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Franklin Electric (FELE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$89.74 -0.57 (-0.63%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

About Franklin Electric Stock (NASDAQ:FELE)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$89.40
$90.92
50-Day Range
$84.56
$91.77
52-Week Range
$78.87
$111.94
Volume
223,875 shs
Average Volume
275,399 shs
Market Capitalization
$4.09 billion
P/E Ratio
23.49
Dividend Yield
1.18%
Price Target
$94.00
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

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.

Franklin Electric Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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86th Percentile Overall Score

FELE MarketRank™: 

Franklin Electric scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 35th out of 182 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Franklin Electric has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Franklin Electric has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Franklin Electric's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Franklin Electric are expected to grow by 10.98% in the coming year, from $4.19 to $4.65 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Franklin Electric is 23.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.91.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Franklin Electric is 23.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 24.61.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Franklin Electric has a PEG Ratio of 1.83. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Franklin Electric has a P/B Ratio of 3.23. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Franklin Electric's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.05% of the float of Franklin Electric has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Franklin Electric has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Franklin Electric has recently increased by 1.41%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    Franklin Electric pays a meaningful dividend of 1.17%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Franklin Electric has been increasing its dividend for 33 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Franklin Electric is 27.75%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Franklin Electric will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.80% next year. This indicates that Franklin Electric will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Franklin Electric's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.05% of the float of Franklin Electric has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Franklin Electric has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Franklin Electric has recently increased by 1.41%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • News Sentiment

    Franklin Electric has a news sentiment score of 1.70. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Franklin Electric this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Franklin Electric insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $8,529,908.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 2.72% of the stock of Franklin Electric is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    79.98% of the stock of Franklin Electric is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Franklin Electric's insider trading history.
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FELE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Franklin Electric's stock was trading at $97.45 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, FELE shares have decreased by 7.9% and is now trading at $89.76.
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Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (NASDAQ:FELE) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.06. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript
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Franklin Electric's board initiated a share repurchase plan on Friday, June 13th 2025, which allows the company to buy back 1,200,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Shares of FELE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Franklin Electric investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Home Depot (HD), Meta Platforms (META) and Chevron (CVX).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
4/29/2025
Record date for 5/22 Dividend
5/08/2025
Ex-Dividend for 5/22 Dividend
5/08/2025
Dividend Payable
5/22/2025
Today
6/30/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
7/22/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
MACH - ELECTRICAL
Sub-Industry
Electrical Components & Equipment
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:FELE
Employees
6,300
Year Founded
1944

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$94.00
High Stock Price Target
$94.00
Low Stock Price Target
$94.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+5.0%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.00
Research Coverage
1 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
23.42
Forward P/E Ratio
21.37
P/E Growth
1.83
Net Income
$180.31 million
Pretax Margin
11.48%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.02 billion
Cash Flow
$5.13 per share
Price / Cash Flow
17.45
Book Value
$27.77 per share
Price / Book
3.22

Miscellaneous

Free Float
44,356,000
Market Cap
$4.08 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.08

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This page (NASDAQ:FELE) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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