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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
$98.80
+2.5%
$90.55
$78.87
$111.94
$4.40B1.08267,806 shs168,970 shs
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$356.03
+4.5%
$326.12
$281.30
$429.95
$4.20B1.24145,011 shs88,853 shs
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
$244.95
+1.2%
$218.07
$161.11
$246.83
$13.52B1.21351,200 shs247,699 shs
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
$262.35
+2.8%
$232.68
$142.10
$275.56
$6.50B1.41214,750 shs153,239 shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
+3.56%+1.81%+5.19%+9.55%-0.48%
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
+3.98%+4.91%+2.82%+4.92%+17.41%
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
+1.64%-1.41%+8.68%+23.68%+28.91%
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
+4.01%+1.45%+9.15%+17.02%+6.04%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.2973 of 5 stars
1.05.04.23.02.32.51.9
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
1.5468 of 5 stars
1.31.03.30.02.51.71.3
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
4.051 of 5 stars
1.24.04.20.63.42.51.9
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
4.2516 of 5 stars
1.13.04.23.23.32.51.9
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
2.00
Hold$107.008.30% Upside
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
2.50
Moderate Buy$340.00-4.50% Downside
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
2.40
Hold$231.40-5.53% Downside
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
2.25
Hold$234.50-10.62% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest KAI, FELE, LECO, and LFUS Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
8/4/2025
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
DA Davidson
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$275.00 ➝ $300.00
8/1/2025
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
Stifel Nicolaus
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Boost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$236.00 ➝ $250.00
8/1/2025
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
KeyCorp
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$250.00 ➝ $280.00
7/30/2025
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
Robert W. Baird
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$94.00 ➝ $107.00
7/29/2025
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
Barrington Research
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Reiterated RatingOutperform ➝ Outperform$380.00
7/21/2025
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
Stifel Nicolaus
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Boost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$180.00 ➝ $236.00
7/15/2025
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
KeyCorp
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$225.00 ➝ $250.00
5/28/2025
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
Benchmark
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Reiterated RatingHold ➝ Hold
(Data available from 8/13/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
$2.02B2.17$5.49 per share17.98$28.44 per share3.47
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$1.05B3.98$15.74 per share22.62$79.58 per share4.47
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
$4.01B3.37$11.29 per share21.70$25.00 per share9.80
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
$2.19B2.97$14.77 per share17.76$104.88 per share2.50
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
$180.31M$3.8725.5321.251.878.71%14.05%9.47%N/A
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$111.60M$8.9839.6731.26N/A10.34%12.62%7.66%N/A
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
$466.11M$8.9027.5224.301.6812.27%39.79%14.74%10/30/2025 (Estimated)
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
$100.19M$4.8054.6622.692.115.30%9.74%6.15%N/A

Latest KAI, FELE, LECO, and LFUS Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
7/31/2025Q2 2025
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
$2.32$2.60+$0.28$2.56$1.04 billion$1.09 billion
7/30/2025Q2 2025
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
$2.35$2.85+$0.50$2.30$571.04 million$613.41 million
7/29/2025Q2 2025
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
$1.28$1.31+$0.03$1.31$566.61 million$587.43 million
7/29/2025Q2 2025
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$1.94$2.31+$0.37$2.22$245.99 million$255.27 million
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
$1.061.07%N/A27.39%33 Years
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$1.360.38%N/A15.14%12 Years
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
$3.001.22%N/A33.71%30 Years
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
$2.801.07%N/A58.33%15 Years

Latest KAI, FELE, LECO, and LFUS Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
7/24/2025
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
quarterly$0.751.3%9/30/20259/30/202510/15/2025
7/22/2025
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
quarterly$0.751.27%8/21/20258/21/20259/4/2025
8/7/2025
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
quarterly$0.26501.14%8/7/20258/7/20258/21/2025
5/15/2025
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
quarterly$0.340.42%7/10/20257/10/20258/7/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
0.01
1.72
0.77
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
0.26
2.38
1.53
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
0.83
1.68
1.08
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
0.30
4.06
2.98

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
79.98%
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
96.13%
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
79.61%
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
96.14%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
2.72%
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
1.20%
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
2.41%
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
2.50%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
6,30044.49 million43.28 millionOptionable
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
3,50011.78 million11.64 millionOptionable
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
12,00055.19 million53.86 millionOptionable
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
16,00024.78 million24.16 millionOptionable

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Franklin Electric stock logo

