Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.10 EPS

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The industrial products company reported $1.38 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.10, Zacks reports. Emerson Electric had a return on equity of 11.73% and a net margin of 11.25%. Emerson Electric updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 1.380-1.420 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 5.850-6.050 EPS.

Emerson Electric Price Performance

Shares of NYSE EMR traded up $2.83 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $127.59. 1,236,137 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,037,290. Emerson Electric has a twelve month low of $96.62 and a twelve month high of $134.85. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $126.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $116.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 1.40. The company has a market cap of $72.67 billion, a PE ratio of 37.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 1.34.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on EMR. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $138.00 price target on shares of Emerson Electric in a research note on Thursday. Loop Capital lifted their target price on Emerson Electric from $130.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 2nd. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Emerson Electric from $116.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Daiwa America upgraded Emerson Electric to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 28th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group initiated coverage on shares of Emerson Electric in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $160.00 target price for the company. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating, fourteen have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $136.90.

Emerson Electric Company Profile

Emerson Electric Co, a technology and software company, provides various solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. It operates in six segments: Final Control, Control Systems & Software, Measurement & Analytical, AspenTech, Discrete Automation, and Safety & Productivity.