Franklin Electric Co. (FELE) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.50
- Estimate
- $1.40
- Surprise
- +7.5%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $633.6M
- Score today
- 5.9/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Franklin Electric Co. (FELE) beat the $1.40 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.50 — a clear 7.5% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates FELE Sell at 5.9/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +7.5% surprise compares with a +5.3% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-02-16.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
- Strong growth profile
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Product: Water Systems segment (60.0%)
- Concentration risk — Supplier: single or limited number of suppliers
- Thin upside margin: 6.9%
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $95.38
- Price target
- $102.00
- Stop
- $90.69
- Upside to target
- +6.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.2:1
The stock trades at 21.4× trailing but 17.9× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-31 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
FELE at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Specialty Industrial Machinery
- Market cap
- $4.21B
- P/E (fwd)
- 17.9
- P/E (ttm)
- 21.4
- 52-week range
- $89.54–$115.82
- Off 52-week high
- 17.6%
- RSI (14)
- 37
- Volume vs avg
- 1.14×
- Score today
- 5.9/10