Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Nov 6, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of Franklin Electric Co Inc stock $69.87, price $94.17, that is 25.8% below the price, quality 70 out of 100. Rating: overvalued. Calculated from audited financials with 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year. As of Nov 7, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $65.20 – $109.77 · fair‑value band $48.74 – $87.33 · the $94.17 price screens above the $69.87 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). As of Nov 7, 2026.
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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.
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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.
Stock analysis
Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE) currently trades at $94.17, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $69.87, 26% below the price, so the stock looks overvalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Growth DCF group reads highest at a median of $78.96 per share, and 3 of the 26 models we run sit above the $94.17 price.
Bear case: the Asset-Based group reads lowest at $7.68, and 23 of the 26 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is high.
Scenario range: $48.74 (bear) to $87.33 (bull), the price of $94.17 sits above it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 70/100 (solid quality), in the Industrials sector.
Healthy Growth: Revenue growth appears healthy and is supported by profitability and cash-flow quality.
Franklin Electric Co Inc reported revenue of $2.1B in FY2025 versus $1.7B in FY2021, a compound +6.4%/yr. Reported net income was $147M in FY2025, compounding −1.1%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap $4.2B Mid · P/E ratio 21.2 · P/S ratio 1.92 · EPS (TTM) $4.45 · Dividend yield 1.2% · Net margin 7.1% · Return on equity 11.8% · Return on assets (EBIT) 13.9% (5-year average).
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 53 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 14% below its 52-week high and 5% above its 52-week low, currently below its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Industrials peers we cover trades at −46% fair-value upside, at −26%, FELE screens cheaper than that median.
Fair Value models
Bear$48.74Fair Value $69.87Bull$87.33
Price $94.17 · Downside -25.8%
Model ⓘEach model values the company its own way (discounted cash flow, earnings, assets, dividends). The fair value above starts from their evidence-weighted blend, not from a single model. In cyclical trough or peak years, after dilution or a stock split it is adjusted afterwards, so it can sit above or below the models. Based on fiscal year 2025 figures (about 10 months old). Earnings retained since then ($2.88 per share) are deliberately not added.Bear ⓘBear = the cautious scenario: the same model computed with conservative anchors (lower growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bull it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target.BaseBull ⓘBull = the optimistic scenario: the same model computed with favourable anchors (higher growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bear it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target. If a model's bull case is above four times its base value, the table shows that limit with a > sign (like the overall Bull above): beyond it no assumption holds.Coverage ⓘCoverage = how well-backed THIS model's estimate is for this stock (0–100): how complete and reliable its input data are, and how well the model fits the company. The final Fair Value is an evidence-weighted blend, so better-evidenced models count more. Green ≥70, amber 50–69, grey below 50.
In the last 6 months, 2 officers or directors sold shares worth $1.5M and none bought.
SaleJonathan M. GrandonChief Administrative Officer3× since Apr 30, 2026: 17,735 shares, avg. $101.23$1.8MJun 9, 2026
Saledelancey w davisPresident, Headwater Companies2× since May 1, 2026: 2,100 shares, avg. $99.88$209,756May 26, 2026
BuyJoseph A. RuzynskiCEO500 shares at $93.34$46,670Feb 19, 2026
SaleGregg C SengstackDirector11,779 shares at $97.06$1.1MDec 11, 2025
Plus 11 other filings such as grants, option exercises or tax withholding. They are not market purchases or sales.
Sales are often planned (taxes, diversification, 10b5-1 plans). Purchases with their own money are seen as the stronger sign. For information only: not part of the quality score or Fair Value.
Growth Quality ⓘGrowth is valuable only when reinvestment earns attractive returns (Aswath Damodaran): sustainable growth depends on return on capital, reinvestment and efficiency. Basis: total company revenue over the periods shown on the cards (3Y/5Y/all years), not per share, so a merger can show up as a growth jump; per-share earnings growth is in the value-creation card.84/100
Revenue growth appears healthy and is supported by profitability and cash-flow quality.
