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Franklin Electric (FELE) Competitors

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$88.74 -0.61 (-0.68%)
As of 05/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

FELE vs. AYI, GNRC, ENPH, BDC, ENS, BRC, POWL, VICR, THR, and AMSC

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), EnerSys (ENS), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), Thermon Group (THR), and American Superconductor (AMSC). 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.01$193.27M$3.8223.23
Acuity Brands$3.96B2.10$422.60M$13.1920.43

80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Acuity Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Acuity Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 0.3%. 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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Franklin ElectricOutperform Votes
297
55.31%
Underperform Votes
240
44.69%
Acuity BrandsOutperform Votes
718
67.67%
Underperform Votes
343
32.33%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franklin Electric8.92% 14.46% 10.04%
Acuity Brands 11.11%19.98%12.44%

Franklin Electric presently has a consensus target price of $94.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.93%. Acuity Brands has a consensus target price of $317.60, indicating a potential upside of 17.85%. Given Acuity Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Acuity Brands is more favorable than Franklin Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Acuity Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Acuity Brands had 7 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Acuity Brands and 8 mentions for Franklin Electric. Acuity Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Franklin Electric's score of 1.44 indicating that Acuity Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Franklin Electric
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Acuity Brands
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Acuity Brands beats Franklin Electric on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FELE vs. The Competition

MetricFranklin ElectricMotors & generators IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.05B$8.94B$7.72B$8.48B
Dividend Yield1.21%2.22%4.58%4.11%
P/E Ratio23.0567.4324.0020.05
Price / Sales2.0110.4690.12116.47
Price / Cash20.49253.6426.8934.62
Price / Book3.202.764.014.61
Net Income$193.27M$109.86M$805.86M$248.19M
7 Day Performance0.90%1.14%1.42%2.97%
1 Month Performance4.94%14.52%12.22%16.58%
1 Year Performance-10.63%0.58%18.39%8.16%

Franklin Electric Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.5072 of 5 stars
$88.74
-0.7%
$94.00
+5.9%
-10.9%$4.05B$2.02B23.056,500News Coverage
Positive News
AYI
Acuity Brands
4.2304 of 5 stars
$271.30
+5.7%
$317.60
+17.1%
+2.9%$8.38B$3.96B19.9813,200Positive News
GNRC
Generac
4.596 of 5 stars
$127.15
+5.0%
$167.20
+31.5%
-15.9%$7.51B$4.35B23.559,500Positive News
ENPH
Enphase Energy
4.7521 of 5 stars
$47.94
-5.6%
$70.54
+47.1%
-56.8%$6.29B$1.42B64.782,820Positive News
High Trading Volume
BDC
Belden
4.6834 of 5 stars
$112.37
+5.4%
$126.20
+12.3%
+17.9%$4.44B$2.55B23.368,000Positive News
ENS
EnerSys
3.8237 of 5 stars
$98.64
+5.9%
$117.50
+19.1%
+0.8%$3.89B$3.55B12.2111,400Positive News
BRC
Brady
2.7784 of 5 stars
$75.16
+2.3%
N/A+18.2%$3.59B$1.42B18.475,700Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
POWL
Powell Industries
3.8925 of 5 stars
$187.90
+7.5%
$312.00
+66.0%
+9.8%$2.27B$1.08B14.272,170Gap Up
VICR
Vicor
1.6752 of 5 stars
$43.91
+6.7%
$43.00
-2.1%
+28.8%$1.98B$369.15M84.441,090
THR
Thermon Group
3.7245 of 5 stars
$30.00
+4.6%
$38.00
+26.6%
-14.8%$1.01B$491.78M22.061,230News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AMSC
American Superconductor
1.9094 of 5 stars
$22.80
+5.6%
$33.67
+47.7%
+72.1%$899.69M$198.19M325.76330News Coverage

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