Franklin Electric Co., Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
FELE · Industrials
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 42 days, change +1 days YoY
AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years
Revenue 5.4%, CFFO -8.6%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 14.3% vs COGS 5.5%. Normal
CapEx growth 8.8% vs revenue 5.4%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 64.3%. Normal
Gross margin 35.5%, change -0.0pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.62. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.2B, FCF/NI = 1.32
Accruals ratio = -4.7%. Low accruals
Cash $0.1B covers only 43% of debt $0.2B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.6B = 49% of equity
Debt/EBITDA = 0.9x. Healthy
Other assets -11.4% vs revenue 5.4%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 18% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.58 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25