- Emerson Electric Co. (EMR) is Attracting Investor Attention: Here is What You Should Know
May 12, 2026
Emerson Electric (EMR) has been one of the most searched-for stocks on Zacks.com lately. So, you might want to look at some of the facts that could shape the stock's performance in the near term.
Shares of this maker of process controls systems, valves and analytical instruments have returned -3.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +8.8% change. The Zacks Manufacturing - Electronics industry, to which Emerson Electric belongs, has gained 3% over this period. Now the key question is: Where could the stock be headed in the near term?
Although media reports or rumors about a significant change in a company's business prospects usually cause its stock to trend and lead to an immediate price change, there are always certain fundamental factors that ultimately drive the buy-and-hold decision.
Revisions to Earnings Estimates
Rather than focusing on anything else, we at Zacks prioritize evaluating the change in a company's earnings projection. This is because we believe the fair value for its stock is determined by the present value of its future stream of earnings.
Our analysis is essentially based on how sell-side analysts covering the stock are revising their earnings estimates to take the latest business trends into account. When earnings estimates for a company go up, the fair value for its stock goes up as well. And when a stock's fair value is higher than its current market price, investors tend to buy the stock, resulting in its price moving upward. Because of this, empirical studies indicate a strong correlation between trends in earnings estimate revisions and short-term stock price movements.
Emerson Electric is expected to post earnings of $1.69 per share for the current quarter, representing a year-over-year change of +11.2%. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate has changed +0.5%.
For the current fiscal year, the consensus earnings estimate of $6.51 points to a change of +8.5% from the prior year. Over the last 30 days, this estimate has changed -0.2%.
For the next fiscal year, the consensus earnings estimate of $7.14 indicates a change of +9.7% from what Emerson Electric is expected to report a year ago. Over the past month, the estimate has changed +0.1%.
With an impressive externally audited track record, our proprietary stock rating tool -- the Zacks Rank -- is a more conclusive indicator of a stock's near-term price performance, as it effectively harnesses the power of earnings estimate revisions. The size of the recent change in the consensus estimate, along with three other factors related to earnings estimates, has resulted in a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for Emerson Electric.
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The chart below shows the evolution of the company's forward 12-month consensus EPS estimate:
12 Month EPS12-month consensus EPS estimate for EMR
Revenue Growth Forecast
Even though a company's earnings growth is arguably the best indicator of its financial health, nothing much happens if it cannot raise its revenues. It's almost impossible for a company to grow its earnings without growing its revenue for long periods. Therefore, knowing a company's potential revenue growth is crucial.
For Emerson Electric, the consensus sales estimate for the current quarter of $4.82 billion indicates a year-over-year change of +5.9%. For the current and next fiscal years, $18.9 billion and $19.83 billion estimates indicate +4.9% and +4.9% changes, respectively.
Last Reported Results and Surprise History
Emerson Electric reported revenues of $4.56 billion in the last reported quarter, representing a year-over-year change of +2.9%. EPS of $1.54 for the same period compares with $1.48 a year ago.
Compared to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.6 billion, the reported revenues represent a surprise of -0.76%. The EPS surprise was 0%.
Over the last four quarters, Emerson Electric surpassed consensus EPS estimates two times. The company topped consensus revenue estimates times over this period.
Valuation
Without considering a stock's valuation, no investment decision can be efficient. In predicting a stock's future price performance, it's crucial to determine whether its current price correctly reflects the intrinsic value of the underlying business and the company's growth prospects.
While comparing the current values of a company's valuation multiples, such as price-to-earnings (P/E), price-to-sales (P/S), and price-to-cash flow (P/CF), with its own historical values helps determine whether its stock is fairly valued, overvalued, or undervalued, comparing the company relative to its peers on these parameters gives a good sense of the reasonability of the stock's price.
The Zacks Value Style Score (part of the Zacks Style Scores system), which pays close attention to both traditional and unconventional valuation metrics to grade stocks from A to F (an A is better than a B; a B is better than a C; and so on), is pretty helpful in identifying whether a stock is overvalued, rightly valued, or temporarily undervalued.
Emerson Electric is graded D on this front, indicating that it is trading at a premium to its peers. Click here to see the values of some of the valuation metrics that have driven this grade.
Bottom Line
The facts discussed here and much other information on Zacks.com might help determine whether or not it's worthwhile paying attention to the market buzz about Emerson Electric. However, its Zacks Rank #3 does suggest that it may perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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- Emerson Electric Co. (EMR) is Attracting Investor Attention: Here is What You Should Know
May 12, 2026 · zacks.com
Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Emerson Electric (EMR). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.
- L&T Technology Services and Emerson Announce a Global Cooperation and Strategic Engagement to Drive Innovation in Engineering Excellence
May 12, 2026
L&T Technology Services and Emerson announce strategic global partnership. Seen in the picture: Senior leaders and delegates from L&T Technology Services and Emerson’s Test & Measurement business, including the NI leadership team.
