FELE Stock Analysis: Electric | NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 4.388m USD | 12M Return: 3.4% | US3535141028 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 30.1M
EPS Trend: 45.2%
Qual. Beats: 2
Rev. Trend: 69.1%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.7 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: FELE) is a global manufacturer and distributor of water and fuel pumping systems, operating across the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company runs three business segments: Water Systems, which produces motors, pumps, water treatment equipment, and electronic controls for residential, agricultural, municipal, and industrial applications; Energy Systems, which supplies pumps, motors, vapor recovery components, and related infrastructure for energy, power reliability, and telecommunications markets; and Distribution, which provides presale support and sells through wholesale, retail, specialty, and industrial distributors as well as directly to oil and utility companies and OEMs. Founded in 1944 and headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Franklin Electric operates as a mid-cap industrial machinery company with a diversified, multi-segment business model that serves both infrastructure and energy end markets.
- Data center infrastructure demand lifts Energy Systems segment revenue
- Residential and municipal water spending drives Water Systems segment growth
- Agricultural and industrial pump sales track commodity and construction cycles
| Net Income: 156.1m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.10 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -0.64 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 28.98% < 20% (prev 20.99%; Δ 8.00% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.12 > 3% & CFO 265.6m > Net Income 156.1m |
| Net Debt (276.5m) to EBITDA (285.3m): 0.97 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.41 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (45.0m) vs 12m ago -1.90% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 35.52% > 18% (prev 35.42%; Δ 0.10% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 106.1% > 50% (prev 102.1%; Δ 4.04% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 18.43 > 6 (EBIT TTM 218.7m / Interest Expense TTM 11.9m) |
| A: 0.30 (Total Current Assets 1.10b - Total Current Liabilities 455.8m) / Total Assets 2.15b |
| B: 0.53 (Retained Earnings 1.14b / Total Assets 2.15b) |
| C: 0.10 (EBIT TTM 218.7m / Avg Total Assets 2.08b) |
| D: 1.90 (Book Value of Equity 1.41b / Total Liabilities 741.1m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 6.39 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.04 (Receivables 352.5m/315.2m, Revenue 2.21b/2.06b) |
| GMI: 1.00 (GM 35.42% / 35.52%) |
| AQI: 1.01 (AQ_t 0.34 / AQ_t-1 0.34) |
| SGI: 1.07 (Revenue 2.21b / 2.06b) |
| TATA: -0.05 (NI 156.1m - CFO 265.6m) / TA 2.15b) |
| Beneish M = -2.94 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of October 09, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 96.87 with a total of 320,023 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +0.41%, over one month by -2.28%, over three months by -4.09% and over the past year by +3.40%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 94.20 (which is 2.8% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
Electric has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.80. Therefore, it is recommended to hold FELE.
- StrongBuy: 2
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 118.5 | 22.3% |
P/E Trailing = 28.6023
P/E Forward = 18.5185
P/S = 1.9838
P/B = 3.0249
P/EG = 1.5433
Revenue TTM = 2.21b USD
EBIT TTM = 218.7m USD
EBITDA TTM = 285.3m USD
Long Term Debt = 134.3m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 128.1m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 373.8m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 65.5m
Net Debt = 276.5m USD (calculated: Debt 373.8m - CCE 97.3m)
Enterprise Value = 4.66b USD (4.39b + Debt 373.8m - CCE 97.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 18.43 (Ebit TTM 218.7m / Interest Expense TTM 11.9m)
EV/FCF = 21.37x (Enterprise Value 4.66b / FCF TTM 218.3m)
FCF Yield = 4.68% (FCF TTM 218.3m / Enterprise Value 4.66b)
FCF Margin = 9.87% (FCF TTM 218.3m / Revenue TTM 2.21b)
Net Margin = 7.06% (Net Income TTM 156.1m / Revenue TTM 2.21b)
Gross Margin = 35.52% ((Revenue TTM 2.21b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.43b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 37.02% (prev 34.96%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 2.17 (Enterprise Value 4.66b / Total Assets 2.15b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.18% (Interest Expense 11.9m / Debt 373.8m)
Taxrate = 23.84% (49.3m / 206.9m)
NOPAT = 166.6m (EBIT 218.7m * (1 - 23.84%))
Current Ratio = 2.41 (Total Current Assets 1.10b / Total Current Liabilities 455.8m)
Debt / Equity = 0.27 (Debt 373.8m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 1.41b)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.97 (Net Debt 276.5m / EBITDA 285.3m)
Debt / FCF = 1.27 (Net Debt 276.5m / FCF TTM 218.3m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.35b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 7.49% (Net Income 156.1m / Total Assets 2.15b)
RoE = 11.59% (Net Income TTM 156.1m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.35b)
RoCE = 14.77% (EBIT 218.7m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.35b + L.T.Debt 134.3m))
RoIC = 9.65% (NOPAT 166.6m / Invested Capital 1.73b)
WACC = 8.48% (E(4.39b)/V(4.76b) * Re(9.0%) + D(373.8m)/V(4.76b) * Rd(3.18%) * (1-Tc(0.24)))
Discount Rate = 9.0% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -93.08 | Cagr: -1.61%
[DCF] Terminal Value 75.01% ; FCFF base≈218.0m ; Y1≈219.4m ; Y5≈233.5m
[DCF] Fair Price = 74.03 (EV 3.55b - Net Debt 276.5m = Equity 3.27b / Shares 44.2m; r=8.48% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 0.27% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 45.23 | EPS CAGR: 2.29% | SUE: 1.57 | # QB: 2
Revenue Correlation: 69.12 | Revenue CAGR: 2.47% | SUE: 0.79 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.40 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=-17% | Analysts=4
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=4.65 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+12.3% | GrowthRev=+6.4%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=5.16 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+11.0% | GrowthRev=+5.7%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +42% (up=7, down=2)