Revenue growth 1 year
+5.4%
Revenue growth 3 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+1.4%
Revenue growth 5 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+11.3%
Start year 2020 (pandemic). Over 10 years: +8.7% a year
Revenue growth 36 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
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What shareholders gained per year (last 5 years) ⓘWhat the business itself delivers per year: earnings growth per share plus the dividend yield. This is what you get IF the market keeps valuing the stock the same way: it contains no assumption about the market changing its mind. Computed per share, so buybacks count and a merger does not pass as growth. For a company that pays no dividend it is pure earnings growth per share. Period: earnings growth per share as CAGR over the last 5 reported fiscal years (annual statements), plus the current dividend yield. The start value is the median of the three years around the start, so a single crisis year (a pandemic or a write-down) does not distort the rate.
+9.7%
Earnings growth per share plus dividend.
Earnings per share, growth per year+8.5%
Dividend (yield on the price)1.2%
Pace: 5 vs 10 years ⓘTwo data points, not a trend model: earnings growth per share over the last 5 fiscal years against the last 10. Labelled "steady" when both rates are within 3 percentage points of each other, otherwise picking up or flattening. Shown only when ten years of history exist.8.5% vs 7.8%, steady
Profit margin 2020 to 2025 ⓘOperating margin then vs now, from reported annual statements. A falling margin after a boom year is the classic peak-earnings signal: the growth rate then leans on an inflated base.11% → 13%
Pace: the 5-year rate starts in 2020 (pandemic)
Growth Forecast
A lot of optimism in the price
The price assumes about as much growth as the company has delivered so far and more than analysts expect.
What the price assumes ⓘThis turns our valuation around: instead of asking what the share is worth, it asks what growth the current price requires. It uses the cash the company keeps after all spending (free cash flow), the same discount rate as our models, five years of growth, then slowing evenly to 2 % a year by year ten. Compared with the analysts' sales forecasts extended to the same five years (at least three analysts, for context only, it does not enter the Fair Value): within 3 percentage points counts as "in line" (amber), below that little optimism (green), above that a lot of optimism (red).
+11.7%
Yearly growth needed for the next five years to justify today's price.
What forecasts expect ⓘAnalysts publish sales forecasts for the next two fiscal years. For the years after that, growth slows evenly to 2 % a year by year ten (2 % is the long-run rate our models use). Projected years are marked as such.
+5.8%
Yearly sales growth analysts expect, extended to five years.
After inflation (USA: IMF forecast 2.4% a year to 2030, 3.1% from 2016 to 2025) that is about +9.1% a year for the price and +3.3% for the forecasts.
News mood ⓘNews mood, the average tone of recent news (89 articles), rated against how stocks are usually covered. 🚀 Hype = unusually upbeat · 🙂 Positive = above average · 😐 Neutral = typical · 🙁 Negative = below average · 😨 Very negative = unusually downbeat. It reflects the tone of coverage, not our valuation.Positive
Recent news coverage is more positive than average.
AI conclusion: The acquisition of Cat Pumps adds high-margin recurring aftermarket revenue to the Energy Systems segment, yet limited public signals and insufficient qualitative details leave overall business durability only average.
Main risk: Integration costs and any dilution from acquisition financing could delay or reduce expected earnings accretion starting in the Energy Systems segment.
Franklin Electric closed the Cat Pumps acquisition in early September, bringing in a high-margin operation with strong recurring aftermarket revenue that will join the Energy Systems segment. The deal targets revenue synergies and international reach while promising accretion starting in 2027, yet our models currently see the shares as overvalued. Will the added high-margin recurring streams and productivity efforts more than offset integration costs and any dilution from the financing?
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Specialty Industrial Machinery · 813 stocks
Beats the industry median on 11/15 measures
Overall it ranks above its industry peers.
