Emerson Electric Co. (EMR) Stock Price, News, Quote & History

Emerson Electric is a global technology software company that provides automation to optimize operations, protect personnel, and help customers achieve their sustainability goals through reduced emissions. The shares are a component of the S&P 500. Based on St Louis, MO, the company has approximately 71,000 employees.

Headlines remain the order of the day, with major stock indices lower on Thursday as investors awaited developments in the Middle East that overshadowed the barrage of corporate earnings reports. In this ever-changing environment, the current newsflow has aggression increasing between the U.S. and Iran but no major outbreak as of yet. Domestically, markets will need to parse on Friday the news that the U.S. Court of International Trade struck down new 10% global tariffs imposed by President Trump, ruling them illegal because they overstepped presidential authority.

Earnings season is winding down and the most-recent reports from S&P 500 companies have given us a chance to look at trends. For one, a number of companies have raised guidance – an indictor we monitor. We view management’s ability to raise guidance as a likely catalyst for market-beating returns in the quarters ahead. (We note that it’s even harder for companies to raise guidance during uncertain economic times.) The current list of companies that did raise guidance is not as hefty as normal, likely because many companies are cautiously initiating guidance for the new year. Here is a partial list of companies in our Fundamental Universe of Coverage that increased guidance during the recent reporting season.

Stocks are lower across the board at midday on Wednesday. Earnings are pouring in and moving individual stock prices. Meanwhile, the ADP private payrolls report came in lower than expected, while the January jobs report originally due for release on Friday will be delayed due to the now-ended partial government shutdown.