Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

FELE Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.1 billion, up 5.44% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.92%
EPS
+273.3%
Free cash flow
−28.4%
Total debt
+174.4%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

95.88 4.16 −4.16%
Market cap
$4.2B
P/E
21.3×
Fwd P/E
21.1×
Dividend yield
1.17%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
6.88
Beneish M
−2.58
Dividend safety
96/100

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 0.05
Sold, $m 3.15
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — 1 — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 — — — 1 3 1 — — — — —
Insider Ownership 7.38%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 4,240.00
Revenue ttm 2,263.79
Net income ttm 201.40
Free cash flow ttm 195.33
Net debt Q 401.54
Valuation
P/E 21.25
Forward P/E 21.10
Price / sales 1.87
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 21.70
Price / book 2.93
Financial health
Current ratio Q 2.33 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 0.39 (at or below 0.5: strong)
Interest coverage Q 18.46
Growth
Revenue growth Q +8.92% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q +1.64% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year +12.00%
EPS, next year A +16.36% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A +7.92%
EPS, past 5 yrs +8.51%
EPS, next 5 yrs A +13.98%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 9.28%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 28.20%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 20.32%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 40.19%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 59.07%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends raised every year since 2018

Yield
1.17%
Annual rate
1.12
Payout ratio
25.1%
Growth, 2018–26
+11.5%/yr
  1. 0.47 ’18
  2. 0.58 ’19 +24
  3. 0.62 ’20 +7
  4. 0.70 ’21 +13
  5. 0.78 ’22 +11
  6. 0.90 ’23 +15
  7. 1.00 ’24 +11
  8. 1.06 ’25 +6
  9. 1.12 ’26 +6
paid change on the year, % Powerpack

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 85 221 100 159
Receivables 222 227 248 356
Inventory 509 484 553 625
Other 38 33 58 68
854 964 959 1,209
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 152 157 175 215
ST’ Debt 12 118 32 127
Other — — — —
287 434 344 519

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 8.71% 11.31% 1.41%
Cash Flow 9.14% 2.43% 32.94%
Earnings 7.45% 7.98% (7.75%)
Book Value 9.01% 9.29% 7.39%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.77 1.46 1.37 — —
’25 0.67 1.31 0.37 0.87 3.22
’24 0.70 1.26 1.17 0.72 3.86
’23 0.79 1.27 1.23 0.82 4.11
’22 0.63 1.26 1.24 0.84 3.97
’21 0.59 0.83 0.98 0.85 3.25
’20 0.23 0.52 0.82 0.57 2.14
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 500 623 634 — —
’25 455 587 582 507 2,131
’24 461 543 531 486 2,021
’23 485 569 538 473 2,065
’22 451 551 552 489 2,044
’21 333 437 459 433 1,662
’20 267 308 351 321 1,247
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (41) 100 80 — —
’25 (19) 51 103 104 239
’24 (1) 36 116 110 261
’23 (12) 55 156 117 316
’22 (61) (1) 70 95 102
’21 5 30 58 36 130
’20 (5) 52 87 78 212
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (50) 90 67 — —
’25 (26) 40 93 89 196
’24 (10) 26 107 98 221
’23 (22) 44 146 107 276
’22 (71) (12) 60 82 60
’21 (1) 24 52 26 101
’20 (10) 48 81 71 189
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.9
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Sep ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 950 1,125 1,298 1,315 1,247 1,662 2,044 2,065 2,021 2,131 2,264 +9.4% 2,300 2,478 2,608 +7.0%
Gross margin, % 34.89 33.51 33.31 32.57 34.73 34.67 33.83 33.75 35.49 35.47 35.39 +0.6 pt
EBT 104 105 120 117 124 190 235 242 232 195 264 +7.2%
EBT margin, % 10.96 9.30 9.28 8.89 9.92 11.42 11.51 11.73 11.47 9.13 11.67 (1.8) pt
Net income 79 79 106 96 101 155 189 195 182 149 201 +7.2%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 20.56 24.19 27.86 28.33 27.00 35.82 44.14 44.70 44.04 47.36 51.22 +9.7%
Earnings 1.67 1.67 2.25 2.04 2.16 3.29 4.02 4.17 3.92 3.25 4.51 +7.7%
Cash flow 2.50 1.44 2.76 3.83 4.59 2.80 2.20 6.83 5.69 5.31 5.51 +8.7%
Capex (0.72) (0.72) (0.47) (0.45) (0.49) (0.63) (0.90) (0.86) (0.88) (0.94) (1.09) +3.1%
Free cash flow 1.78 0.72 2.29 3.38 4.09 2.17 1.29 5.97 4.81 4.36 4.42 +10.5%
Book value 13.31 15.11 15.79 17.21 18.40 20.45 23.11 26.17 27.64 29.45 32.77 +9.2%
Shares, m 46 47 47 46 46 46 46 46 46 45 44 (0.3%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 23.89 27.14 19.06 28.10 32.04 28.74 19.90 22.73 24.92 29.48 21.25 25.6
P/S 1.93 1.86 1.54 2.02 2.56 2.64 1.81 2.13 2.21 2.02 1.87 2.1
P/B 2.98 2.98 2.72 3.33 3.76 4.63 3.45 3.63 3.53 3.24 2.93 3.4
EV/Sales 2.02 2.00 1.65 2.06 2.53 2.73 1.89 2.13 2.17 2.05 2.05 2.1
EV/FCF 23.31 67.31 20.10 17.30 16.72 45.07 64.66 15.97 19.84 22.23 23.75 31.3
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 115 67 128 178 212 130 102 316 261 239 243 +8.4%
Capex (33) (33) (22) (21) (23) (29) (42) (40) (40) (42) (48) +2.8%
Free cash flow 82 33 107 157 189 101 60 276 221 196 195 +10.2%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 326 343 324 382 416 329 452 567 530 615 690 +7.3%
Net debt 86 159 147 51 (36) 148 170 15 (91) 67 402 (2.7%)
Shareholders’ equity 615 703 736 799 850 949 1,070 1,209 1,269 1,325 1,448 +8.9%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 7.56 6.97 8.94 7.98 8.09 10.75 11.42 11.26 10.12 7.78 8.60 +0.2 pt
ROIC 9.99 7.78 9.34 9.36 10.02 10.78 12.96 13.39 12.93 12.07 9.45 +2.1 pt
ROE 13.11 11.78 14.72 12.36 12.11 17.01 18.49 16.90 14.50 11.30 14.39 (1.8) pt
People
People Employees 5,200 5,600 5,600 5,400 5,400 6,400 6,500 6,400 6,300 6,500 — +2.5%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.18 0.20 0.23 0.24 0.23 0.26 0.31 0.32 0.32 0.33 — +6.7%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 2 Nov 2026

