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Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

FELE

NASDAQIndustrialsIndustrial - Machinery

Regular session

$103.55

−$0.5522 · -0.53%

Aug 24, 11:00 AM ET

FELE company overview

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Jul 10, 2026

GoAI score

Hold

Wait — insufficient conviction to act

Valuation

67

Undervalued

Momentum

48

Neutral

Sentiment

58

Mixed

Risk resilience

73

Moderate Risk

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Company profile

Company website

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.

Industry
Industrial - Machinery
Sector
Industrials
Headquarters
US
CEO
Joseph A. Ruzynski
Listed since
Mar 17, 1980
Employees
6,500

Market position

Day range

Current $103.55 below range

52-week range

Current $103.55

Open
$104.23
Previous close
$104.1
Volume
10.62K
0.04× average
Average volume
302.83K
Average daily volume
Market cap
4.61B USD
Beta
1.03
Market reference 1
50-day average
$105.27
-1.64% below average
200-day average
$99.6017
+3.96% above average

Financials

Financial snapshot

Latest / TTM

Valuation & yield

Enterprise value
4.43B USD
P/E (TTM)
29.79×
P/B (TTM)
3.29×
P/S (TTM)
2.08×
EV / EBITDA
16.53×
Earnings yield
3.42%
Free cash flow yield
4.50%
Dividend yield
1.06%

Profitability & efficiency

Gross margin
35.52%
Operating margin
12.82%
Net margin
7.06%
Return on equity
11.12%
Return on assets
7.56%
Return on invested capital
12.57%

Financial health

Debt / equity
0.22×
Current ratio
2.79×

Financial statements

Margin trends

Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.

Gross marginOperating marginNet margin
Gross, operating, and net margin trends38%27%15%4%Gross margin, FY2021: 34.67%Gross margin, FY2022: 33.83%Gross margin, FY2023: 33.75%Gross margin, FY2024: 35.49%Gross margin, FY2025: 35.47%Operating margin, FY2021: 11.38%Operating margin, FY2022: 12.58%Operating margin, FY2023: 12.71%Operating margin, FY2024: 12.05%Operating margin, FY2025: 12.76%Net margin, FY2021: 9.26%Net margin, FY2022: 9.17%Net margin, FY2023: 9.36%Net margin, FY2024: 8.92%Net margin, FY2025: 6.90%FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Gross margin FY2021 34.67%. Gross margin FY2022 33.83%. Gross margin FY2023 33.75%. Gross margin FY2024 35.49%. Gross margin FY2025 35.47%. Operating margin FY2021 11.38%. Operating margin FY2022 12.58%. Operating margin FY2023 12.71%. Operating margin FY2024 12.05%. Operating margin FY2025 12.76%. Net margin FY2021 9.26%. Net margin FY2022 9.17%. Net margin FY2023 9.36%. Net margin FY2024 8.92%. Net margin FY2025 6.90%.

Income trends

Revenue

2.13B USD+5.44%

Operating income

271.99M USD+11.64%

Net income

147.09M USD-18.42%
Income trends across reported periods2.33B USD1.54B USD742.34M USD−51.33M USDRevenue, FY2021: 1.66B USDRevenue, FY2022: 2.04B USDRevenue, FY2023: 2.07B USDRevenue, FY2024: 2.02B USDRevenue, FY2025: 2.13B USDOperating income, FY2021: 189.19M USDOperating income, FY2022: 257.19M USDOperating income, FY2023: 262.44M USDOperating income, FY2024: 243.65M USDOperating income, FY2025: 271.99M USDNet income, FY2021: 153.86M USDNet income, FY2022: 187.33M USDNet income, FY2023: 193.27M USDNet income, FY2024: 180.31M USDNet income, FY2025: 147.09M USDFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue FY2021 1.66B USD. Revenue FY2022 2.04B USD. Revenue FY2023 2.07B USD. Revenue FY2024 2.02B USD. Revenue FY2025 2.13B USD. Operating income FY2021 189.19M USD. Operating income FY2022 257.19M USD. Operating income FY2023 262.44M USD. Operating income FY2024 243.65M USD. Operating income FY2025 271.99M USD. Net income FY2021 153.86M USD. Net income FY2022 187.33M USD. Net income FY2023 193.27M USD. Net income FY2024 180.31M USD. Net income FY2025 147.09M USD.
Metric (USD)FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue2.13B USD2.02B USD2.07B USD2.04B USD1.66B USD
Cost of goods sold1.38B USD1.3B USD1.37B USD1.35B USD1.09B USD
Gross profit755.93M USD717.28M USD697.01M USD691.44M USD576.09M USD
Research and development20M USD21.5M USD17.7M USD16.7M USD17.3M USD
Selling, general, and administrative463.93M USD466.54M USD433.88M USD422.88M USD386.48M USD
Operating expenses483.93M USD473.64M USD434.57M USD434.25M USD386.9M USD
Interest expense10.64M USD6.32M USD11.79M USD11.53M USD5.2M USD
Depreciation and amortization62.88M USD56.07M USD52.26M USD50.37M USD44.57M USD
Operating income271.99M USD243.65M USD262.44M USD257.19M USD189.19M USD
Net income147.09M USD180.31M USD193.27M USD187.33M USD153.86M USD

Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.

Earnings

EPS beat rate
45%
5 beats, 6 misses, 0 met estimates
Average EPS surprise
-0.60%
11 comparable reports
Latest EPS result
1.55
Estimate 1.44 · Beat by 7.64%

EPS: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly EPS actual values compared with estimates1.621.280.940.6Q1 '25BeatQ2 '25MissQ3 '25BeatQ4 '25BeatQ1 '26MissQ2 '26BeatQ3 '26BeatQ4 '26Estimate
Q1 2025, reported Feb 18, 2025: actual 0.72, estimate 0.69, surprise +4.35%, Beat. Q2 2025, reported Apr 29, 2025: actual 0.67, estimate 0.73, surprise -8.22%, Miss. Q3 2025, reported Jul 29, 2025: actual 1.31, estimate 1.28, surprise +2.34%, Beat. Q4 2025, reported Oct 28, 2025: actual 1.3, estimate 1.29, surprise +0.78%, Beat. Q1 2026, reported Feb 17, 2026: actual 0.87, estimate 0.89, surprise -2.25%, Miss. Q2 2026, reported Apr 28, 2026: actual 0.83, estimate 0.77, surprise +7.79%, Beat. Q3 2026, reported Jul 28, 2026: actual 1.55, estimate 1.44, surprise +7.64%, Beat. Q4 2026, reported Oct 27, 2026: actual —, estimate 1.4, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Revenue: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly Revenue actual values compared with estimates647.8M575.31M502.82M430.33MQ1 '25BeatQ2 '25MissQ3 '25BeatQ4 '25BeatQ1 '26MissQ2 '26BeatQ3 '26BeatQ4 '26Estimate
Q1 2025, reported Feb 18, 2025: actual 485.75M USD, estimate 473.93M USD, surprise +2.49%, Beat. Q2 2025, reported Apr 29, 2025: actual 455.25M USD, estimate 568.86M USD, surprise -19.97%, Miss. Q3 2025, reported Jul 29, 2025: actual 587.43M USD, estimate 563.84M USD, surprise +4.18%, Beat. Q4 2025, reported Oct 28, 2025: actual 581.71M USD, estimate 563.18M USD, surprise +3.29%, Beat. Q1 2026, reported Feb 17, 2026: actual 506.86M USD, estimate 516.17M USD, surprise -1.80%, Miss. Q2 2026, reported Apr 28, 2026: actual 500.44M USD, estimate 479.21M USD, surprise +4.43%, Beat. Q3 2026, reported Jul 28, 2026: actual 622.88M USD, estimate 605.92M USD, surprise +2.80%, Beat. Q4 2026, reported Oct 27, 2026: actual —, estimate 611.03M USD, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Analyst ratings

Third-party consensus; not a GoAI recommendation.

Rating distribution

11 ratings
Strong buy00%
Buy436%
Hold764%
Sell00%
Strong sell00%

Corporate actions

Annual dividends per share

Cash distributions grouped by calendar year; partial years are marked.

$1.06

2025 complete year+51.4% since 2021

2026 partial: $0.84

* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.

Corporate action history

Dividend

Ex-dividend Aug 6, 2026

$0.28

Quarterly

Record Aug 6, 2026 · Payment Aug 20, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend May 7, 2026

$0.28

Quarterly

Record May 7, 2026 · Payment May 21, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Feb 5, 2026

$0.28

Quarterly

Record Feb 5, 2026 · Payment Feb 19, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Nov 6, 2025

$0.265

Quarterly

Record Nov 6, 2025 · Payment Nov 20, 2025

Dividend

Ex-dividend Aug 7, 2025

$0.265

Quarterly

Record Aug 7, 2025 · Payment Aug 21, 2025

Dividend

Ex-dividend May 8, 2025

$0.265

Quarterly

Record May 8, 2025 · Payment May 22, 2025

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