NASDAQ:FELE - Franklin Electric Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Franklin Electric trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FELE."

Franklin Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.145 per share on Thursday, May 16th. This represents a $0.58 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.27%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 1st. View Franklin Electric's Dividend History.

Franklin Electric Co. (NASDAQ:FELE) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.19. The industrial products company had revenue of $290.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $304.61 million. Franklin Electric had a net margin of 7.25% and a return on equity of 13.11%. The company's revenue was down 1.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.45 earnings per share. View Franklin Electric's Earnings History.

Franklin Electric is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Franklin Electric.

Franklin Electric issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.37-2.47 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.40.

1 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Franklin Electric's stock. Their predictions range from $54.00 to $54.00. On average, they anticipate Franklin Electric's stock price to reach $54.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Franklin Electric.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Franklin Electric in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Franklin Electric.

Press coverage about FELE stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Franklin Electric earned a daily sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Franklin Electric.

Franklin Electric saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 500,400 shares, a drop of 11.2% from the April 15th total of 563,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 168,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Franklin Electric's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Franklin Electric include Generac (GNRC), Regal Beloit (RBC), XT Energy Group (XTNY), Aggreko (ARGKF) and American Superconductor (AMSC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Franklin Electric investors own include Wendys (WEN), Kraft Heinz (KHC), QUALCOMM (QCOM), HCA Healthcare (HCA), American Airlines Group (AAL), Booking (BKNG), Comcast (CMCSA), East West Bancorp (EWBC), GW Pharmaceuticals PLC- (GWPH) and Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI).

Franklin Electric's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.18%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (4.01%), King Luther Capital Management Corp (2.63%), Royce & Associates LP (2.55%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (1.71%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (1.45%). Company insiders that own Franklin Electric stock include Delancey W Davis, Donald P Kenney, John J Haines, Robert J Stone, Steven William Aikman and Thomas R Verhage. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Franklin Electric.

FELE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BTIM Corp., Royce & Associates LP, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Kennedy Capital Management Inc., Crawford Investment Counsel Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Wells Fargo & Company MN and Victory Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Franklin Electric company stock in the last year include Delancey W Davis, Donald P Kenney, John J Haines, Steven William Aikman and Thomas R Verhage. View Insider Buying and Selling for Franklin Electric.

FELE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ClariVest Asset Management LLC, King Luther Capital Management Corp, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., SG Americas Securities LLC, Tributary Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., GYL Financial Synergies LLC and GYL Financial Synergies LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Franklin Electric.

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

One share of FELE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.62.

Franklin Electric has a market capitalization of $2.11 billion and generates $1.30 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $105.88 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.26 on an earnings per share basis. Franklin Electric employs 5,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Franklin Electric.

The official website for Franklin Electric is http://www.franklin-electric.com/.

Franklin Electric's mailing address is 9255 COVERDALE ROAD, FORT WAYNE IN, 46809. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 260-824-2900.