Partnership in its Sustainability segment brings together LTTS’ engineering capabilities and Emerson’s NI test platform to accelerate system integration and product development across multiple industries
BANGALORE, India, May 12, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L&T Technology Services (BSE: 540115, NSE: LTTS), a global leader in AI, Digital and Engineering R&D services, today announced a strategic global partnership with Emerson (NYSE: EMR), a global automation leader and provider of advanced test and measurement solutions.
Under this engagement, LTTS will serve as a global System Integrator and technology development partner, supporting the design, deployment and lifecycle enablement of advanced systems engineering platforms across industries. The partnership also introduces joint engagement approaches for customer projects, positioning LTTS as a key system integration partner for the NI test platform. The collaboration will focus on product engineering and solution development tailored for multiple sectors including Industrial, Transportation, Semiconductors, Aerospace & Defense where system performance, resilience and sustainability are critical.
As part of the partnership, LTTS will establish a dedicated Centre of Excellence (CoE) at its Mysuru campus in India. The CoE will be based on the NI test and measurement platform and will function as a global hub for joint solution development, industrialization and applied innovation, leveraging NI software and hardware to accelerate product development and engineering, test automation and validation workflows. Key focus areas also include joint go-to-market initiatives, development of industry-specific solutions, license enablement and extended client support models.
Ritu Favre, President for Emerson’s Test and Measurement business, said, "Engineering environments are becoming increasingly software defined, data centric and interconnected. Our open, modular NI platform provides the architectural foundation organizations need to manage growing system complexity while accelerating validation and deployment cycles. Through our collaboration with LTTS as a global system integrator, we extend this platform into industry-specific implementations that help customers move from engineering uncertainty to operational confidence and leveraging the proven technology leadership of NI automated test and measurement solutions."
Alind Saxena, Executive Director & President – Strategic Initiatives & Growth Markets, said, "Our clients in Mobility, Sustainability and Tech require engineering systems that are intelligent, adaptable and future-ready. Our partnership with Emerson strengthens LTTS’ ability to architect and deploy such systems at scale. By combining NI’s technology leadership with LTTS’ engineering depth, we are creating a powerful foundation for long-term value creation across industrial ecosystems."
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About L&T Technology Services Ltd
L&T Technology Services (LTTS) is a global leader in AI, Digital & ER&D Consulting Services. A listed subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), we offer design, development, testing, and sustenance services across products and processes.
Purposeful. Agile. Innovation. is how we drive growth across the Mobility, Sustainability and Tech segments. Our customer base includes 69 Fortune 500 companies and 57 top ER&D companies across industrial products, medical devices, transportation, telecom & hi-tech, and process industries. Headquartered in India, we have over 23,800 employees across 22 global design centers, 31 global sales offices, and 98 innovation labs, as of March 31, 2026. For additional information about L&T Technology Services log on to www.LTTS.com.
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR) is a global automation leader delivering solutions for the most demanding technology challenges. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Emerson is engineering the autonomous future, enabling customers to optimize operations and accelerate innovation. For more information, visit Emerson.com.
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- New Emerson Industrial AI Platform Delivers Enterprise-Scale AI
May 11, 2026
AspenTech AVA enables customers to act faster, develop more informed strategies, improve operational reliability
HOUSTON, May 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Global automation leader Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today introduced the AspenTech AVA™ AI platform, specifically designed for industrial companies to accelerate AI adoption across the enterprise for measurable business impact. Offering agentic, domain-aware AI capabilities, AVA delivers the agility, efficiency and autonomy companies need to respond faster to operating conditions, continuously improve performance using trusted domain context and act with greater confidence through AI-assisted recommendations embedded directly in operations.Emerson (PRNewsfoto/Emerson)
While AI technologies continue to evolve rapidly, industrial organizations require practical ways to apply them safely and effectively in real operating conditions. AVA embeds decades of Emerson industrial expertise and first-principles models directly into its operational skills and workflows while leveraging large language models. In doing so, AVA enables companies to deploy the power of generative AI as a trusted operational capability and to build an enterprise operations platform that connects data, context and decision‑making across the organization.
"AVA provides a practical way to accelerate AI adoption to deliver repeatable, scalable operational impact," said Claudio Fayad, chief technology officer at Emerson's Aspen Technology business. "By orchestrating AI across operations, AVA enables teams to act faster, develop more informed strategies and improve reliability – without disrupting proven processes. This is how we help customers accelerate their AI capabilities and enterprise operations platform journey."
