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

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

Franklin Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st will be given a dividend of $0.145 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $0.58 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 31st. View Franklin Electric's Dividend History.

Franklin Electric Co. (NASDAQ:FELE) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.02. The industrial products company had revenue of $348.41 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $353.82 million. Franklin Electric had a net margin of 7.62% and a return on equity of 13.46%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.64 EPS. View Franklin Electric's Earnings History.

Franklin Electric is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 18th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Franklin Electric.

2 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Franklin Electric's shares. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $54.00. On average, they anticipate Franklin Electric's share price to reach $54.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Franklin Electric.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Franklin Electric in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Franklin Electric.

News articles about FELE stock have trended very negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Franklin Electric earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Franklin Electric.

Franklin Electric saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 540,100 shares, a drop of 9.2% from the December 15th total of 594,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 120,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.5 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's stock are short sold. View Franklin Electric's Current Options Chain.

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Franklin Electric's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.99%), Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.89%), First National Bank of Omaha (0.18%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.06%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Franklin Electric stock include Delancey W Davis, Donald P Kenney, Gregg C Sengstack, Jay J Walsh, John J Haines, 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 Tributary Capital Management LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, CWM Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Advisor Partners LLC and New York State Teachers Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Franklin Electric company stock in the last year include Delancey W Davis, Donald P Kenney, Gregg C Sengstack, Jay J Walsh, John J Haines, Steven William Aikman and Thomas R Verhage. View Insider Buying and Selling for Franklin Electric.

FELE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Trust Walden Corp, Radnor Capital Management LLC, Alpine Global Management LLC, First National Bank of Omaha and Nisa Investment Advisors 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FELE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $57.38.

Franklin Electric has a market capitalization of $2.66 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.