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) Return on equity

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Franklin Electric Co., Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 14.4%, up 3.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.3% (fiscal 2025) to 18.5% (fiscal 2022) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 10.7% and above the Industrials sector median of 3.71%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 11.3% (3.20)
FY2024 14.5% (2.40)
FY2023 16.9% (1.59)
FY2022 18.5% 1.48
FY2021 17.0% 4.90
FY2020 12.1% (0.25)
FY2019 12.4% (2.36)
FY2018 14.7% 2.94
FY2017 11.8% (1.33)
FY2016 13.1% 0.78

Against its own ten years

Low 11.3% High 18.5%
Ten-year median 13.1%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS compare 21.7%
FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. 14.4%
CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. compare 11.4%
GTES Gates Industrial Corporation PLC compare 9.62%
NPO Enpro Inc. compare 3.99%
MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. compare 1.56%
KAI Kadant Inc compare 0.00%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation compare −16.2%
XE X-Energy, Inc. compare —
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 10.7%
Industrials sector median 3.71%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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