Designed to be data‑source agnostic and built upon existing automation infrastructure, AVA leverages the AspenTech Inmation™ Data Platform that organizes and contextualizes fragmented OT data across cloud, edge and on‑premise environments. The Inmation Data Platform ensures AVA has reliable, real‑time visibility into operations, while the company's proven first‑principles models and decades of industrial expertise provide the intelligence needed to interpret conditions, evaluate options and support better decisions in real operating environments.
Beyond improving operational decision-making, AVA supports the next generation of digital-native professionals stepping into operation roles, providing consistent, expert-informed guidance. By embedding AI-assisted decision support directly into operational workflows, AVA delivers a more intuitive, responsive and autonomous user experience that aligns with how today's workforce expects to interact with technology, while ensuring reliable execution across the enterprise at scale.
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Today, AVA is available with four high‑value operational optimization and decision‑support advisors. To help industrial companies explore how AVA's agentic workflows can be applied within their own operating environments, Emerson offers AspenTech.ai, a web-based interactive experience where industry professionals can engage directly with AVA, examine AI‑assisted decision‑support use cases and access Emerson's AspenTech solution resources relevant to their operations.
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About Emerson Emerson (NYSE: EMR) is a global automation leader delivering solutions for the most demanding technology challenges. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Emerson is engineering the autonomous future, enabling customers to optimize operations and accelerate innovation. For more information, visit Emerson.com.Cision
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- There's A Lot To Like About Emerson Electric's (NYSE:EMR) Upcoming US$0.555 Dividend
May 11, 2026
Regular readers will know that we love our dividends at Simply Wall St, which is why it's exciting to see Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) is about to trade ex-dividend in the next three days. The ex-dividend date is usually set to be one business day before the record date, which is the cut-off date on which you must be present on the company's books as a shareholder in order to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is important as the process of settlement involves a full business day. So if you miss that date, you would not show up on the company's books on the record date. Therefore, if you purchase Emerson Electric's shares on or after the 15th of May, you won't be eligible to receive the dividend, when it is paid on the 10th of June.
The company's next dividend payment will be US$0.555 per share, on the back of last year when the company paid a total of US$2.22 to shareholders. Looking at the last 12 months of distributions, Emerson Electric has a trailing yield of approximately 1.6% on its current stock price of US$141.31. Dividends are an important source of income to many shareholders, but the health of the business is crucial to maintaining those dividends. So we need to check whether the dividend payments are covered, and if earnings are growing.
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If a company pays out more in dividends than it earned, then the dividend might become unsustainable - hardly an ideal situation. Emerson Electric paid out a comfortable 50% of its profit last year. Yet cash flows are even more important than profits for assessing a dividend, so we need to see if the company generated enough cash to pay its distribution. It distributed 39% of its free cash flow as dividends, a comfortable payout level for most companies.
It's positive to see that Emerson Electric's dividend is covered by both profits and cash flow, since this is generally a sign that the dividend is sustainable, and a lower payout ratio usually suggests a greater margin of safety before the dividend gets cut.
See our latest analysis for Emerson Electric
Click here to see the company's payout ratio, plus analyst estimates of its future dividends.NYSE:EMR Historic Dividend May 11th 2026
Have Earnings And Dividends Been Growing?
Stocks in companies that generate sustainable earnings growth often make the best dividend prospects, as it is easier to lift the dividend when earnings are rising. If earnings fall far enough, the company could be forced to cut its dividend. With that in mind, we're encouraged by the steady growth at Emerson Electric, with earnings per share up 6.0% on average over the last five years. Management have been reinvested more than half of the company's earnings within the business, and the company has been able to grow earnings with this retained capital. We think this is generally an attractive combination, as dividends can grow through a combination of earnings growth and or a higher payout ratio over time.
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Many investors will assess a company's dividend performance by evaluating how much the dividend payments have changed over time. In the past 10 years, Emerson Electric has increased its dividend at approximately 1.7% a year on average.
To Sum It Up
From a dividend perspective, should investors buy or avoid Emerson Electric? Earnings per share have been growing moderately, and Emerson Electric is paying out less than half its earnings and cash flow as dividends, which is an attractive combination as it suggests the company is investing in growth. We would prefer to see earnings growing faster, but the best dividend stocks over the long term typically combine significant earnings per share growth with a low payout ratio, and Emerson Electric is halfway there. It's a promising combination that should mark this company worthy of closer attention.
With that in mind, a critical part of thorough stock research is being aware of any risks that stock currently faces. In terms of investment risks, we've identified 1 warning sign with Emerson Electric and understanding them should be part of your investment process.
Generally, we wouldn't recommend just buying the first dividend stock you see. Here's a curated list of interesting stocks that are strong dividend payers.
