Franklin Electric Co Inc

Consumer Discretionary
Metal Fabrications
www.franklin-electric.com

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Safety Score
Final Score

Market Cap $3.97B
PE 22
Debt $314.33M
Cash $83.99M
EV $4.20B
FCF $203.91M

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$177.60M
EBIT	$239.81M
ROE	14%
ROA	12%
FCF	$203.91M
Equity	$1.30B
Growth Stability	100%
PE	22.34
PEG	1.38
PB	3.05
P/FCF	19.46
P/S	1.97
Price/Cash	0.02
Debt/Equity	0.24
Debt/FCF	1.54
Net Margins	7%
Gross Margins	36%
Op. Margins	12%
Earnings CAGR	14%
Sales Growth YoY	-1%
Sales Growth QoQ	-6%
Sales CAGR	11%
FCF CAGR	15%
Equity CAGR	9%
Earnings Stability	0.89
Earnings Growth YoY	-6%
Earnings Growth QoQ	-7%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	16%

Sales CAGR 5Y	13%
FCF CAGR 5Y	12%
Equity CAGR 5Y	12%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	1%
Sales CAGR 3Y	1%
FCF CAGR 3Y	180%
Equity CAGR 3Y	10%
Market Cap	$3.97B
Revenue	$2.02B
Dividend Yield	1%
Payout Ratio	27%
Assets	$1.93B
Total Debt	$314.33M
Cash	$83.99M
Shares Outstanding	45.7M
EV	4.2B
Earnings Score	94%
Moat Score	91%
Safety Score	95%
Final Score	93%
Working Capital	472.62M
Current Ratio	1.98
Gross Profit	$717.60M
Shares Growth 3y	-1%
Equity Growth QoQ	2%
Equity Growth YoY	6%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Franklin Electric Co Inc is a U.S.-based company that primarily operates through three segments: Water Systems, Fueling Systems, and Distribution. The Water Systems segment, which accounts for most of the company's sales, designs, manufactures, and markets water and fuel pumping systems. These solutions are directed mainly at the housing, agriculture, and other industrial sectors. The Fueling Systems segment produces fuel pumping systems, fuel containment systems, and monitoring and control systems for underground gasoline, diesel, and biofuel systems. The Distribution segment serves as a group of wholly owned groundwater distributors under the name Headwater Companies. The company generates roughly half of its revenue from the U.S. market.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Franklin Electric Co Inc (FELE) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 31
2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Franklin Electric Co Inc compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 14%

Stability 89%

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Franklin Electric Co Inc Discounted Cash Flow

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= $5.8B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$204M	$234M	$269M	$310M	$356M	$409M	$470M	$540M	$621M	$714M	$820M	$8.2B
DCF		$213M	$223M	$233M	$243M	$254M	$265M	$277M	$290M	$303M	$316M	$3.2B
Value	$5.8B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	01/2016	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	8%	8%	7%	8%	7%	8%	9%	9%	9%	9%	7%
ROA	-	11%	10%	11%	11%	10%	12%	15%	15%	13%	12%
ROE	-	13%	11%	14%	12%	12%	16%	17%	16%	14%	14%

Bad Net Margins (6.79%)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	01/2016	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	2.94	9.82	3	0.88	0.51	2.88	5.74	0.41	1.13	1.54
Debt over Equity	0.45	0.36	0.47	0.43	0.17	0.11	0.3	0.32	0.09	0.19	0.24
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Good Debt/FCF ratio (1.54)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Good Debt/Equity ratio (0.24)

The company is not overleveraged and has a good balance between equity and debt.

Good Graham’s Stability (100%)

The company has a good stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a good competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	01/2016	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	3%	18%	15%	1%	-5%	33%	23%	1%	-2%	13%
Earnings YoY growth	-	8%	1%	35%	-10%	5%	53%	22%	3%	-7%	16%
Equity YoY growth	-	10%	14%	5%	9%	6%	12%	13%	13%	5%	12%
FCF YoY growth	-	4%	-56%	219%	47%	21%	-47%	-40%	359%	-20%	12%