---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000038725-26-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FELE"
cik: "0000038725"
company_name: "FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:21:56.709853+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Franklin Electric Q1 2026: net sales $500.4M (+10% YoY), adj. EPS $0.83 (+24%)

## Summary
- Net sales $500.4M, up 10% YoY; operating income $48.1M, up 9%; operating margin 9.6%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.77 (+15% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $0.83 (+24%).
- Water Systems sales +11% YoY, Energy Systems +7%, Distribution +6%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000038725-26-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FELE
- cik: 0000038725
- company_name: FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872526000022/0000038725-26-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872526000022/fele-20260428.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-26-000022
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-26-000022.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038725-26-000022.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC reported first quarter of 2026 results: revenue $500.4 million, EPS $0.77.
  - Period: first quarter of 2026
  - Revenue: $500.4 million
  - EPS: $0.77
  - Result: reported results
  source text: EX-99.1 (EX-99.1) --- NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION FRANKLIN ELECTRIC REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2026 RESULTS First Quarter 2026 Highlights • Consolidated net sales of $500.4 million, an increase of 10% to the prior year • Net sales increased across all three segments: 11% in Water Systems, 7% in Energy Systems, and 6% in Distribution • Operating income was
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38725/000003872526000022/0000038725-26-000022-index.htm

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