The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

FELE

Concerning the House

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

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%
Quotation

$105.94

-1.50 (-1.4%)

52w hi$109.77
52w lo$89.41
Vol177.97K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.30

Short+0.32
Medium+0.33
Long+0.20

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery

Market cap$4.68B
Enterprise value$4.96B
Trailing P/E30.44x
Forward P/E20.52x
EV / EBITDA14.05x
P / S (ttm)2.12x
Profit margin7.1%
Return on equity11.8%
Revenue growth+6.0%
Earnings growth+11.4%
Debt / equity21.84
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.88
Corr SPX0.52
Annual vol27.6%
Annual ret+7.5%
Sharpe0.27
Max DD-23.7%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.22
Sector+0.07
Technical+0.25
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$108.53$108.53$105.70$105.94177.97K
Aug 12$108.35$108.35$106.25$107.44141.20K
Aug 11$108.30$109.50$106.90$107.81240.30K
Aug 10$108.62$109.42$107.16$107.43174.80K
Aug 7$109.10$110.00$109.10$109.46132.90K