Franklin Electric

US · FELE #2223 by market cap Listed 1970

97.59 -1.66 -1.67%

Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 268s ago · 2026-10-07 19:54

After-hours 97.59 0.00%

Market cap: 4.31B
P/E (TTM): 28.04
P/B: 3.07
EPS: 3.22
Div yield: 1.12%
52W pos: 33%

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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Good

Altman Z-Score is 6.91, above the 3.0 "safe zone" threshold.
Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year +5.44% YoY

Margins

Gross margin: 35.47%
Operating margin: 12.65%
Net margin: 6.87%

Key ratios & quality

Enterprise value: 4.40B
Altman Z-Score: 6.91

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenue	1.30B	1.31B	1.25B	1.66B	2.04B	2.07B	2.02B	2.13B
Gross profit	432.37M	428.10M	433.14M	576.09M	691.44M	697.01M	717.28M	755.93M
Selling & admin expenses	298.71M	298.45M	300.12M	386.28M	432.08M	433.48M	470.14M	486.23M
Research & development	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Operating profit	133.66M	129.65M	133.02M	189.81M	259.36M	263.53M	247.14M	269.69M
Pretax profit	120.41M	116.84M	123.70M	189.71M	235.23M	242.22M	231.85M	194.65M
Tax	14.89M	20.84M	22.54M	34.73M	46.42M	47.49M	50.24M	45.96M
Net profit	105.52M	96.00M	101.16M	154.98M	188.81M	194.73M	181.61M	148.69M
Basic EPS	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3
Diluted EPS	2.23	2.03	2.14	3.25	3.97	4.11	3.86	3.22

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Revenue	455.25M	587.43M	581.71M	506.86M	500.44M	622.88M
Gross profit	163.90M	211.83M	208.70M	171.49M	174.97M	230.61M
Selling & admin expenses	119.64M	123.52M	123.47M	119.59M	123.01M	132.09M
Research & development	--	--	--	--	--	--
Operating profit	44.26M	88.31M	85.23M	51.90M	51.96M	98.52M
Pretax profit	41.85M	80.62M	23.53M	48.64M	45.78M	88.92M
Tax	10.48M	20.06M	6.33M	9.09M	11.08M	22.82M
Net profit	31.37M	60.56M	17.20M	39.55M	34.70M	66.10M
Basic EPS	1	1	0	1	1	1
Diluted EPS	0.67	1.31	0.37	0.87	0.77	1.46

Balance sheet

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total current assets	579.88M	567.44M	619.25M	724.65M	858.09M	853.80M	964.19M	958.63M
Cash & ST investments	59.17M	64.41M	130.79M	40.54M	45.79M	84.96M	220.54M	99.66M
Inventory	314.05M	300.25M	300.93M	449.98M	544.98M	508.70M	483.88M	552.98M
Total assets	1.18B	1.19B	1.27B	1.58B	1.69B	1.73B	1.82B	1.94B
Total current liabilities	255.86M	185.76M	203.70M	396.01M	405.77M	287.04M	433.73M	344.05M
Short-term debt	111.98M	31.72M	13.64M	113.30M	142.72M	29.67M	136.69M	52.35M
Long-term debt	94.38M	93.14M	91.97M	90.54M	89.27M	88.06M	11.62M	135.18M
Total liabilities	446,538,000.00	396,074,000.00	422,358,000.00	626,541,000.00	623,399,000.00	517,829,000.00	550,772,000.00	617,360,000.00
Total equity	735.83M	798.67M	849.95M	948.62M	1.07B	1.21B	1.27B	1.33B
Retained earnings	654.72M	712.46M	764.56M	859.82M	969.26M	1.08B	1.15B	1.08B

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Total current assets	956.65M	1.04B	1.02B	958.63M	1.02B	1.10B
Cash & ST investments	83.99M	104.59M	102.93M	99.66M	80.40M	97.28M
Inventory	560.34M	573.60M	569.18M	552.98M	583.21M	597.74M
Total assets	1.93B	2.02B	2.00B	1.94B	2.00B	2.15B
Total current liabilities	484.03M	604.12M	400.79M	344.05M	379.75M	455.80M
Short-term debt	168.42M	289.63M	88.86M	52.35M	110.10M	128.07M
Long-term debt	14.86M	14.51M	135.23M	135.18M	134.41M	134.32M
Total liabilities	627,577,000.00	751,339,000.00	674,330,000.00	617,360,000.00	651,987,000.00	739,341,000.00
Total equity	1.30B	1.27B	1.32B	1.33B	1.34B	1.41B
Retained earnings	1.16B	1.09B	1.09B	1.08B	1.09B	1.14B