Valuation
Quality Score70 · Top 25%
Fair Value upside−25.8% · Above median
Profitability
Return on equity (12 months)11.8% · Above median
Return on assets7.6% · Top 25%
Net margin (12 months)7.1% · Above median
Operating margin (12 months)15.5% · Top 25%
Growth and dividend
Revenue growth (quarter YoY)6.0% · Above median
Dividend yield (12 months)1.2% · Below median
Balance sheet
Debt / equity0.10× · Above median
Valuation Multiplesvs Specialty Industrial Machinery median · lower = cheaper
P/E (12 months)21.2× · Cheaper than median
P/B3.20× · Pricier than median
P/S (12 months)1.92× · Cheaper than median
Price / free cash flow (fiscal year)21.9× · Cheaper than median
EV/EBITDA12.1× · Cheaper than median
PEG1.54× · Pricier than median
Strength profile in five axes (Snowflake)
This stockSector peers
VALUE (fair-value potential)0· sector 0
FUTURE (revenue growth)30· sector 30
PAST (return on equity)47· sector 28
HEALTH (low debt)95· sector 96
DIVIDEND (yield)23· sector 29
VALUE 0: the price sits above our fair-value range.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE) overvalued or undervalued?
As of Nov 7, 2026, our model estimates a fair value of $69.87 versus a price of $94.17, about 26% lower (overvalued).
What is the fair value of FELE?
Our model-based fair value for Franklin Electric Co Inc is $69.87 (as of Nov 7, 2026), built from audited fundamentals. The current price: $94.17.
What is the quality score of FELE?
Franklin Electric Co Inc has a Quality Score of 70/100. It measures business quality (profitability, growth, cash flow, balance-sheet strength, investment discipline, share issuance). Market factors such as price momentum and volatility do not enter the number; they are shown separately in the detail view.
What is the price target for Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
Our model-based price target is the fair value of $69.87 (as of Nov 7, 2026) from 26 valuation models. Cautious scenario $48.74, optimistic scenario $87.33. It is a calculation from audited fundamentals, not an analyst target.
What is the Franklin Electric Co Inc stock forecast for 2026?
Our models put fair value at $69.87, about 26% lower versus a price of $94.17 (overvalued). Cautious scenario $48.74, optimistic scenario $87.33. The calculation is refreshed regularly with new filings.
What is the revenue of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
Franklin Electric Co Inc reported trailing-twelve-month revenue of about $2.2B (latest available figure, as of Nov 7, 2026).
Does Franklin Electric Co Inc pay a dividend?
Franklin Electric Co Inc currently shows a dividend yield of 1.16% relative to its recent price (as of Nov 7, 2026).
How much is the dividend of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE) and when is the ex-dividend date?
Franklin Electric Co Inc pays a dividend of $1.09 per share a year, a dividend yield of 1.2%. The last ex-dividend date was Nov 5, 2026. A dividend has been paid every year since 1993. The payout ratio is 19.4% of earnings (on adjusted earnings, reported 24.5%). Free cash flow covers the dividend 4.02 times. Our assessment: Well covered. A low payout and the dividend is fully funded by free cash flow, a comfortable, sustainable dividend.
What growth is priced into Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
For today's price to be fair in a discounted-cash-flow model, Franklin Electric Co Inc would have to grow free cash flow by +11.7 % per year for five years (discount rate 9.8 %, then slowing evenly to 2 % perpetual growth by year ten). Over the last 5 years revenue grew +11.3 % per year. As of Nov 7, 2026.
What discount rate (WACC) does the fair value of FELE use?
Our models discount Franklin Electric Co Inc at 9.8 %: a base by market capitalisation (mid), damped by beta 1.02, country premium for USA. The same rate applies in all 26 models.
What is a reverse DCF?
A reverse DCF turns the usual calculation around. Instead of deriving a value from assumptions, it takes today's price as given and asks: what free-cash-flow growth would a company have to deliver for exactly this price to be fair? The result is not a forecast but the expectation already priced in. For Franklin Electric Co Inc that is +11.7 % per year for five years, then slowing evenly to 2 % by year ten, using the same discount rate (9.8 %) and the same formula as our fair value.
How much growth has Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE) delivered so far?
