity of 17.25%. The firm had revenue of $4.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.37 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.38 EPS. The firm’s revenue 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, analysts forecast that Emerson Electric Co. will post 5.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Emerson Electric Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 13th were paid a dividend of $0.555 per share. This represents a $2.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend 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.