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- New Emerson Industrial AI Platform Delivers Enterprise-Scale AI
May 11, 2026 · prnewswire.com
AspenTech AVA enables customers to act faster, develop more informed strategies, improve operational reliability HOUSTON, May 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Global automation leader Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today introduced the AspenTech AVA™ AI platform, specifically designed for industrial companies to accelerate AI adoption across the enterprise for measurable business impact. Offering agentic, domain-aware AI capabilities, AVA delivers the agility, efficiency and autonomy companies need to respond faster to operating conditions, continuously improve performance using trusted domain context and act with greater confidence through AI-assisted recommendations embedded directly in operations.
- NEW EMERSON INDUSTRIAL AI PLATFORM DELIVERS ENTERPRISE-SCALE AI
May 11, 2026
ASPENTECH AVA ENABLES CUSTOMERS TO ACT FASTER, DEVELOP MORE INFORMED STRATEGIES, IMPROVE OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY HOUSTON, MAY 11, 2026 /PRNEWSWIRE/ -- GLOBAL AUTOMATION LEADER EMERSON (NYSE: EMR) TODAY INTRODUCED THE ASPENTECH AVA™ AI PLATFORM, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES TO ACCELERATE AI ADOPTION ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE FOR MEASURABLE BUSINESS IMPACT. OFFERING AGENTIC, DOMAIN-AWARE AI CAPABILITIES, AVA DELIVERS THE AGILITY, EFFICIENCY AND AUTONOMY COMPANIES NEED TO RESPOND FASTER TO OPERATING CONDITIONS, CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE PERFORMANCE USING TRUSTED DOMAIN CONTEXT AND ACT WITH GREATER CONFIDENCE THROUGH AI-ASSISTED RECOMMENDATIONS EMBEDDED DIRECTLY IN OPERATIONS.
- Earnings Update: Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) Just Reported Its Second-Quarter Results And Analysts Are Updating Their Forecasts
May 7, 2026
It's been a good week for Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) shareholders, because the company has just released its latest second-quarter results, and the shares gained 8.4% to US$148. It looks like the results were a bit of a negative overall. While revenues of US$4.6b were in line with analyst predictions, statutory earnings were less than expected, missing estimates by 3.1% to hit US$1.10 per share. This is an important time for investors, as they can track a company's performance in its report, look at what experts are forecasting for next year, and see if there has been any change to expectations for the business. With this in mind, we've gathered the latest statutory forecasts to see what the analysts are expecting for next year.
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After the latest results, the 27 analysts covering Emerson Electric are now predicting revenues of US$18.8b in 2026. If met, this would reflect a modest 2.7% improvement in revenue compared to the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are predicted to climb 13% to US$4.90. Before this earnings report, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$18.9b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$4.90 in 2026. The consensus analysts don't seem to have seen anything in these results that would have changed their view on the business, given there's been no major change to their estimates.
See our latest analysis for Emerson Electric
There were no changes to revenue or earnings estimates or the price target of US$165, suggesting that the company has met expectations in its recent result. It could also be instructive to look at the range of analyst estimates, to evaluate how different the outlier opinions are from the mean. There are some variant perceptions on Emerson Electric, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at US$205 and the most bearish at US$104 per share. Note the wide gap in analyst price targets? This implies to us that there is a fairly broad range of possible scenarios for the underlying business.
Of course, another way to look at these forecasts is to place them into context against the industry itself. It's clear from the latest estimates that Emerson Electric's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 5.4% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2026 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 3.5% p.a. over the past five years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to see revenue growth of 13% annually. It seems obvious that, while the future growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, Emerson Electric is expected to grow slower than the wider industry.
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The Bottom Line
The most obvious conclusion is that there's been no major change in the business' prospects in recent times, with the analysts holding their earnings forecasts steady, in line with previous estimates. Fortunately, the analysts also reconfirmed their revenue estimates, suggesting that it's tracking in line with expectations. Although our data does suggest that Emerson Electric's revenue is expected to perform worse than the wider industry. There was no real change to the consensus price target, suggesting that the intrinsic value of the business has not undergone any major changes with the latest estimates.
Following on from that line of thought, we think that the long-term prospects of the business are much more relevant than next year's earnings. We have forecasts for Emerson Electric going out to 2028, and you can see them free on our platform here.
Before you take the next step you should know about the 2 warning signs for Emerson Electric that we have uncovered.
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This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.
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- Emerson Electric Sees Long-Tailed Growth In The Electrification Megatrend
May 7, 2026 · seekingalpha.com
Emerson Electric Co. is rated Buy with a $197/share target, leveraging U.S. reindustrialization and global data center expansion. EMR can benefit from $1.4T utility investments in power infrastructure and potential LNG market shifts due to Middle East disruptions. Software and systems, especially grid management and AI-embedded solutions, are driving robust order growth and future margin expansion.
- Emerson Electric Growth Verticals, Backlog to Support Outlook, RBC Says
May 6, 2026
Emerson Electric (EMR) is expected to benefit from stronger demand in power, LNG, semiconductors, ae
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