Emerson Electric Co.

With its results around the corner, let us take a closer look at Emersion Electric’s last quarter performance. The company’s last result had been a major disappointment as it failed to meet the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street. The sales performance was driven by growth in software, control, and in Intelligent Devices. The project funnel of the company continued to grow. The process industry sales were up and hybrid sales were also up, led by continued investments in metals and mining and life sciences reshoring. By industry, Emerson continues to see strength in later cycle markets like chemical and energy. As the first quarter trajectory played out largely as planned, the end market demand remains strong. Sequential underlying orders were up. The operating leverage was ahead of the expectations of the management. Emersion had the opportunity to pave the way for the company’s new state-of-the-art innovation and one manufacturing hub in Saudi Arabia. Emerson was chosen to provide automation for the largest green energy facility in the world by NEOM. Emerson and AspenTech continue succeeding with their joint customer solutions. The company continues to diversify through metals and life sciences and mining markets. In the quarter, it was awarded the automation for FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies. We give Emerson Electric an ‘Outperform’ rating with a revised target price.