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

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (FELE) Operating margin

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Franklin Electric Co., Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 12.4%, down 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (12.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.53% (fiscal 2017) to 12.7% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 10.0% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.21%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 12.6% 0.57
FY2024 12.1% (0.66)
FY2023 12.7% 0.13
FY2022 12.6% 1.20
FY2021 11.4% 0.92
FY2020 10.5% 0.79
FY2019 9.67% (0.50)
FY2018 10.2% 0.64
FY2017 9.53% (2.27)
FY2016 11.8% 2.03

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 13.7% (1.38)
Jun 2026 15.0% 5.42
Mar 2026 9.61% (0.57)
Dec 2025 10.2% (4.45)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 9.53% High 12.7%
Ten-year median 11.4%
Current reading's percentile 72

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS compare 19.4%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation compare 17.1%
CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. compare 16.9%
KAI Kadant Inc compare 15.4%
NPO Enpro Inc. compare 15.4%
GTES Gates Industrial Corporation PLC compare 13.5%
FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. 12.4%
MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. compare 5.96%
XE X-Energy, Inc. compare −174.8%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 10.0%
Industrials sector median 5.21%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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