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. vs peers in Specialty Industrial Machinery (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
GTES Gates Industrial Corporation PLC $5.9B 16.3× 16.2× +5.60% (above 0%: growing) +9.68% (above 0%: growing) −47.48% (below 0%: shrinking) 42.42% 14.53% Compare
MIDD The Middleby Corporation $5.9B — (loss-making) 21.5× +9.88% (above 0%: growing) −39.80% (below 0%: shrinking) −544.63% (below 0%: shrinking) 38.27% 16.87% Compare
NPO Enpro Inc. $5.5B 87.4× 44.4× +22.40% (above 0%: growing) +84.55% (above 0%: growing) +30.13% (above 0%: growing) 43.67% 18.04% Compare
CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. $4.5B 35.2× 30.1× +30.51% (above 0%: growing) +21.47% (above 0%: growing) +56.64% (above 0%: growing) 42.03% 20.90% Compare
FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. $4.2B 21.3× 21.1× +8.92% (above 0%: growing) +273.30% (above 0%: growing) −28.37% (below 0%: shrinking) 35.36% 13.65%
MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. $4.2B 146× 113× +24.52% (above 0%: growing) +222.00% (above 0%: growing) +255.64% (above 0%: growing) 47.34% 6.19% Compare
MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS $3.9B 17.2× 15.6× +4.10% (above 0%: growing) +26.47% (above 0%: growing) +70.92% (above 0%: growing) 39.35% 20.36% Compare
XE X-Energy, Inc. $3.7B — — — n/m — 100.00% (201.52%) Compare
KAI Kadant Inc $3.5B 30.0× 26.4× +15.32% (above 0%: growing) +28.59% (above 0%: growing) +15.90% (above 0%: growing) 44.73% 17.10% Compare
Median of peers $4.4B 32.6× 26.4× +15.32% +26.47% +30.13% 43.05% 16.99%

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Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 2.89%
BlackRock, Inc. 14.34%
The Vanguard Group 9.80%
Diane D. Humphrey 6.05%
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