franklin electric co. inc. - FELE

FELE

Close Chg Chg %
100.72 -0.02 -0.02%

Open Market

100.70

-0.02 (0.02%)

Volume: 40.17K

Last Updated:

Apr 21, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT

Company Overview: franklin electric co. inc. - FELE

FELE Key Data

Open

$100.33

Day Range

100.16 - 101.48

52 Week Range

78.88 - 111.53

Market Cap

$4.45B

Shares Outstanding

44.17M

Public Float

40.95M

Beta

1.07

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

31.28

EPS

$3.25

Yield

106.73%

Dividend

$0.28

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Feb 5, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

256.20K

 

FELE Performance

1 Week
 
-0.94%
 
1 Month
 
12.05%
 
3 Months
 
0.52%
 
1 Year
 
12.95%
 
5 Years
 
22.25%
 

FELE Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 7
Full Ratings ➔

About franklin electric co. inc. - FELE

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and distribution of water and fuel pumping systems. It operates through the following business segments: Water Systems, Energy Systems, and Distribution. The Water Systems segment designs, manufactures, and sells water pumping systems, submersible motors, pumps, electronic controls, and related parts and equipment. The Energy Systems segment designs, manufactures and sells pumps, electronic controls and related parts and equipment primarily for use in submersible fueling system applications. The Distribution Segment offers pre-sale support and specifications to the installing contractors. The company was founded by Edward J. Schaefer and T. Wayne Kehoe in 1944 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN.

FELE At a Glance

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.
9255 Coverdale Road
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46809
Phone 1-260-824-2900 Revenue 2.13B
Industry Industrial Machinery Net Income 146.49M
Sector Producer Manufacturing 2025 Sales Growth 5.437%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 6,500
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FELE Valuation

P/E Current 31.283
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 29.671
Price to Sales Ratio 2.039
Price to Book Ratio 3.191
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 18.20
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 13.366
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.10
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.052

FELE Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 327,884.615
Income Per Employee 22,536.923
Receivables Turnover 8.611
Total Asset Turnover 1.132

FELE Liquidity

Current Ratio 2.786
Quick Ratio 1.179
Cash Ratio 0.318

FELE Profitability

Gross Margin 35.469
Operating Margin 12.762
Pretax Margin 9.133
Net Margin 6.873
Return on Assets 7.782
Return on Equity 11.318
Return on Total Capital 9.411
Return on Invested Capital 10.37

FELE Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 17.693
Total Debt to Total Capital 15.034
Total Debt to Total Assets 12.035
Long-Term Debt to Equity 13.736
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 11.671
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Annual Financials for Franklin Electric Co. Inc. - FELE

