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Emerson Electric (EMR) Q3 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For


Radek Strnad /
2024/11/04 2:01 am EST

Engineering and automation solutions company Emerson (NYSE:EMR) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow morning. Here’s what to expect.

Emerson Electric missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $4.38 billion, up 11% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts’ earnings estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Emerson Electric’s revenue to grow 11.6% year on year to $4.56 billion, improving from the 5.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.47 per share.

Emerson Electric Total Revenue

The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Emerson Electric has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

Looking at Emerson Electric’s peers in the electrical equipment segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Vontier’s revenues decreased 2% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.8%, and AMETEK reported revenues up 5.3%, in line with consensus estimates. Vontier traded up 8.5% following the results while AMETEK was also up 5.6%.

Read our full analysis of Vontier’s results here and AMETEK’s results here.

Investors in the electrical equipment segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Emerson Electric is down 3.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $126.26 (compared to the current share price of $108.26).

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