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

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

Franklin Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 6th will be given a dividend of $0.155 per share on Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $0.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 5th. This is an increase from Franklin Electric's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. View Franklin Electric's Dividend History.

Franklin Electric Co. (NASDAQ:FELE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.73 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.02. The industrial products company earned $348.41 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $353.82 million. Franklin Electric had a return on equity of 13.46% and a net margin of 7.62%. The firm's revenue was up 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.64 earnings per share. 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.

Franklin Electric will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 18th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

2 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Franklin Electric's shares. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $54.00. On average, they expect Franklin Electric's stock price to reach $54.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.3%. 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 stories about FELE stock have trended very negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Franklin Electric earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Franklin Electric.

Franklin Electric saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 583,100 shares, an increase of 8.0% from the January 15th total of 540,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 134,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.3 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Franklin Electric's Current Options Chain.

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Franklin Electric's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Earnest Partners LLC (4.87%), State Street Corp (2.70%), King Luther Capital Management Corp (2.68%), Royce & Associates LP (1.89%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (1.87%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.15%). 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 Royce & Associates LP, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, UBS Group AG, Arizona State Retirement System, AQR Capital Management LLC and Gabelli Funds LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Earnest Partners LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Jefferies Group LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Jane Street Group LLC, Johnson Investment Counsel Inc., Barclays PLC and Victory Capital Management Inc.. 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 $60.89.

Franklin Electric has a market capitalization of $2.82 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.