Emerson Electric Co.

Is Emerson publicly traded?

Yes. Emerson Electric trades on the NYSE under ticker EMR and is an S&P 500 component. It has increased its dividend for more than 65 consecutive years.

Who is the CEO of Emerson?

Lal Karsanbhai has served as President and CEO since 2021, succeeding David Farr. He is an Emerson veteran who led the company's transformation into a focused automation business.

What does Emerson make?

Industrial automation products: Fisher valves, Rosemount instruments, DeltaV and Ovation control systems, NI test platforms, AspenTech software, and safety and productivity tools for process and hybrid industries.

Does Emerson still make compressors?

No. Emerson exited its Copeland climate technologies business, selling the majority interest in 2023 and its remaining 40% stake in 2024 as part of the automation-focused portfolio transformation.

John Wesley Emerson founded the company in 1890 in St. Louis to make electric motors, one of the earliest entrants in the electrification era. Through the twentieth century Emerson grew into a diversified industrial conglomerate spanning motors, compressors, power tools, and process control, building famous names like Fisher valves (acquired 1992), Rosemount (1976), and the Copeland compressor line.

The modern transformation began under CEO David Farr and accelerated under Lal Karsanbhai, who took over in 2021 after a career inside the company. Emerson spent roughly $20 billion rebuilding the portfolio around automation: selling the Copeland climate technologies business, divesting motors and appliance units, acquiring National Instruments for $8.2 billion in 2023 to add test and measurement, and in 2025 completing the roughly $7.2 billion buy-in of the remaining AspenTech shares it did not already own.

Fiscal 2025, ended September 30, validated the strategy: net sales of $18.0 billion, adjusted EPS of $6.00 up 9%, free cash flow of $3.24 billion, and $200 million of Test and Measurement cost synergies delivered. The board approved a 5% dividend increase, extending a Dividend King streak of more than 65 consecutive annual increases, and authorized a 50 million share buyback.

Emerson publishes annual sustainability reporting and has committed to net zero operations by 2045, with interim emissions reduction targets and a sustainability framework tied to executive pay. Its products directly enable customer decarbonization through emissions monitoring, hydrogen, and carbon capture applications. It is a long-running member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.

Emerson's 65+ year dividend increase streak makes it one of the longest-tenured Dividend Kings in the market. It has appeared on Fortune's Most Admired Companies list and received repeated recognition for supplier relationships in life sciences and power generation.

Emerson's record is clean for a 135-year industrial company. Notable matters include a 2019 OSHA case after a fatal incident at a Missouri facility, periodic trade and export control compliance issues common to global industrials, and historical asbestos liabilities inherited from older business lines, managed under standard reserve practices.