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No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 23 Feb 2026.
Franklin Electric Co Inc: what insiders have been doing
This page follows insider dealings at Franklin Electric Co Inc as filed with SEC (Form 4), a company from the Energy sector. The last twelve months, up to 18 October 2026, brought 54 filings signed by 13 insiders.
Open-market activity splits into 1 purchase totalling €40k and 3 sales totalling €518k; 1 insider sit on the buying side and 2 insiders on the selling side. No amount is published for 1 filing, which the totals therefore leave out. Buying on the open market means paying the going price with one's own funds, a different act from receiving shares as pay. Among those who bought: 1 chief executive. Grandon Jonathan M. filed the largest sale, €355k, on 27 May 2026, which represents 0.0084% of the company's market value.
The last insider purchase was made public on 23 February 2026, 237 days ago. The median gap between a trade and its publication by SEC (Form 4) is 2 days. Section 16 rules allow two business days to file each Form 4. Keep in mind that insiders sell for many reasons unrelated to the outlook, from tax bills to estate planning.
With 54 filings in twelve months, the company is more active than the median of 22 filings across the 5,458 companies we follow on the same exchange. Our records for Franklin Electric Co Inc go back to 2021, with 2 purchases and 40 sales on the open market in total. The 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025 shows 2.13 bn USD of revenue and 147.1 m USD of net income.
Other companies in the same sector with recent insider buying flagged by our signals: RGC Resources Inc and Empire Petroleum Corp. This summary is built from SEC (Form 4) disclosures alone and does not predict where the share price will go.
Insider Decl.
230
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€172,769
2 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€18M
40 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleJonathan M. Grandon3 sales
Wathen David M3 sales
Delancey W. Davis2 sales
Gregg C. Sengstack2 sales
Ruzynski Joseph A.1 buy
Since the insiders bought
- +1.7%Entry US$98.92 · Close at T+90 US$100.65
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 10,282 of 24,148 companies
55.4
score / 100
Value48
Quality63
FCF yld4.3%
Earn yld3.3%
EV/EBITDA17.5x
ROE12%
Gross mgn35%
Net mgn6.9%
Debt/EBITDA0.9x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$100.69
Analyst consensus
4 analysts2.20/5
US$105.00Target US$118.50(+18%)US$125.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$2.1B
Gross profitUS$755.9M35% margin
EBITDAUS$268.2M13% margin
Net incomeUS$146.5M7.1% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)29.0x
PER (forward)19.5x
P/Book3.2x
Beta1.02
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$4.5B
Total debtUS$234M
Free Cash FlowUS$193.5M
Debt / Equity22%
Profitability & ownership
ROE11.8%
ROA8.6%
% insiders7.5%
% institutions94.5%
Last declaration on 2 October 2026
Declarations230 total
145 shares@ US$96.470.0003% mcap0.6% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001189242-26-000045:1
366 shares@ US$96.470.0008% mcap1.6% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001189242-26-000045:0
18,000 shares@ US$43.000.018% mcap34.6% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001189242-26-000039:0
11,372 shares@ US$109.460.029% mcap55.6% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001189242-26-000039:1
366 shares@ US$104.720.0009% mcap1.7% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001189242-26-000037:0
145 shares@ US$104.720.0003% mcap0.7% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001189242-26-000037:1
6,440 shares@ US$102.770.015% mcap69.5% of flowcommon stockSEC:0002077230-26-000005:0
2,827 shares@ US$102.770.0067% mcap30.5% of flowcommon stockSEC:0002077230-26-000005:1
366 shares@ US$105.280.0009% mcap1.7% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001189242-26-000035:0
145 shares@ US$105.280.0004% mcap0.7% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001189242-26-000035:1
8,547 sharescommon stockSEC:0001625104-26-000013:0
8,547 sharescommon stockSEC:0001625104-26-000013:1
8,547 shares@ US$103.4029100.0% of flowCommonSEC144:0001950047-26-005802
4,200 shares@ US$42.200.0036% mcap3.3% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001625104-26-000011:0
1,900 shares@ US$100.000.0039% mcap4.3% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001399052-26-000010:0
4,200 shares@ US$98.2330.0084% mcap7.7% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001625104-26-000011:1
4,544 shares0common stockSEC:0002077303-26-000005:0
19,947 shares@ US$99.335.8% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001189242-26-000017:0
7,850 shares@ US$99.332.3% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001189242-26-000017:1
2,684 shares@ US$99.336.0% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001399052-26-000006:0
1,122 shares@ US$99.332.5% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001399052-26-000006:1
2,803 shares@ US$99.335.2% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001625104-26-000007:0
1,018 shares@ US$99.331.9% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001625104-26-000007:1
2,078 shares@ US$99.339.7% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001775785-26-000007:0
894 shares@ US$99.334.2% of flowcommon stockSEC:0001775785-26-000007:1
25 of 230 declarations
About Franklin Electric Co Inc
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (ticker: FELE) is a U.S.-based industrial company listed on the NASDAQ in the United States, focused on systems and components used to move, control, and protect water, fuel, and electricity. For French-speaking investors, FELE is best understood as a specialty industrial franchise with infrastructure-like characteristics: it serves essential end markets, has a technically differentiated product set, and combines organic demand with aftermarket and replacement sales. Founded in 1944, the company began as a small motor manufacturer and has evolved into a global provider of critical-resource technologies. Its global headquarters is in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where the company also maintains sales, administrative, and engineering capabilities.
Franklin Electric’s business is organized around complementary operating areas. Its Water Systems business includes submersible motors, pumps, electronic controls, water treatment equipment, and related systems used in residential, commercial, agricultural, industrial, and municipal applications. The company also operates Fueling Systems, supplying products and technologies for fuel transfer, monitoring, and management. In addition, it participates in adjacent electrical and component markets. This mix gives FELE exposure to essential infrastructure demand rather than dependence on a single end market or a single product category.
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From a competitive standpoint, Franklin Electric benefits from a strong technical reputation, a broad installed base, and a global distribution footprint. Its value proposition is built around reliability, system performance, and application-specific engineering, which tends to support customer stickiness and aftermarket opportunities. The company has a geographically diversified presence across North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, helping balance regional cycles and improve resilience. Its international manufacturing and distribution footprint also supports proximity to customers and local market responsiveness.
Recent company highlights include continued portfolio expansion through targeted acquisitions in water treatment, reflecting management’s focus on widening the company’s residential and commercial offering. Franklin Electric has also taken actions to realign manufacturing and improve operational efficiency, with the stated goal of supporting configured-to-order pumping solutions and innovation in water systems. In its most recent quarterly reporting cycle, the company emphasized ongoing operating momentum in its core businesses. Another notable item was the settlement of the U.S. pension plan, which created a large one-time charge but was non-recurring in nature. Overall, FELE remains a quality-oriented industrial name with long-duration exposure to water scarcity, infrastructure renewal, and efficiency-driven demand trends.
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