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
2.04B 2.07B 2.02B 2.13B
Sales Growth
+22.98% +1.05% -2.12% +5.44%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
1.35B 1.37B 1.30B 1.38B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
50.37M 52.26M 56.07M 62.88M
Depreciation
33.17M 35.16M 37.27M 39.27M
Amortization of Intangibles
17.20M 17.10M 18.80M 23.60M
COGS Growth
+24.54% +1.17% -4.68% +5.46%
Gross Income
691.43M 697.01M 717.28M 755.92M
Gross Income Growth
+20.02% +0.81% +2.91% +5.39%
Gross Profit Margin
+33.83% +33.75% +35.49% +35.47%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
428.48M 435.68M 468.84M 483.93M
Research & Development
16.70M 17.70M 21.50M 20.00M
Other SG&A
411.78M 417.98M 447.34M 463.93M
SGA Growth
+9.42% +1.68% +7.61% +3.22%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
5.77M (1.11M) 5.00M (7.98M)
EBIT after Unusual Expense
257.19M 262.44M 243.44M 279.98M
Non Operating Income/Expense
(10.44M) (8.43M) (5.28M) (74.69M)
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
11.53M 11.79M 6.32M 10.64M
Interest Expense Growth
+121.81% +2.30% -46.40% +68.40%
Gross Interest Expense
11.53M 11.79M 6.32M 10.64M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
235.23M 242.22M 231.85M 194.65M
Pretax Income Growth
+24.00% +2.97% -4.28% -16.04%
Pretax Margin
+11.51% +11.73% +11.47% +9.13%
Income Tax
46.42M 47.49M 50.24M 45.96M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
32.30M 34.20M 52.54M 28.06M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
15.30M 14.90M 17.30M 25.50M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
1.42M (1.31M) (18.80M) (3.80M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(2.60M) (300.00K) (800.00K) (3.80M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
(700.00K) (700.00K) (700.00K) (600.00K)
Consolidated Net Income
188.11M 194.03M 180.91M 148.09M
Minority Interest Expense
1.48M 1.46M 1.30M 1.60M
Net Income
186.63M 192.57M 179.61M 146.49M
Net Income Growth
+22.01% +3.18% -6.73% -18.44%
Net Margin Growth
+9.13% +9.32% +8.89% +6.87%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
186.63M 192.57M 179.61M 146.49M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
186.63M 192.57M 179.61M 146.49M
EPS (Basic)
4.0309 4.1682 3.913 3.2553
EPS (Basic) Growth
+22.27% +3.41% -6.12% -16.81%
Basic Shares Outstanding
46.30M 46.20M 45.90M 45.00M
EPS (Diluted)
3.9709 4.106 3.8626 3.2196
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+22.01% +3.40% -5.93% -16.65%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
47.00M 46.90M 46.50M 45.50M
EBITDA
313.33M 313.59M 304.52M 334.87M
EBITDA Growth
+29.00% +0.08% -2.89% +9.97%
EBITDA Margin
+15.33% +15.19% +15.07% +15.71%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 110.40
Number of Ratings 7 Current Quarters Estimate 1.443
FY Report Date 06 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 4.563
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.745 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 4.14 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 5.158
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 6 6 6 6
Mean Estimate 1.44 1.44 4.56 5.16
High Estimates 1.48 1.47 4.60 5.30
Low Estimate 1.40 1.39 4.50 4.97
Coefficient of Variance 2.58 1.90 0.82 2.15

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 3 3 3
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 1
HOLD 4 4 3
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Franklin Electric Co. Inc. - FELE

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Feb 24, 2026 Renee J. Peterson Director 38,219 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 Gregg C. Sengstack Director 1,660 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 Mark A. Carano Director 1,704 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 Chrishan Anton S. Villavarayan Director 2,846 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 Jennifer L. Sherman Director 47,991 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 19, 2026 Jonathan M. Grandon Chief Administrative Officer 7,544 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $108.94 per share 821,843.36
Feb 19, 2026 Greg Levine VP & President, Global Water 5,769 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $108.94 per share 628,474.86
Feb 19, 2026 Brent L. Spikes VP, Global Manufacturing Ops 3,859 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $108.94 per share 420,399.46
Feb 19, 2026 Brent L. Spikes VP, Global Manufacturing Ops 4,202 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $108.94 per share 457,765.88
Feb 19, 2026 Jay Jerrard Walsh President, Franklin Fueling 17,987 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $108.94 per share 1,959,503.78
Feb 19, 2026 Jay Jerrard Walsh President, Franklin Fueling 18,482 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $108.94 per share 2,013,429.08
Feb 19, 2026 Greg Levine VP & President, Global Water 4,748 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $108.94 per share 517,247.12
Feb 19, 2026 DeLancey W. Davis President, Headwater Companies 8,279 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $108.94 per share 901,914.26
Feb 19, 2026 DeLancey W. Davis President, Headwater Companies 8,969 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $108.94 per share 977,082.86
Feb 19, 2026 Jonathan M. Grandon Chief Administrative Officer 8,171 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $108.94 per share 890,148.74
Feb 19, 2026 Gregg C. Sengstack Director 105,318 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $108.94 per share 11,473,342.92
Dec 17, 2025 Victor D. Grizzle Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Dec 17, 2025 Victor D. Grizzle Director 14,570 Other acquisition or disposition Non-derivative transaction at $97.76 per share 1,424,363.20
Dec 17, 2025 Victor D. Grizzle Director 14,571 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $97.76 per share 1,424,460.96
Dec 2, 2025 Gregg C. Sengstack Director 15,000 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00

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