Why did Franklin Electric (FELE) stock move recently?

On 7/28/2026, Franklin Electric moved +4.1% — Franklin Electric rose after reporting Q2 2026 results that beat estimates on sales and EPS, with gross margin expansion, and raising full-year 2026 sales and adjusted EPS guidance. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is Franklin Electric (FELE) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Franklin Electric's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 32.7, a forward P/E of about 20.3, a price-to-book of about 3.3 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Franklin Electric's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.57×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Franklin Electric's revenue?

Franklin Electric reported revenue of $2.1B for FY2025, with net profit of $147.1M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Franklin Electric (FELE)?

Franklin Electric last traded at $101.95 (-2.0% on the day), as of 8/18/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Franklin Electric

FELE · NYSE · Industrials · United States

Snapshot

TickerFELE

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustrySpecialty Industrial Machinery

CountryUnited States

Employees6,500

HeadquartersFort Wayne, United States

Websitewww.franklin-electric.com

Filings tracked22

About Franklin Electric

Franklin Electric Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes water and fuel pumping systems in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through Water Systems, Energy Systems, and Distribution segments. The Water Systems segment offers motors, pumps, water treatment systems, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment for use in groundwater, water transfer, and wastewater in a range of residential, agricultural, municipal, and industrial applications; and electronic drives and controls for the motors, which control functionality and provide protection from various hazards, such as electrical surges, over-heating, and dry wells or dry tanks. Its Energy Systems segment produces and markets pumps, motors, pipes, sumps, fittings, vapor recovery components, electronic controls, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment for use in energy system applications; and components between the tanks and the dispensers, including submersible pumps, station hardware, piping, and corrosion control systems. This segment serves other energy markets, such as power reliability systems, including intelligent electronic devices that are designed for online monitoring for the power utility, hydroelectric, rail, and telecommunication and data center infrastructure. The Distribution segment sells to and provides presale support and specifications to the installing contractors. It sells its products to wholesale and retail distributors, specialty distributors, and industrial and petroleum equipment distributors, as well as to oil and utility companies, and original equipment manufacturers. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Who owns it

Insiders7.5%
Institutions92.5%
Public & other0.0%

522 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.14.73%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC5.40%
State Street Corporation4.43%
Morgan Stanley4.02%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC3.84%
Earnest Partners LLC3.04%
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC2.90%
Impax Asset Management Group plc2.66%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Margin has compressed by about 2.5 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Cash conversion1.57×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend9.4% → 6.9%

Margin has compressed by about 2.5 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Growth qualityrev 2% · PAT -13%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $534.2M · EPS 0.90

Est. earnings growth +3.7%

Next fiscal year

Rev $2.4B · EPS 5.16

Est. earnings growth +11.0%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$2.1B

Net margin

6.9%

ROE

11.1%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+1.6%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-12.8%

EPS (FY2025)

3.22

Net profit (FY2025)

$147.1M

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Why it moved

Jul 28, 2026
Franklin Electric rose after reporting Q2 2026 results that beat estimates on sales and EPS, with gross margin expansion, and raising full-year 2026 sales and adjusted EPS guidance.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗source 3 ↗· confidence: high

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$2.1B	$147.1M	3.22	6.9%	11.1%
FY2024	$2.0B	$180.3M	3.86	8.9%	14.2%
FY2023	$2.1B	$193.3M	4.11	9.4%	16.0%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q1	$500.4M	$34.3M	0.77	6.9%
2025Q3	$581.7M	$16.7M	0.37	2.9%
2025Q2	$587.4M	$60.1M	1.31	10.2%
2025Q1	$455.2M	$31.0M	0.67	6.8%
2024Q3	$531.4M	$54.6M	1.17	10.3%
2024Q2	$543.3M	$59.1M	1.26	10.9%
2024Q1	$460.9M	$33.0M	0.70	7.2%
2023Q3	$538.4M	$57.8M	1.23	10.7%
2023Q2	$569.2M	$59.6M	1.27	10.5%
2023Q1	$484.6M	$37.3M	0.79	7.7%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC7/29/2026
8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC7/28/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/28/2026material
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC5/11/2026material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure
SEC5/4/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/29/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/28/2026material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC4/28/2026material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC2/26/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/20/2026
8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC2/18/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/17/2026material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC2/17/2026material

2025

8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC11/13/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC10/30/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC10/28/2025material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC10/28/2025material
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC10/2/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC7/31/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/29/2025material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC7/29/2025material
8-K — Material agreement, Other events, Exhibits
SEC7/28/2025material

In the news

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