Over the past 5 years revenue at Franklin Electric Co Inc grew +11.3 % a year. The price currently implies free-cash-flow growth of +11.7 % per year. Comparing the two shows how much confidence is in the price: if it demands more than has been delivered, the business has to accelerate for the maths to work.
How fast is the sector of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE) growing?
The median revenue growth in the sector is +7.8 % a year. That is the yardstick for the growth priced into Franklin Electric Co Inc (+11.7 % per year): it shows whether the expectation is within the usual range or beyond it.
What is the free cash flow yield of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
The free-cash-flow yield on the price is 4.56 %: that much free cash flow Franklin Electric Co Inc produces per unit of market value. When it exceeds the discount rate of our models (9.8 %), the business already earns more than its cost of capital demands, and the price needs little additional growth.
What is the intrinsic value of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
Intrinsic value and fair value mean the same thing: what the business is worth on its numbers, independent of the share price. For Franklin Electric Co Inc it is $69.87 per share (as of Nov 7, 2026), against a price of $94.17. It is the blended result of 26 valuation models in 8 families (DCF Models, Earnings-Based, Dividend Discount, Multiples, Asset-Based, Growth DCF, Economic Profit, Growth Earnings).
Is Franklin Electric Co Inc stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
As of Nov 7, 2026, FELE trades above its calculated fair value: price $94.17, fair value $69.87, a gap of about −26% (overvalued). The calculation is refreshed with each new quarterly report, so the verdict can change during the year.
Is fair value the same as the market price of FELE?
No. The price is what the market pays today ($94.17); the fair value is what the company's own numbers justify ($69.87). For Franklin Electric Co Inc the two are $24.30 per share apart. That gap is exactly why we show both numbers side by side.
How much is Franklin Electric Co Inc worth?
The market values Franklin Electric Co Inc at about $4.2B (market capitalisation, as of Nov 7, 2026). Per share that is $94.17; our models calculate a fair value of $69.87 per share.
What do the bullish and bearish scenarios say about FELE?
Our models span a range for Franklin Electric Co Inc: cautious scenario $48.74, base $69.87, optimistic $87.33 per share (as of Nov 7, 2026, price $94.17). The range comes from different growth and margin assumptions, not from analyst opinions.
What is the P/E ratio of FELE?
Franklin Electric Co Inc trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.2 (as of Nov 7, 2026). A P/E on its own says little: it compares the price with ONE year of profit, while our fair value of $69.87 is built from several models across several years. Excluding one-off items of fiscal year 2025 it is 22.8 (reported for FY2025: 28.7). Median P/E at fiscal year-end, 10 fiscal years (2016 to 2025), reported earnings, FY2016, FY2017, FY2025 ex one-offs: 24.3. Other multiples: PEG 1.5, P/B 3.2, P/S 1.9, EV/EBITDA 12.1.
What is the PEG ratio of FELE?
The PEG ratio of Franklin Electric Co Inc is 1.54 (P/E divided by earnings growth, as of Nov 7, 2026). That is above 1, so the growth is already paid for in the price.
How solid is the balance sheet of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
Balance-sheet figures for Franklin Electric Co Inc (as of Nov 7, 2026): return on equity 11.8%, debt of 0.10 per unit of equity. They feed the Quality Score of 70/100, which measures business quality independently of the share price.
How far is FELE from its 52-week high?
Franklin Electric Co Inc trades at $94.17, about 14% below its 52-week high of $109.77 and 5% above the low of $89.41 (as of Nov 6, 2026). Distance from the high says nothing about value: that is what the fair value of $69.87 is for.
Which stocks are comparable to Franklin Electric Co Inc?
From the same area (Industrials) we also value SIE, GE Vernova Inc, Eaton Corporation, Parker-Hannifin Corporation, among others. Each of them has its own fair-value calculation on this site using the same models, so the comparison is like for like.
Is Franklin Electric Co Inc stock attractive at the current price?
The data as of Nov 7, 2026: price $94.17, calculated fair value $69.87 (−26%), Quality Score 70/100, from 26 models. Whether that fits your horizon and risk tolerance is your call. We provide the calculation, not investment advice.
