The Screen · Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery
Franklin Electric Co., Inc.
FELE · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $4.3B · 6,500 employees
Franklin Electric Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes water and fuel pumping systems in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.
Screened 2026-09-11 · the tape above runs as of 22:12 UTC · 11 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
The Label · The Season, Not the Day
This name holds its markdown label.
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. holds its Markdown at $97.83. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 67 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-09-11
Phase
Markdown · caution
Quantitative state
Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 67 days
Price at the screen
$97.83
Valuation
28.11 trailing · 18.95 forward price to earnings
Values screen
PASS· score 70.0
Beta
1.02
The Workings
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Full pass across all five screens. This security clears the Titan Ethical Standard: its business and its balance sheet both stay inside the lines.
Test
Figure
Limit
What it means
Status
Business activity
Permissible
Core business clean
Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending.
Pass
Debt load
12.04%
Below 33%
Interest-bearing debt is just 12.0% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money.
Pass
Interest-bearing cash
0.00%
Below 33%
Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit.
Pass
Receivables
17.86%
Below 49%
Money owed to the company is 17.9% of assets, under the 49% limit.
Pass
Revenue purity
0.00%
Below 5%
Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line.
Pass
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-11 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 15.1% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 4 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +25% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & Projections
Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-11 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain Words
Pumps keep water and fuel flowing but offer little edge
Franklin Electric makes the pumps and systems that move water for farms and cities and handle fuel at filling stations across dozens of countries. Picture a quiet supplier sitting behind the scenes in both the US heartland and emerging markets where demand for reliable infrastructure keeps ticking along. Revenue is rising 10 percent yet the business earns only a 7 percent profit margin and an 11 percent return on equity, numbers that feel ordinary rather than special.
At the current price the shares sit just 3 percent below our fair value with a forward multiple of 20.8 times earnings. Analysts like the story and point to 116 dollars but that leaves almost no margin of safety and the opportunity rating stays at none. The ethical screen clears without issue, yet the plain financials do not suggest any real bargain or standout quality.
Unknown competitive protection and modest returns on capital leave the shares exposed if growth slows or input costs rise. A small valuation cushion offers little room for disappointment in a sector that can turn cyclical quickly. Analysis, not advice.
The risks · The main risks here are ordinary market swings and the chance our fair-value read proves too optimistic.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited
Every Entry, As Written
2026-08-29Markdown$101.82-3.6%Entry 5
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 3.6% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 17%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $113.
2026-07-28Markdown$105.66+2.0%Entry 4
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved up 2.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 17%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $113.
2026-07-18Markdown$103.57+0.0%Entry 3
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 17%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $113.
2026-07-03Markdown$103.57+0.0%Entry 2
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.
2026-07-02Markdown$103.57Entry 1
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
