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Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

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Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

FELE·NASDAQ·Manufacturing·CIK 0000038725

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes water and fuel pumping systems. Founded in 1944 and incorporated in 1946, the company manufactured the first water-lubricated submersible motor for water systems and the first submersible motor for fueling systems. With 2025 revenue of approximately $2.1 billion, its products primarily include submersible motors, pumps, electronic controls, water treatment systems, and related parts and equipment. The company's water pumping systems move fresh and wastewater for residential, agricultural, and other industrial end markets. It also sells various groundwater equipment products, including water pumping systems, to well installation contractors through its own and third-party distribution branches in the U.S. Franklin Electric is also a supplier of submersible fueling systems for gas stations, producing pumps, pipes, electronic controls, and monitoring devices. The company's products are sold worldwide by its employee sales force and independent manufacturing representatives. Its business is organized into three reportable segments based on the principal end market served: Water Systems, Energy Systems, and Distribution.

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (NASDAQ:FELE) is a publicly traded company in the Manufacturing sector. Wiseek has independently scored 12 items for FELE at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-08, rated 8/10. Across its 12 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 3 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for FELE spans 8-K, 10-Q, DEF 14A, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Franklin Electric Closes $350M Cat Pumps Deal, Bolstering High-Margin Industrial Platform
  • Franklin Electric Buys Cat Pumps to Expand Flow Control Platform
  • Franklin Electric Lifts Full-Year Outlook as Q2 Sales Climb 6% to $623M
  • Franklin Electric Beats Q2 Estimates, Raises Full-Year Outlook
  • Franklin Electric Beats Q2 Estimates and Lifts Full-Year Outlook

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$2.13B
Net Income
$147.09M
Diluted EPS
$3.22
Op. Cash Flow
$238.88M
Free Cash Flow
$193.54M
Gross Profit
$755.92M
Operating Income
$268.98M
Cash & Equivalents
$99.66M
Total Debt
$31.83M
Debt / Equity
0.02×
Net Margin
6.9%
Shares Outstanding
44.18M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-20 · accession 0000038725-26-000009

Short Interest & Short Volume

2.79 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 719,449 shares in FELE as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 13.3% increase from the prior period — about 2.8 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 55.1% of FELE volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)719,449 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 13.3%
Days to cover2.79 at avg daily volume of 257,593
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)55.1% of 113,859 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume57.7%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$98.65
52-week range · as of 2026-09-08 $89.53 – $115.81
Market cap
$4.36B
Volume
294.6K (1.1× avg)
3-mo avg 271.2K
Live data · 2026-10-03 19:07 UTC · Market closed

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Sep 08, 2026, 12:41 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $99.39
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Change: -$0.7444 (-0.75%) info
Market Cap: $4.361B info
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Sep 08, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
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Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $99.99
Real-time Price: $98.65 info
Change: -$1.34 (-1%) info
Market Cap: $4.361B info
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Jul 29, 2026, 10:51 AM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $108.61
Real-time Price: $98.65 info
Change: -$9.96 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $4.361B info
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Jul 28, 2026, 8:11 AM EDT
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Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $106.12
Real-time Price: $98.65 info
Change: -$7.47 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $4.361B info
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Jul 28, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $105.43
Real-time Price: $98.65 info
Change: -$6.78 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $4.361B info
FELE
May 04, 2026, 11:27 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $99.90
Real-time Price: $98.65 info
Change: -$1.25 (-1%) info
Market Cap: $4.361B info
FELE
Apr 29, 2026, 2:10 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $102.20
Real-time Price: $98.65 info
Change: -$3.55 (-3%) info
Market Cap: $4.361B info
FELE
Apr 28, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $103.05
Real-time Price: $98.65 info
Change: -$4.40 (-4%) info
Market Cap: $4.361B info
FELE
Apr 28, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $103.50
Real-time Price: $98.65 info
Change: -$4.85 (-5%) info
Market Cap: $4.361B info
FELE
Mar 25, 2026, 9:38 AM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $94.06
Real-time Price: $98.65 info
Change: +$4.59 (+5%) info
Market Cap: $4.361B info
FELE
Feb 20, 2026, 2:33 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $95.25
Real-time Price: $98.65 info
Change: +$3.41 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $4.361B info
FELE
Feb 17, 2026, 8:00 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $108.94
Real-time Price: $98.65 info
Change: -$10.29 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $4.361B info
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