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Emerson Electric

EMR
48
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Also trades as: 0R33.L GBP 1.62 (+2.38%)
Price
$161.59
+1.30 (+0.81%)
Market Cap
$90.13B
Winston Score
48
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Oct 24, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Good
17/30
Growth
Mixed
7/20
Cash Flow
Exceptional
9/10
Stability
Good
6/10
Valuation
Good
6/10
Ownership
Weak
1/15
Dividends
Mixed
2/5

48 of 100 counted points = Winston Score 48.

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Share count falling — buybacks

−5.8% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 601.8M (2021) → 566.7M (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Emerson Electric makes industrial automation and control equipment. Its products include sensors, valves, software, and control systems that help factories, power plants, and oil refineries run safely and efficiently. The company is one of the largest industrial automation suppliers in the world and sells primarily to energy, chemical, and manufacturing companies.

Emerson earns money by selling hardware, software, and related services to industrial customers. It operates globally, with significant revenue from North America, Europe, and Asia, and generates roughly $17 billion in annual sales. Its competitive edge comes from deep integration into customers' existing plant infrastructure, which makes switching to a rival costly and time-consuming. The key growth driver is rising demand for automation as manufacturers look to cut labor costs and improve efficiency, though a slowdown in industrial capital spending or lower oil and gas investment could meaningfully reduce demand for its products.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+7.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

Reported EPS Growth

+23.1% YoY

Quarterly reporting periods ended:

30 Jun 2025: $1.04

30 Jun 2026: $1.28

Reported/statutory EPS, not adjusted or underlying earnings. One-off items can affect this figure. Provider rounding can affect the growth rate.

YoY Growth Rate

Reported EPS increased year over year

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.3%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2.8B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Emerson Electric is growing revenue at 7% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
54.5%
Healthy — 54.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
20.5%
Excellent — 20.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
11.0%
Below par — 11.0% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+4.8%
Slow sales growth (+4.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-1.7%
Earnings shrinking (-1.7% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
152%
Turns 152% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
18.6%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (18.6%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.68
Moderate — manageable debt (0.68)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
6.78x
Adequate interest coverage (6.8x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
35.2x
Pricey — P/E 35.2

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+15.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (35.2 → 20.2)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.36%
Small dividend — 1.36% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+5.2%
Dividend growing modestly (5.2% YoY)
Payout Ratio
48%
no trend
Pays out a modest share of profit and keeps the rest to reinvest. Room to keep paying through a weak year.

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