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Franklin Electric Co Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Franklin Electric Co Inc had return on equity of 11.4%, an operating margin of 12.6%, debt equal to 12.6% of equity and a current ratio of 2.79. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Jan 20102010Jan 20112011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Jan 20152015Jan 20162016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin29.3%32.2%33.2%33.8%34.3%32.9%32.2%34.9%33.5%33.3%32.6%34.7%34.7%33.8%33.8%35.5%35.5%35.4%
Operating margin7.0%9.0%11.4%12.7%12.8%9.6%9.8%11.8%9.5%10.2%9.7%10.5%11.4%12.6%12.7%12.1%12.6%12.4%
Net margin3.7%5.5%7.7%9.3%8.5%6.7%7.9%8.3%6.9%8.2%7.3%8.1%9.3%9.2%9.4%8.9%6.9%8.8%
Free-cash-flow margin16.1%11.3%9.5%3.5%3.2%1.1%7.9%8.0%3.0%8.2%11.9%15.2%6.0%2.9%13.3%10.9%9.1%8.5%
Return on equity6.0%9.6%14.4%17.2%14.8%11.7%12.6%13.4%11.9%14.8%12.5%12.2%17.1%18.6%17.0%14.6%11.4%14.4%
Return on assets3.2%5.2%7.8%9.2%8.1%6.6%7.0%7.7%7.0%8.9%8.0%8.1%10.8%11.5%11.3%10.2%7.8%8.7%
Asset turnover0.870.951.010.990.950.980.890.931.011.101.111.011.171.251.211.141.130.99
Current ratio3.753.473.232.953.412.333.033.072.402.273.053.041.832.112.972.222.792.33
Debt to equity39.2%35.8%36.6%32.3%31.8%29.8%39.6%31.1%32.3%28.2%14.4%11.2%19.9%20.2%8.3%10.2%12.6%38.8%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)4.6x6.6x8.9x11.1x11.7x9.3x9.0x12.8x10.4x13.4x15.4x28.2x36.4x22.3x22.3x38.6x25.3x21.4x
Effective tax rate30.7%27.4%26.9%27.8%25.9%21.0%14.6%23.8%24.9%12.4%17.8%18.2%18.3%19.7%19.6%21.7%23.6%23.8%
R&D as % of revenue1.1%1.1%1.0%1.1%1.7%1.8%2.0%2.3%1.8%1.7%1.6%1.7%1.0%0.8%0.9%1.1%0.9%—
SG&A as % of revenue21.3%22.5%21.6%21.1%21.1%21.7%22.1%23.2%23.6%23.0%22.7%24.1%23.2%21.1%21.0%23.3%22.8%22.6%
Capital spending as % of revenue1.9%1.9%2.7%4.4%7.0%3.4%2.8%4.1%3.0%1.7%1.7%1.8%1.8%2.1%2.0%2.1%2.1%2.2%
Free cash flow ÷ net income432.5%207.9%123.7%37.3%37.5%16.9%100.7%96.8%42.6%100.1%163.2%188.1%64.8%31.9%141.9%121.8%131.6%96.8%
Dividends ÷ net income51.2%31.7%20.4%16.7%18.7%25.0%25.9%24.3%26.0%21.4%29.0%29.5%21.7%19.7%21.6%26.0%34.0%25.1%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow11.8%24.2%34.3%115.0%90.0%237.1%91.9%34.8%71.9%53.6%24.7%26.0%59.6%129.6%31.0%49.1%111.4%57.5%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

4 of 6 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $2.6bn
Short-term assets $1.2bnLonger-term assets $1.4bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.0bn
Short-term liabilities $519mShareholders' equity $1.4bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.2bn of assets due within a year against $519m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $159m of cash against $561m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 39% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 9% to 39% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $243m of operating cash flow against $561m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $280m against $13m of interest.

From Franklin Electric Co Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

69 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Franklin Electric's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 11 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 9.3% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 12 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 33.9%, moving by 0.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 13 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 11.9%; its worst year was 9.7%.

  • Cash conversion 15 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 9.4% of revenue.

  • Discipline 18 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 4.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Franklin Electric Co Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Franklin Electric Co Inc.