FELE vs. AYI, GNRC, ENPH, BDC, BRC, ENS, POWL, VICR, AMSC, and THR
Should you be buying Franklin Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Electric include Acuity Brands (AYI), Generac (GNRC), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Belden (BDC), Brady (BRC), EnerSys (ENS), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), American Superconductor (AMSC), and Thermon Group (THR). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Franklin Electric vs.
Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Franklin Electric had 9 more articles in the media than Acuity Brands. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Franklin Electric and 3 mentions for Acuity Brands. Acuity Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Franklin Electric's score of 0.83 indicating that Acuity Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Acuity Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Acuity Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Franklin Electric presently has a consensus target price of $94.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.57%. Acuity Brands has a consensus target price of $317.60, suggesting a potential upside of 16.69%. Given Acuity Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Acuity Brands is more favorable than Franklin Electric.
Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Acuity Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acuity Brands pays out 5.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years and Acuity Brands has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Franklin Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Acuity Brands received 421 more outperform votes than Franklin Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.67% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote while only 55.31% of users gave Franklin Electric an outperform vote.
Acuity Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Electric. Acuity Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Acuity Brands has a net margin of 11.11% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.92%. Acuity Brands' return on equity of 19.98% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.
Summary
Acuity Brands beats Franklin Electric on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FELE) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
