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Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

FELE Research profile · latest available data

Price overview

$97.07

▲ +0.23 (+0.2%)

52w hi$109.77
52w lo$89.41
Vol394.00K
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.17

Short-0.11
Medium-0.26
Long-0.10

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery

Market cap$4.29B
Enterprise value$4.51B
Trailing P/E27.89x
Forward P/E18.80x
EV / EBITDA12.76x
P / S (ttm)1.94x
Profit margin7.1%
Return on equity11.8%
Revenue growth+6.0%
Earnings growth+11.4%
Debt / equity21.84

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.24
Sector-0.01
Technical-0.24
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.19

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

Franklin Electric Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes water and fuel pumping systems in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through Water Systems, Energy Systems, and Distribution segments. The Water Systems segment offers motors, pumps, water treatment systems, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment for use in groundwater, water transfer, and wastewater in a range of residential, agricultural, municipal, and industrial applications; and electronic drives and controls for the motors, which control functionality and provide protection from various hazards, such as electrical surges, over-heating, and dry wells or dry tanks. Its Energy Systems segment produces and markets pumps, motors, pipes, sumps, fittings, vapor recovery components, electronic controls, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment for use in energy system applications; and components between the tanks and the dispensers, including submersible pumps, station hardware, piping, and corrosion control systems. This segment serves other energy markets, such as power reliability systems, including intelligent electronic devices that are designed for online monitoring for the power utility, hydroelectric, rail, and telecommunication and data center infrastructure. The Distribution segment sells to and provides presale support and specifications to the installing contractors. It sells its products to wholesale and retail distributors, specialty distributors, and industrial and petroleum equipment distributors, as well as to oil and utility companies, and original equipment manufacturers. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

United States · www.franklin-electric.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX0.87
Corr SPX0.51
Annual vol27.3%
Annual ret+1.1%
Sharpe0.04
Max DD-23.7%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-07-28Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2026-07-28Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-05-11Shareholder Voteread
2026-05-04Reg FD Disclosureread
2026-04-28Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2026-04-28Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-02-26Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2026-02-18Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2026-02-17Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2026-02-17Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-11-13Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2025-10-28Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread

Insider Trades

DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
2026-08-07SENGSTACK GREGG COption exercise18.00K$774.00K
2026-08-07SENGSTACK GREGG CWithheld for tax11.37K$1.24M
2026-08-01SENGSTACK GREGG CGrant366$38.33K
2026-08-01SENGSTACK GREGG CWithheld for tax145$15.18K
2026-07-07WOLFENBARGER JENNIFER ANNVICE PRESIDENT AND CFOGrant6.44K$661.84K
2026-07-07WOLFENBARGER JENNIFER ANNVICE PRESIDENT AND CFOWithheld for tax2.83K$290.53K
2026-07-01SENGSTACK GREGG CGrant366$38.53K
2026-07-01SENGSTACK GREGG CWithheld for tax145$15.27K
2026-06-12SENGSTACK GREGG COption exercise35.00K$1.50M
2026-06-12SENGSTACK GREGG CWithheld for tax22.59K$2.34M

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net-$1.49M
Insider buys / sells0 / 3
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders0
Top-5 share0.0%
HHI0 (—)

Dividends

Yield (TTM)0.85%
$ / share (TTM)$0.83
5y CAGR+11.3%

Annual dividend per share

2021$0.70
2022$0.78
2023$0.90
2024$1.00
2025$1.06
2026$0.56

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-104view
2026-08-034view
2026-07-2910-Qview
2026-07-288-Kview
2026-07-288-Kview
2026-07-094view
2026-07-064view
2026-06-2611-Kview
2026-06-2611-Kview
2026-06-154view
2026-06-104view
2026-06-034view
2026-05-274view
2026-05-274view
2026-05-264view

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$2.13B+7.6%
Gross profit$755.92M+9.7%
Operating income$243.65M+8.0%
Net income$147.09M+9.3%
Cash from ops$315.71M+11.6%

Indices

S&P SmallCap 600

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$97.20$98.16$96.78$97.07394.00K
Sep 24$95.96$97.10$95.07$96.84331.90K
Sep 23$95.45$96.92$95.10$96.30240.90K
Sep 22$96.39$96.51$95.32$95.99292.20K
Sep 21$96.45$96.45$95.09$95.21219.50K

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