Do investors have a safe investment in Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR)?

The price of Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) shares last traded on Wall Street rose 1.09% to $107.40.

EMR stock price is now -2.75% away from the 50-day moving average and 8.86% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $61.40B.

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With the price target enhanced from $95 to $118, Mizuho Upgraded its rating from Neutral to Buy for Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR). On October 03, 2023, KeyBanc Capital Markets recently initiated its ‘Overweight’ rating on the stock quoting a target price of $120, while ‘UBS’ rates the stock as ‘Neutral’

In other news, Piazza Nicholas J., Senior VP & CPO sold 2,200 shares of the company’s stock on Mar 04 ’24. The stock was sold for $238,700 at an average price of $108.50. Upon completion of the transaction, the Senior VP & CPO now directly owns 22,754 shares in the company, valued at $2.44 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Feb 15 ’24, Director LEVATICH MATTHEW S sold 1,933 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $204,081 was realized by selling the stock at an average price of $105.58. This leaves the insider owning 24,965 shares of the company worth $2.68 million. A total of 0.41% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.

During the past 12 months, Emerson Electric Co. has had a low of $76.94 and a high of $115.26. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 1.12, and a quick ratio of 0.80.

According to the Specialty Industrial Machinery Company, earnings per share came in at 1.09, beating analysts’ expectations of 0.97 by 0.12. This compares to $3.41 EPS in the same period last year. The net profit margin was 2.62% and return on equity was 12.48% for EMR. The company reported revenue of $4.12 billion for the quarter, compared to $3.37 billion a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue rose 22.06 percent. For the current quarter, analysts expect EMR to generate $4.29B in revenue.

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