Cash flow

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Operating cash flow	128.44M	177.68M	211.85M	129.76M	101.67M	315.71M	261.35M	238.88M
Depreciation & amortization	38.60M	36.98M	36.49M	44.57M	50.37M	52.26M	56.07M	62.88M
Free cash flow	106.00M	155.82M	189.00M	99.65M	59.77M	274.30M	219.67M	193.54M
Dividends paid	-22.61M	-27.67M	-29.68M	-33.40M	-36.99M	-41.72M	-46.88M	-50.00M
Stock buybacks / issuance	-25.19M	-7.55M	-15.83M	-10.43M	-36.63M	-34.14M	-53.84M	-160.30M
Ending cash balance	59.17M	64.41M	130.79M	40.54M	45.79M	84.96M	220.54M	99.66M

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Operating cash flow	-19.47M	51.47M	102.69M	104.19M	-40.88M	99.58M
Depreciation & amortization	14.43M	15.77M	16.06M	16.62M	16.53M	17.37M
Free cash flow	-26.30M	39.89M	91.29M	88.67M	-50.35M	88.68M
Dividends paid	-13.16M	-12.16M	-11.86M	-12.82M	-12.45M	-12.42M
Stock buybacks / issuance	-5.46M	-120.90M	943.00K	-34.88M	-10.49M	-2.78M
Ending cash balance	83.99M	104.59M	102.93M	99.66M	80.40M	97.28M

Returns & efficiency

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROE %	14.65	12.48	12.22	17.05	18.53	16.93	14.53	11.32
ROA %	8.88	8.03	8.14	10.75	11.42	11.26	10.12	7.78
ROIC %	12.18	10.88	10.90	14.58	15.57	14.99	13.09	10.26
5-year avg ROE %	12.72	12.91	12.87	13.65	14.97	15.41	15.84	15.67
EBIT margin %	10.03	9.51	10.29	11.73	12.07	12.30	11.78	9.63
FCF / sales %	8.17	11.85	15.15	6.00	2.92	13.28	10.87	9.08
Current ratio	2.27	3.05	3.04	1.83	2.11	2.97	2.22	2.79
Quick ratio	0.91	1.28	1.43	0.60	0.68	1.07	1.03	1.01
Debt / assets	17.45	11.94	9.94	15.03	15.63	9.04	10.53	12.04
LT debt / equity	12.86	13.93	13.31	13.05	11.44	10.49	4.34	13.74
Interest coverage	13.24	15.17	27.73	37.51	21.41	21.54	37.69	19.29
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	11.96	11.44	3.50	8.58	15.85	18.30	6.75	1.41
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	13.22	6.64	8.72	13.27	25.19	24.37	5.43	-7.74
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	13.02	26.91	78.43	-2.04	-27.34	13.22	30.15	47.94

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
ROE %	14.11	14.38	10.90	11.32	11.37	11.64
ROA %	9.60	9.40	7.41	7.78	7.64	7.45
ROIC %	12.55	12.21	9.86	10.26	10.05	9.89
5-year avg ROE %	--	--	--	--	--	--
EBIT margin %	11.81	11.78	9.30	9.63	9.64	9.89
FCF / sales %	10.12	10.57	9.59	9.08	7.79	9.87
Current ratio	1.98	1.72	2.54	2.79	2.67	2.41
Quick ratio	0.73	0.69	0.98	1.01	1.00	0.99
Debt / assets	11.65	17.16	13.55	12.04	14.55	14.34
LT debt / equity	4.34	4.49	13.80	13.74	13.47	12.81
Interest coverage	35.69	32.35	20.78	19.29	18.80	18.43
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Lead segment, long tail

Water Systems is the largest reported line at 57.55% of revenue, across 4 reported segments.
Distribution follows at 35.50%, so the top line still matters most but isn’t the whole story.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Water Systems57.55%

Distribution35.50%

Energy Systems12.88%

Quote time 2026-10-07 19:54:59 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.