Franklin Electric NASDAQ:FELE

$98.80 +2.45 (+2.54%)
As of 03:38 PM Eastern
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Franklin Electric Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes water and fuel pumping systems worldwide. The company operates through Water Systems, Fueling Systems, and Distribution segments. The Water Systems segment offers submersible motors, drives, pumps, electronic controls, water treatment systems, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment. Its motors and pumps are used principally for pumping clean water and wastewater in various residential, agricultural, municipal, and industrial applications; and manufactures electronic drives and controls that are used in motors for controlling functionality, as well as provides protection from various hazards, such as electrical surges, over-heating, and dry wells or tanks. The Fueling Systems segment provides pumps, pipes, sumps, fittings, vapor recovery components, electronic controls, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment primarily for use in fueling system applications. This segment serves other energy markets, such as power reliability systems, as well as includes electronic devices for online monitoring of the power utility, hydroelectric, and telecommunication and data center infrastructure. The Distribution segment sells to and provides presale support and specifications to the installing contractors. It sells products produced by the Water Systems segment. The company sells its products to wholesale and retail distributors, specialty distributors, original equipment manufacturers, industrial and petroleum equipment distributors, and oil and utility companies through its employee sales force and independent manufacturing representatives. Franklin Electric Co., Inc. was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Kadant stock logo

Kadant NYSE:KAI

$356.03 +15.33 (+4.50%)
As of 03:38 PM Eastern
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Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. It operates in three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment develops, manufactures, and markets fluid-handling systems and equipment, such as rotary joints, syphons, turbulator bars, expansion joints, and engineered steam and condensate systems; and doctoring, cleaning, and filtration systems and related consumables consisting of doctor systems and holders, doctor blades, cleaning shower and fabric-conditioning systems, forming systems and wear surfaces, and water-filtration systems. The Industrial Processing segment develops, manufactures, and markets ring and rotary debarkers, stranders, chippers, engineered knife systems, industrial automation and control, recycling and approach flow systems, and virgin pulping process equipment for use in the packaging, tissue, wood products, and alternative fuel industries. The Material Handling segment offers conveying and vibratory equipment, and baling products; and manufactures and sells biodegradable absorbent granules for carriers in agricultural, home lawn and garden, professional lawn, turf, and ornamental applications, as well as for oil and grease absorption. The company markets and sells its products, services, and systems through direct sales, independent sales agents, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Thermo Fibertek, Inc. and changed its name to Kadant Inc. in July 2001. Kadant Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.

Lincoln Electric stock logo

Lincoln Electric NASDAQ:LECO

$244.94 +2.84 (+1.17%)
As of 03:38 PM Eastern
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Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells welding, cutting, and brazing products worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Americas Welding, International Welding, and The Harris Products Group. It offers brazing and soldering filler metals, arc welding equipment, plasma and oxyfuel cutting systems, wire feeding systems, fume control equipment, welding accessories, and specialty gas regulators, and education solutions, as well as a portfolio of automated solutions for joining, cutting, material handling, module assembly, and end of line testing, as well as involved in brazing and soldering alloys, and in the retail business in the United States. In addition, the company manufactures copper and aluminum headers, distributor assemblies, and manifolds for the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning sector in the United States and Mexico; provides specialty welding consumables, wear plates and maintenance and repair services for alloy and wear-resistant products used in mining, steel, agricultural, and industrial mill applications; and designs and manufactures robotic assembly and arc welding systems that automate the tacking and welding of steel beams. Further, the company serves general fabrication, oil and gas, power generation, process, automotive and transportation, and construction and infrastructure industries, as well as heavy fabrication, ship building, and maintenance and repair markets. It sells its products directly to users of welding products, as well as through industrial distributors, retailers, and agents. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Littelfuse stock logo

Littelfuse NASDAQ:LFUS

$262.35 +7.10 (+2.78%)
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Littelfuse, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells electronic components, modules, and subassemblies in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The company operates through Electronic, Transportation, and Industrial segments. The Electronics segment offers fuses and fuse accessories, positive temperature coefficient resettable fuses, electromechanical switches and interconnect solutions, polymer electrostatic discharge suppressors, varistors, reed switch based magnetic sensing products, and gas discharge tubes; and discrete transient voltage suppressor (TVS) diodes, TVS diode arrays, protection and switching thyristors, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors and diodes, and insulated gate bipolar transistors. This segment serves industrial motor drives and power conversion, automotive electronics, electric vehicle and related charging infrastructure, aerospace, power supplies, data centers, telecommunications, medical devices, alternative energy, building and home automation, appliances, and mobile electronics markets. The Transportation segment provides blade, resettable, and high-current and high-voltage fuses, as well as battery cable protectors; fuses, switches, relays, circuit breakers, and power distribution modules; and sensor products. This segment serves heavy-duty truck, construction, agriculture, material handling, and marine. The Industrial segment offers industrial fuses, protection relays, contactors, transformers, residual current devices, ground fault circuit interrupters, residual current monitors, arc fault detection devices, and temperature sensors for use in renewable energy and energy storage systems, electric vehicle infrastructure, HVAC systems, industrial safety, non-residential construction, MRO, mining, and factory automation. It sells its products through distributors, direct sales force, and manufacturers' representatives. Littelfuse, Inc. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.