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Franklin Electric Co. Inc. (FELE)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Franklin Electric Co. Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q1 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Franklin Electric Co. Inc.

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes water and fuel pumping systems, including submersible motors, pumps, electronic controls, and water treatment systems. The company serves residential, agricultural, industrial, and municipal markets worldwide, supplying products for groundwater, water transfer, wastewater, and fueling systems. It operates through three segments: Water Systems, Energy Systems, and Distribution, selling primarily to specialty distributors, contractors, and original equipment manufacturers.

Snapshot

Revenue
$2.13B
Revenue growth (YoY)
5.4%
Net income
$147.1M
Diluted EPS
$3.22
Gross margin
35.5%
Operating margin
12.6%
Net margin
6.9%
FCF margin
9.1%
ROE
11.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
28.5×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$4.45B
Long-term debt / equity
0.10×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Franklin Electric

  • Revenue grew 5.4% to $2.1B in FY2025, after a 2.1% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 12.6% in FY2025, +1.2 pp against 11.4% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $500M, up 9.9% from Q1 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $194M in FY2025, 9.1% of revenue.
  • Net income fell 18.4% to $147M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Franklin Electric’s fundamentals sit among the 627 Technology companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin35.5%
32nd percentile of 512
Operating margin12.6%
73rd percentile of 564
Net margin6.9%
61st percentile of 577
FCF margin9.1%
49th percentile of 545
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.4%
39th percentile of 618
ROE11.1%
66th percentile of 546
P/E28.5×
49th percentile of 319
Long-term debt / equity0.10×
20th percentile of 281
Short interest1.85d
24th percentile of 624

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 7 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+7 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
6
1 new, 5 added
Reduced / exited
2
2 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$130.4M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$66.7M622.5KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$22.1M205.8KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$13.8M128.4KAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$11.9M110.7KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$6.5M60.5KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$4.2M39.4KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$4.2M38.9KReduced
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$1.1M10.0KNew

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
—
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
—
Reported activity
Quiet
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-06-09
filed 2026-06-10
Jonathan M. GrandonChief Administrative OfficerSell8.5K$103.40$884K
2026-05-26
filed 2026-05-27
Delancey W. DavisPresident, Headwater CompaniesSell1.9K$100.00$190K
2026-05-22
filed 2026-05-27
Jonathan M. GrandonChief Administrative OfficerSell4.2K$98.23$413K
2026-05-01
filed 2026-05-05
Delancey W. DavisPresident, Headwater CompaniesSell200$98.78$20K
2026-04-30
filed 2026-05-04
Jonathan M. GrandonChief Administrative OfficerSell3.3K$99.72$327K
2026-04-30
filed 2026-05-04
Jonathan M. GrandonChief Administrative OfficerSell1.7K$100.61$171K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
693.4K
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
-3.6%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
1.85
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
374.2K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-30693.4K-3.6%1.85
2026-09-15719.4K+13.3%2.79
2026-08-31635.1K+0.3%3.66
2026-08-14633.3K+0.4%2.91
2026-07-31630.5K-15.6%1.85
2026-07-15747.1K-0.5%2.86
2026-06-30751.1K+1.8%1.83
2026-06-15738.1K+0.2%2.93

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$2.13B$2.02B$2.07B$2.04B$1.66B
Gross profit
Operating income$269.0M$243.6M$262.4M$257.2M$189.2M
Net income$147.1M$180.3M$193.3M$187.3M$153.9M
Diluted EPS$3.22$3.86$4.11$3.97$3.25

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$99.7M$220.5M$85.0M$45.8M$40.5M
Current assets$958.6M$964.2M$853.8M$858.1M$724.6M
Total assets$1.94B$1.82B$1.73B$1.69B$1.58B
Current liabilities$344.0M$433.7M$287.0M$405.8M$396.0M
Long-term debt$135.2M$11.6M$88.1M$89.3M$90.5M
Total liabilities
Total equity$1.33B$1.27B$1.21B$1.07B$948.7M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$238.9M$261.4M$315.7M$101.7M$129.8M
Capital expenditure$45.3M$41.7M$41.4M$41.9M$30.1M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$500.4M9.9%$34.3M$0.77
Q4 FY20254.3%
Q3 FY2025$581.7M9.5%$16.7M$0.37
Q2 FY2025$587.4M8.1%$60.1M$1.31
Q1 FY2025$455.2M-1.2%$31.0M$0.67
Q4 FY20242.7%
Q3 FY2024$531.4M-1.3%$54.6M$1.17
Q2 FY2024$543.3M-4.6%$59.1M$1.26

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorTechnology
SIC industryMotors & Generators
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ1 FY2026 (ended March 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2017
SEC CIK38725

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-07-29
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10-Q2026-04-29
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8-K2026-09-08
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8-K2026-07-28
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8-K2026-07-28
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8-K2026-05-11
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.