Franklin Electric (FELE)

• Market cap: $3.87B
• 1 day: -2.37%
• 5 days: -6.60%
• 1 month: -11.51%
• 3 months: -16.17%
• 6 months: -18.50%
• Year to date: -11.81%
• 1 year: -17.14%
• 5 years: 78.70%
• 10 years: 118.33%
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Specialty Industrial Machinery

About: Franklin Electric Co Inc designs, manufactures, and distributes water and fuel pumping systems, composed of submersible motors, pumps, electronic controls, water treatment systems, and related parts and equipment. It has three segments; The Water Systems segment designs, manufactures and sells motors, pumps, drives, electronic controls, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment for use in groundwater, water transfer, and wastewater, The Energy Systems segment designs, manufactures and sells pumps, pipe, sumps, fittings, vapor recovery components, electronic controls, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment for use in fueling system applications and the Distribution segment sells and provides presale support and specifications to the installing contractors.

Employees: 6,300

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

20% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 49 | Existing positions closed: 41

1.54% more ownership

Funds ownership: 79.39% [Q3] → 80.94% (+1.54%) [Q4]

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 342 [Q3] → 346 (+4) [Q4]

4% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 120 | Existing positions reduced: 115

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q3] → 1 (+0) [Q4]

5% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $3.8B [Q3] → $3.6B (-$200M) [Q4]

46% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $253K | Put options by funds: $468K