Capital Management Associates Inc Has $1.51 Million Stock Holdings in Emerson Electric Co. $EMR

Capital Management Associates Inc lifted its position in Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) by 375.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 11,402 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after buying an additional 9,002 shares during the period. Capital Management Associates Inc’s holdings in Emerson Electric were worth $1,513,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of Emerson Electric by 74.1% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 11,392 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,412,000 after purchasing an additional 4,850 shares during the last quarter. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd bought a new position in Emerson Electric in the first quarter valued at $232,000. Caxton Associates LLP acquired a new stake in Emerson Electric in the 1st quarter valued at $275,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in Emerson Electric during the 2nd quarter worth about $203,000. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership acquired a new position in shares of Emerson Electric during the 2nd quarter worth about $12,179,000. 74.30% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Emerson Electric

In other Emerson Electric news, CEO Surendralal Lanca Karsanbhai sold 5,700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 281,393 shares in the company, valued at approximately $40,047,851.76. This represents a 1.99% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Matthew S. Levatich sold 1,476 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $162.16, for a total value of $239,348.16. Following the transaction, the director owned 24,349 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,948,433.84. This trade represents a 5.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.23% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently issued reports on EMR. Weiss Ratings lowered Emerson Electric from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on Emerson Electric from $115.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut 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. KeyCorp raised their target price on shares of Emerson Electric from $155.00 to $185.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Barclays dropped their price target on shares of Emerson Electric from $145.00 to $140.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 1st. Twelve analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $163.43.

Emerson Electric Stock Up 0.0%

EMR stock opened at $131.71 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 debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 0.84 and a quick ratio of 0.62. The stock has a market capitalization of $74.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.20, a PEG ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 1.28. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $142.66 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $137.60.

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) last released 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. The business had revenue of $4.35 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.37 billion. Emerson Electric had a net margin of 12.72% and a return on equity of 17.25%. Emerson Electric’s revenue was up 4.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.38 earnings per share. 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, equities analysts anticipate that Emerson Electric Co. will post 5.96 earnings per share for the current year.

Emerson Electric Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 13th were issued 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 dividend payout ratio is 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.