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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.03%, EPS grew 12.1%, free cash flow grew 123.0% and total debt fell 14.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

100.16 0.53 −0.53%
Market cap
$4.5B
P/E
28.6×
Fwd P/E
21.7×
Dividend yield
1.10%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
6.88
Beneish M
−2.58
Dividend safety
96/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.05
Total sells 3.15
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — 1 — — — — — — — —
Sell — 1 — — — 1 3 1 — — — —
Insider Ownership 7.29%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 4,450.00
Revenue 2,211.89
Net Income 157.55
Free Cash Flow 221.75
Net Debt 145.53
Current Ratio 2.41 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.17 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 28.62
Fwd P/E 21.70
P/S ratio 2.00
P/B ratio 3.14
Past 5Y EPS Growth 8.51%
This Y EPS Growth 12.57%
Next Y EPS Growth 12.42%
Next Y revenue growth 6.42%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.55%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 79.06%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 50.20%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 38.89%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 44.19%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 40.85%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.32
Annual Dividend Rate 1.11
Annual Dividend Yield 1.10%
total individual payouts
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.17
0.28
0.28
0.28
2025 1.06
0.27
0.27
0.27
0.27
2024 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2023 0.90
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
2022 0.78
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
2021 0.70
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
2020 0.62
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.16
2019 0.58
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
2018 0.47
0.11
0.12
0.12
0.12
2017 0.42
0.10
0.11
0.11
0.11
2016 0.40
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 85 221 100 97
Receivables 222 227 248 352
Inventory 509 484 553 598
Other 38 33 58 49
854 964 959 1,097
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 152 157 175 206
ST’ Debt 12 118 32 108
Other — — — —
287 434 344 456

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%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 500 623 — — —
’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 — — —
’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 — — —
’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.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.77 1.46 — — —
’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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 23.75 36.00 38.45 41.73 41.25 67.68 68.27 78.38 91.45 78.87

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 44.55 47.20 51.45 57.72 72.64 96.95 96.19 107.36 111.94 108.08
People
People Employees 5,200 5,600 5,600 5,400 5,400 6,400 6,500 6,400 6,300 6,500
Revenue/emp, $m 0.18 0.20 0.23 0.24 0.23 0.26 0.31 0.32 0.32 0.33
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 950 1,125 1,298 1,315 1,247 1,662 2,044 2,065 2,021 2,131
Gross margin, % 34.89 33.51 33.31 32.57 34.73 34.67 33.83 33.75 35.49 35.47
EBT 104 105 120 117 124 190 235 242 232 195
EBT margin, % 10.96 9.30 9.28 8.89 9.92 11.42 11.51 11.73 11.47 9.13
Net income 79 79 106 96 101 155 189 195 182 149
Depreciation 36 39 39 37 36 45 50 52 56 63
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
Earnings 1.67 1.67 2.25 2.04 2.16 3.29 4.02 4.17 3.92 3.25
Cash flow 2.50 1.44 2.76 3.83 4.59 2.80 2.20 6.83 5.69 5.31
Capex (0.72) (0.72) (0.47) (0.45) (0.49) (0.63) (0.90) (0.86) (0.88) (0.94)
Free cash flow 1.78 0.72 2.29 3.38 4.09 2.17 1.29 5.97 4.81 4.36
Book value 13.31 15.11 15.79 17.21 18.40 20.45 23.11 26.17 27.64 29.45
Shares, m 46 47 47 46 46 46 46 46 46 45
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 23.89 27.14 19.06 28.10 32.04 28.74 19.90 22.73 24.92 29.48
P/S 1.93 1.86 1.54 2.02 2.56 2.64 1.81 2.13 2.21 2.02
P/B 2.98 2.98 2.72 3.33 3.76 4.63 3.45 3.63 3.53 3.24
EV/Sales 2.02 2.00 1.65 2.06 2.53 2.73 1.89 2.13 2.17 2.05
EV/FCF 23.31 67.31 20.10 17.30 16.72 45.07 64.66 15.97 19.84 22.23
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 115 67 128 178 212 130 102 316 261 239
Capex (33) (33) (22) (21) (23) (29) (42) (40) (40) (42)
Free cash flow 82 33 107 157 189 101 60 276 221 196
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 326 343 324 382 416 329 452 567 530 615
Total debt 190 226 206 115 95 189 216 100 129 167
Net debt 86 159 147 51 (36) 148 170 15 (91) 67
Shareholders’ equity 615 703 736 799 850 949 1,070 1,209 1,269 1,325
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 7.56 6.97 8.94 7.98 8.09 10.75 11.42 11.26 10.12 7.78
ROIC 9.99 7.78 9.34 9.36 10.02 10.78 12.96 13.39 12.93 12.07
ROE 13.11 11.78 14.72 12.36 12.11 17.01 18.49 16.90 14.50 11.30
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

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
NPO Enpro Inc. $6.0B 134× 51.3× +17.60% (above 0%: growing) +1.59% (above 0%: growing) −15.53% (below 0%: shrinking) 43.98% 17.03% Compare
JBTM JBT Marel Corporation $5.5B 28.3× 25.4× +4.92% (above 0%: growing) +671.43% (above 0%: growing) −10.23% (below 0%: shrinking) 36.60% 4.69% Compare
MIDD The Middleby Corporation $4.9B — (loss-making) 18.9× +9.88% (above 0%: growing) −39.80% (below 0%: shrinking) −544.63% (below 0%: shrinking) 38.27% 16.87% Compare
CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. $4.7B 39.4× 29.5× +33.00% (above 0%: growing) +25.51% (above 0%: growing) +20.60% (above 0%: growing) 44.88% 22.77% Compare
FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. $4.5B 28.6× 21.7× +6.03% (above 0%: growing) +12.12% (above 0%: growing) +122.96% (above 0%: growing) 37.02% 15.03%
MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. $3.9B 158× 104× +19.69% (above 0%: growing) −25.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +1,236.11% (above 0%: growing) 49.89% 6.71% Compare
MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS $3.4B 15.2× 17.8× +4.10% (above 0%: growing) +26.47% (above 0%: growing) +70.92% (above 0%: growing) 39.35% 20.36% Compare
SXI Standex International Corporation $3.3B 30.5× 31.0× +2.79% (above 0%: growing) +38.21% (above 0%: growing) +40.51% (above 0%: growing) 42.69% 16.45% Compare
CXT Crane NXT, Co. $3.1B 22.5× 11.3× +21.96% (above 0%: growing) +44.19% (above 0%: growing) +32.44% (above 0%: growing) 42.30% 13.97% Compare
Median of peers $4.3B 30.5× 27.5× +13.74% +25.99% +26.52% 42.50% 16.66%

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Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (FELE) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $148.7 million, or $3.25 per share (basic), a net margin of 6.87%.
  • Strength: Franklin Electric Co., Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.1 billion, up 5.44% from fiscal 2024.
  • Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (FELE) is a Specialty Industrial Machinery company in the Industrials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, FELE traded at $100.16, a market capitalization of $4.5 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 28.6× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.0× sales; its P/E is higher than 79% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Franklin Electric Co., Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share, a yield of 1.10%, with a payout ratio of 31.8%.
  • Return on equity was 11.3% and debt-to-equity 0.17.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 6.88 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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