Franklin Electric - FELE Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Franklin Electric in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" FELE shares.
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5 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Franklin Electric's stock. Their FELE share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $85.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.2% from the stock's current price.
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Franklin Electric's stock was trading at $94.56 at the start of the year. Since then, FELE shares have decreased by 15.4% and is now trading at $79.97.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 21st 2023.
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Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (NASDAQ:FELE) posted its earnings results on Monday, October, 25th. The industrial products company reported $0.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.08. The industrial products company had revenue of $459 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $432.68 million. Franklin Electric had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.71% and a net margin of 9.48%. The firm's revenue was up 30.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.83 earnings per share.

Franklin Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.195 per share on Thursday, November 17th. This represents a $0.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 2nd.
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Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.96%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 29 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 19.60%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FELE will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.48% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Franklin Electric updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.08-$4.18 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.12. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.00 billion-$2.10 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.04 billion.

36 employees have rated Franklin Electric Chief Executive Officer Gregg Sengstack on Glassdoor.com. Gregg Sengstack has an approval rating of 79% among the company's employees. 84.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Franklin Electric to a friend.

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

Franklin Electric's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (16.94%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.87%), State Street Corp (5.83%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (4.55%), King Luther Capital Management Corp (2.57%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.30%). Insiders that own company stock include Delancey W Davis, Delancey W Davis, Donald P Kenney, Donald P Kenney, Gregg C Sengstack, Gregg C Sengstack, Jay J Walsh, Jeffery L Taylor, John J Haines, John J Haines, Jonathan M Grandon, Julie Scheck Freigang, Paul Chhabra and Steven William Aikman.
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One share of FELE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $79.97.

Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) has a market capitalization of $3.70 billion and generates $1.66 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $153.86 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.98 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,400 workers across the globe.

Franklin Electric's mailing address is 9255 COVERDALE ROAD, FORT WAYNE IN, 46809. The official website for the company is www.franklin-electric.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (260) 824-2900 or via fax at 260-824-2909.