Franklin Electric Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:FELE)

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

Franklin Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 22nd. Investors of record on Thursday, August 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.145 per share on Thursday, August 15th. This represents a $0.58 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 31st. View Franklin Electric's Dividend History.

Franklin Electric Co. (NASDAQ:FELE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.04. The industrial products company had revenue of $355.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $358.31 million. Franklin Electric had a return on equity of 13.17% and a net margin of 7.36%. The firm's revenue was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.65 EPS. View Franklin Electric's Earnings History.

Franklin Electric is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Franklin Electric.

Franklin Electric will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Franklin Electric issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.15-2.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.24.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Franklin Electric's shares. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $54.00. On average, they expect Franklin Electric's share price to reach $54.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.1% from the stock's current price. 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 coverage about FELE stock has been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Franklin Electric earned a daily sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Franklin Electric.

Franklin Electric saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 549,700 shares, a decrease of 15.9% from the August 30th total of 653,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 145,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Franklin Electric's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Franklin Electric include Generac (GNRC), Regal Beloit (RBC), Aggreko (ARGKF), XT Energy Group (XTNY) 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.91%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.15%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Advisor Partners LLC (0.01%) and Valeo Financial Advisors LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Franklin Electric stock include Delancey W Davis, Donald P Kenney, 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 and Advisor Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Franklin Electric company stock in the last year include Delancey W Davis, Donald P Kenney, Jay J Walsh, John J Haines, Steven William Aikman and Thomas R Verhage. View Insider Buying and Selling for Franklin Electric.

FELE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC and Envestnet Asset 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 $49.04.

Franklin Electric has a market capitalization of $2.27 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.