Franklin Electric Co.

FELE

Industrial - Machinery · Industrials

Price

$105.66

-2.07 (-1.92%)

Market Cap

$4.67B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−3.2% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 47.0M (2021) → 45.5M (2025)

Franklin Electric Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes water and fuel pumping systems worldwide. It operates through three segments: Water Systems, Fueling Systems, and Distribution. The Water Systems segment offers submersible motors, pumps, drives, electronic controls, water treatment systems, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment. Its motors and pumps are used principally for pumping clean water and wastewater in various residential,

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+9.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+13.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$20M/ year

↓ Declining (-7% vs prior year)

0.9% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

14.2%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~5 months

$80M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

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Franklin Electric Co. has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin

35.0%

Modest — 35.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

10.5%

Modest — 10.5% operating margin

ROCE

3.3%

Weak — 3.3% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+8.0%

Steady sales growth (8.0% YoY)

EPS YoY

-13.9%

Earnings shrinking (-13.9% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

145%

Turns 145% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

7.8%

Modest free cash flow (7.8%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.18

Conservative — low debt load (0.18)

Interest Cover

25.09x

Comfortably covers interest (25.1x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

31.6x

Pricey — P/E 31.6

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+8.9

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (31.6 → 22.7)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.05%

Small dividend — 1.05% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+5.8%

Dividend growing modestly (5.8% YoY)

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