Emerson Electric Co. $EMR Shares Bought by Assenagon Asset Management S.A.

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its stake in shares of Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) by 863.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 548,823 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after buying an additional 491,883 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. owned about 0.10% of Emerson Electric worth $72,840,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Emerson Electric by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 54,330,938 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $7,127,132,000 after purchasing an additional 201,040 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of Emerson Electric by 3.0% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 27,053,019 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $3,606,979,000 after purchasing an additional 784,987 shares in the last quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group increased its holdings in shares of Emerson Electric by 13.5% during 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 purchasing an additional 859,171 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Emerson Electric in the 2nd quarter valued at $918,830,000. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Emerson Electric by 20.6% during the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 6,262,570 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $821,524,000 after buying an additional 1,069,122 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 74.30% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Emerson Electric news, CEO Surendralal Lanca Karsanbhai sold 5,700 shares of Emerson Electric stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.32, for a total transaction 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 document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Matthew S. Levatich sold 1,476 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $162.16, for a total transaction of $239,348.16. Following the sale, the director directly owned 24,349 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,948,433.84. The trade was a 5.72% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 13,879 shares of company stock worth $2,116,818. 0.23% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have weighed in on EMR shares. TD Cowen cut shares of Emerson Electric from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $150.00 price objective for the company. in a report on Friday, January 9th. Citigroup raised their target price on Emerson Electric from $165.00 to $174.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Loop Capital lifted their price target on Emerson Electric from $155.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on Emerson Electric from $143.00 to $164.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, January 16th. Finally, Stephens raised their price objective on Emerson Electric from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, February 9th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $164.85.

Emerson Electric Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of NYSE EMR opened at $130.03 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $73.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 1.24. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $145.77 and its 200-day simple moving average is $137.84. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. Emerson Electric Co. has a 52-week low of $90.06 and a 52-week high of $165.15.

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The industrial products company reported $1.46 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.37 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $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. Equities analysts predict that Emerson Electric Co. will post 5.96 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Emerson Electric Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 13th were paid a $0.555 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 13th. This represents a $2.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.7%. Emerson Electric’s payout ratio is currently 54.28%.

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.