Emerson Electric Co. vs Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Emerson Electric Co. trades at $135.9 (market cap $76.31B), while Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $45.22. The key difference: Emerson Electric Co. pays a 1.63% dividend while Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund pays none, and Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund is trading nearer its 52-week high, Emerson Electric Co. nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| EMR | XLU | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $76.31B | — |
Sector | Industrials | — |
52-Week High | $161.69 | $47.73 |
52-Week Low | $123.30 | $41.02 |
Enterprise Value | $88.58B | — |
Dividend Yield | 1.63% | — |
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Emerson Electric is a multi-industrial conglomerate that operates under two business platforms: automation solutions and commercial and residential solutions. The latter is further subdivided into two operating segments: climate technologies, which sells HVAC and refrigeration products and services as well as tools and home products, which sells tools and compressors, among other products and services. Commercial and residential solutions boasts several household brands, including Copeland and RIDGID. Automation solutions is most known for its process manufacturing solutions, which consists of measurement instrumentation, as well as valves and actuators, among other products and services. Roughly half of the firm's geographic sales take place in the United States.
Read more on EMR →In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes securities of companies from the following industries: electric utilities; water utilities; multi-utilities; independent power and renewable electricity producers; and gas utilities. The fund is non-diversified.
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