How is the fair value of FELE calculated?
We run Franklin Electric Co Inc through 26 models from 8 families: DCF Models, Earnings-Based, Dividend Discount, Multiples, Asset-Based, Growth DCF, Economic Profit, Growth Earnings. Every model gets the same audited fundamentals; the fair value of $69.87 builds on their evidence-weighted average, with the spread shown as a cautious and an optimistic scenario.
Is it still worth investing in stocks now?
The global stock market currently sits 13.3% above its aggregate fair value. Franklin Electric Co Inc itself currently trades above fair value. An expensive market is no reason to stay out and no reason to buy everything at once: keep a broad savings plan running, buy single stocks only with money you can do without, and hold part of your money liquid while the market is high. The full picture including sectors is on is it worth investing now.
What is the share price of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
The closing price on Nov 6, 2026 was $94.17. Our model-based fair value is $69.87, about 26% lower (overvalued). We carry closing prices from our data provider, not a live tick.
What should I pay attention to with Franklin Electric Co Inc right now?
The price sits above even our optimistic bull case ($87.33). The favourable scenario is already priced in. Solid but not exceptional quality (70/100) and above fair value, neither a clear bargain nor a standout compounder.
Where does the earnings growth of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE) come from?
Earnings per share at Franklin Electric Co Inc grew +10.4 % a year from 2014 to 2025. Broken into its drivers: revenue per share +9.2 %, EBIT margin +2.1 %, tax rate −0.2 %, residual (interest, one-offs) −0.8 %. The four rates multiply to the earnings growth rate, they do not add up. Start and end are three-year averages so a single exceptional year does not distort the result.
Key figures of Franklin Electric Co Inc
How large is the market capitalisation of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
The market capitalisation of Franklin Electric Co Inc is $4.2B. The stock-market value of the whole company: share price times number of shares. It is what the market asks for the entire business today.
What is the P/S ratio of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
The price-to-sales ratio of Franklin Electric Co Inc is 1.92 (last twelve months). Price to sales: market value relative to yearly revenue. Useful when profit is thin or distorted.
What are the earnings per share of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
Earnings per share at Franklin Electric Co Inc are $4.45 (price ÷ EPS = P/E 21.2). Earnings per share over the last twelve months: total profit spread across every single share.
What is the dividend yield of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
The dividend yield of Franklin Electric Co Inc is 1.2% (payout 19.4%, on adjusted earnings, reported 24.5%). Yearly dividend relative to the share price. 3% pays 3 per 100 invested. Below: how much of profit is used for it.
What is the net margin of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
The net margin of Franklin Electric Co Inc is 7.1% (last twelve months). How much of every unit of revenue ends up as profit. 10% means 10 cents of profit per dollar of sales.
What is the return on equity of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
The return on equity (ROE) of Franklin Electric Co Inc is 11.8% (last twelve months). Profit relative to shareholders' equity, how efficiently the company works with its owners' money.
What is the EBIT return on assets of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
On an EBIT basis the return on assets of Franklin Electric Co Inc is 13.9% (avg 5y). Operating profit (EBIT) relative to everything the company owns, as a multi-year average. It describes the business model rather than one good or bad year.
What is the operating margin of Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
The operating margin of Franklin Electric Co Inc is 15.5% (last twelve months). Profit from the core business (before interest and taxes) relative to revenue.
How fast is revenue growing at Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
Revenue at Franklin Electric Co Inc is growing +6.0% versus a year earlier (3y avg +1.4%). How much revenue grew versus a year earlier (YoY). The 3-year average next to it puts the single year in context.
How fast are earnings growing at Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE)?
Earnings per share at Franklin Electric Co Inc are growing +11.4% versus a year earlier. How much earnings per share grew versus a year earlier.
How much net debt does Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE) carry?
The net debt of Franklin Electric Co Inc is $181M (fiscal year 2025, ≈ 0.9 yrs of FCF). Debt minus cash on hand. The note shows how many years of free cash flow could in theory pay it off.
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