California State Teachers Retirement System Sells 22,100 Shares of Emerson Electric Co. $EMR

California State Teachers Retirement System reduced its stake in shares of Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) by 2.6% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 843,493 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 22,100 shares during the period. California State Teachers Retirement System’s holdings in Emerson Electric were worth $110,514,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of EMR. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in Emerson Electric by 74.1% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 11,392 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,412,000 after buying an additional 4,850 shares during the last quarter. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd bought a new position in shares of Emerson Electric during the first quarter valued at $232,000. Caxton Associates LLP acquired a new position in shares of Emerson Electric during the first quarter worth $275,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Emerson Electric in the second quarter worth $203,000. Finally, Jump Financial LLC increased its holdings in Emerson Electric by 121.5% in the second quarter. Jump Financial LLC now owns 10,543 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,406,000 after purchasing an additional 5,783 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 74.30% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have commented on EMR. Wolfe Research cut their target price on Emerson Electric from $176.00 to $169.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 8th. KeyCorp lowered their price objective on Emerson Electric from $185.00 to $170.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, July 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Emerson Electric from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $157.00 target price on the stock in a report on Friday, July 17th. DA Davidson initiated coverage on shares of Emerson Electric in a report on Tuesday, June 16th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $145.00 price target for the company. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Emerson Electric from $140.00 to $144.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Thirteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $162.36.

Emerson Electric Stock Performance

Shares of Emerson Electric stock opened at $145.81 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $81.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.68, a PEG ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.25. Emerson Electric Co. has a one year low of $122.64 and a one year high of $165.15. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $141.83 and a 200 day simple moving average of $142.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 0.87 and a quick ratio of 0.64.

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The industrial products company reported $1.54 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.53 by $0.01. Emerson Electric had a net margin of 13.35% and a return on equity of 17.18%. The firm had revenue of $4.56 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.59 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.48 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Emerson Electric has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.450-6.550 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.650-1.700 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Emerson Electric Co. will post 6.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Emerson Electric Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Investors of record on Friday, May 15th were given a dividend of $0.555 per share. This represents a $2.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 15th. Emerson Electric’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 51.27%.

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.