FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC FELE
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC (FELE) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 1.05% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $2.1B at a 6.9% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.58 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-16 | DA Davidson | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-04-29 | DA Davidson | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-02-19 | DA Davidson | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-02-18 | DA Davidson | Neutral (main) |
| 2025-07-30 | Baird | Neutral (main) |
| 2025-04-30 | Baird | Neutral (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.316 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.558 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.138 |
| Equity / liabilities | 2.141 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FELE | FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC | 5/9 | 7.07 | 32.4 | +5.4% |
| AMSC | AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/ | 5/9 | 0.9 | 14.4 | +34.3% |
| GNRC | GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. | 6/9 | 4.52 | 102.8 | -2% |
| RAYA | Erayak Power Solution Group Inc. | 3/9 | — | — | -24.6% |
| TANAF | Tian'an Technology Group Ltd | 4/9 | — | — | — |
| SCWO | 374Water Inc. | 1/9 | — | — | — |
| VFS | VinFast Auto Ltd. | 4/9 | -13.01 | — | +57.9% |
About FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
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.
FAQ
Is FELE financially healthy?
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC's Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does FELE pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC pays a dividend yielding about 1.05% with a 34.0% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is FELE?
In FY2025, FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC had a net margin of 6.9% and a return on equity of 11.1%.
Is FELE overvalued or undervalued?
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC trades at about 33.4× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 21.4×–32.4×, median 26.7×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for FELE?
The average Wall-Street price target for FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC is $113.25, about 5.4% above the recent price, from 4 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is FELE a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 32.4×, a dividend yield of 1.05%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.