Roman Butler Fullerton & Co. Purchases Shares of 12,478 Emerson Electric Co. $EMR

Roman Butler Fullerton & Co. acquired a new position in Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm acquired 12,478 shares of the industrial products company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,689,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab grew its stake in shares of Emerson Electric by 9.4% in the second quarter. PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab now owns 101,731 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $14,563,000 after buying an additional 8,700 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in Emerson Electric by 14.8% during the 4th quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 7,191,118 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $954,405,000 after acquiring an additional 928,548 shares in the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp lifted its stake in Emerson Electric by 4.6% during the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 1,185,160 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $157,294,000 after acquiring an additional 52,440 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc grew its position in Emerson Electric by 2.1% in the 4th quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 4,114,470 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $546,072,000 after acquiring an additional 84,064 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Emerson Electric by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 12,328,324 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,628,638,000 after acquiring an additional 76,488 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 74.30% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Emerson Electric

In other Emerson Electric news, CEO Surendralal Lanca Karsanbhai sold 9,650 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $161.91, for a total value of $1,562,431.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 271,743 shares in the company, valued at $43,997,909.13. This represents a 3.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.23% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Emerson Electric Stock Performance

Shares of EMR opened at $163.07 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $91.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.24. Emerson Electric Co. has a 52-week low of $122.64 and a 52-week high of $166.35. The company has a quick ratio of 0.66, a current ratio of 0.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $146.32 and a 200 day moving average price of $143.09.

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.71 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.68 by $0.03. Emerson Electric had a net margin of 13.83% and a return on equity of 17.58%. The business had revenue of $4.87 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.80 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.52 EPS. The company’s revenue was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. Emerson Electric has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.550-6.550 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.850-1.850 EPS. Research analysts predict that Emerson Electric Co. will post 6.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Emerson Electric Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 10th. Investors of record on Friday, August 14th will be given a $0.555 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 14th. This represents a $2.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. Emerson Electric’s payout ratio is 48.58%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently commented on EMR shares. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on shares of Emerson Electric from $169.00 to $179.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on shares of Emerson Electric from $157.00 to $175.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. KeyCorp cut their price objective on Emerson Electric from $185.00 to $170.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 13th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Emerson Electric in a report on Friday, July 31st. Finally, HSBC boosted their target price on Emerson Electric from $170.00 to $180.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Thirteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Emerson Electric has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $166.96.

Emerson Electric Company 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.