FRANKLIN ELEC INC FELE
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 353514102 · ISIN US3535141028
Manufacturing company
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryMotors & Generators
- HeadquartersFort Wayne, IN
- Founded1944
- Websitefranklin-electric.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($4.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 44.5m as of 2025-07-25, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $89.89. Options: 1 managers hold calls ($0 notional), 2 hold puts ($224.3k).
Trends to Q2 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 280 |
| Q4 2022 | 292 |
| Q1 2023 | 299 |
| Q2 2023 | 318 |
| Q3 2023 | 321 |
| Q4 2023 | 341 |
| Q1 2024 | 341 |
| Q2 2024 | 325 |
| Q3 2024 | 348 |
| Q4 2024 | 350 |
| Q1 2025 | 364 |
| Q2 2025 | 360 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 134 | 148 |
| Q4 2023 | 131 | 160 |
| Q1 2024 | 145 | 162 |
| Q2 2024 | 152 | 165 |
| Q3 2024 | 156 | 148 |
| Q4 2024 | 155 | 158 |
| Q1 2025 | 174 | 150 |
| Q2 2025 | 146 | 193 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $125.8k | $524.1k | 4.17 |
| Q4 2024 | $253.4k | $467.8k | 1.85 |
| Q1 2025 | $816.8k | $1.6m | 1.91 |
| Q2 2025 | $0 | $224.3k | — |
Biggest buyers
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Added | +481.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +410.5k |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | Added | +403.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +206.1k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +200.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +91.4k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. | Added | +83.1k |
| Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC | New | +68.4k |
| DUFF & PHELPS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO | New | +65.5k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | New | +53.4k |
Biggest sellers
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -513.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -212.0k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC | Reduced | -180.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -148.6k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -127.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC | Reduced | -122.4k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -121.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -95.3k |
| NORGES BANK | Reduced | -95.2k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Reduced | -77.7k |
Biggest calls
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $224.3k2.5k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution -1.1 pts · filed 2025-10-17 | 13.3% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.4% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.2m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $903.0k | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.3m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $362.3k | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $3.3m | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $150.3k | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $99.1k | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $9.4m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-04 | Wathen David M Director | Sold | $2.1m24.0k shares |
| 2025-06-03 | Wathen David M Director | Sold | $2.1m25.0k shares |
| 2025-06-02 | Wathen David M Director | Sold | $2.2m25.4k shares |
| 2025-05-22 | Wathen David M Director | Sold | $2.2m25.0k shares |
| 2025-05-13 | Taylor Jeffery L Vice President and CFO | Sold | $881.2k9.8k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.2m $556.6m | Reduced -513.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.5m $405.2m | Reduced -127.0k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 2.1m $190.5m | Added +30.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $177.1m | Reduced -121.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $146.7m | Added +410.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.6m $139.3m | Added +481.1k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.52% of their portfolio | 1.3m $115.8m | Reduced -180.7k |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc 0.64% of their portfolio | 1.2m $111.9m | Added +403.1k |
| KING LUTHER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORP 0.42% of their portfolio | 1.1m $97.6m | Reduced -74.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 982.4k $88.2m | Reduced -10.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 979.5k $87.9m | Reduced -53.3k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.09% of their portfolio | 756.2k $67.9m | Reduced -77.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 743.1k $66.7m | Reduced -212.0k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.40% of their portfolio | 623.6k $56.0m | Reduced -15.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 607.0k $54.5m | Added +50.9k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 509.3k $45.7m | Reduced -95.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 487.1k $43.7m | Reduced -24.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.06% of their portfolio | 486.5k $43.7m | Added +200.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 453.6k $40.7m | Reduced -54.6k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 373.4k $33.5m | Reduced -17.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 323.3k $29.0m | Reduced -122.4k |
| KBC Group NV 0.08% of their portfolio | 313.0k $28.1m | Reduced -75.1k |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 266.0k $24.7m | Added +10.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 257.5k $23.1m | Added +17.6k |
| FIRST MERCHANTS CORP 0.87% of their portfolio | 251.3k $22.6m | Added +2.9k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.22% of their portfolio | 248.5k $22.3m | Reduced -487 |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 228.5k $20.5m | Added +206.1k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 213.1k $19.1m | Added +3.2k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 186.0k $16.7m | Reduced -10.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 181.0k $16.2m | Added +44.3k |
| Running Oak Capital LLC 1.78% of their portfolio | 178.3k $16.0m | Added +28.0k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 175.4k $15.7m | Added +38.2k |
| DUDLEY & SHANLEY, INC. 2.45% of their portfolio | 174.0k $15.6m | Reduced -1.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 170.9k $15.3m | Reduced -27.0k |
| Tributary Capital Management, LLC 1.30% of their portfolio | 164.0k $14.7m | Reduced -11.3k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 158.9k $14.3m | Added +41.9k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 158.0k $14.2m | Reduced -71.2k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 150.5k $13.5m | Added +4.5k |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc 0.25% of their portfolio | 139.7k $12.5m | Added +341 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 137.0k $12.3m | Reduced -148.6k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.05% of their portfolio | 133.8k $12.0m | Added +9.2k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 130.2k $11.7m | Added +37.5k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 124.7k $11.2m | Reduced -35.3k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 119.9k $10.8m | Reduced -14.2k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 119.4k $10.7m | Added +91.4k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. 0.29% of their portfolio | 117.7k $10.6m | Added +83.1k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.02% of their portfolio | 115.7k $10.4m | Added +42.4k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.02% of their portfolio | 101.7k $9.1m | Reduced -403 |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 97.5k $8.7m | Added +28.2k |
| MONARCH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.35% of their portfolio | 97.4k $8.7m | Added +670 |
| Marks Group Wealth Management, Inc 0.77% of their portfolio | 92.8k $8.3m | Added +10.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.7k $8.2m | Reduced -95.3k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.5k $7.8m | Added +68 |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 85.7k $7.7m | Added +6.4k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 80.6k $7.2m | Reduced -570 |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 79.5k $7.1m | Reduced -12.2k |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 79.0k $7.1m | Reduced -408 |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 74.3k $6.7m | Reduced -1.0k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 73.4k $6.6m | Reduced -71.8k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 72.9k $6.5m | Added +2.2k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 71.3k $6.4m | Reduced -60.1k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 71.0k $6.4m | Reduced -12.1k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 68.6k $6.2m | Added +11.2k |
| Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 68.4k $6.1m | New |
| DUFF & PHELPS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO 0.07% of their portfolio | 65.5k $5.9m | New |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.02% of their portfolio | 63.9k $5.7m | Reduced -701 |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 63.3k $5.7m | Added +4.5k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.8k $5.5m | Added +43.8k |
| GHP Investment Advisors, Inc. 0.24% of their portfolio | 61.0k $5.5m | Reduced -3.4k |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 61.0k $5.5m | Added +3.4k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 59.0k $5.3m | Added +7.1k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.3k $4.9m | Added +84 |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 53.4k $4.8m | New |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.3k $4.5m | Reduced -22.4k |
| Magnetar Financial LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 49.9k $4.5m | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.8k $4.5m | Reduced -2.5k |
| FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA 0.27% of their portfolio | 47.2k $4.2m | Added +75 |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.4k $4.2m | Added +20.9k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.2k $4.1m | Reduced -20.9k |
| EULAV Asset Management 0.09% of their portfolio | 44.8k $4.0m | Reduced -53 |
| Vest Financial, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 42.9k $3.9m | Added +11.1k |
| Aptus Capital Advisors, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 42.6k $3.8m | Added +3.7k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 41.1k $4.3m | Added +2.3k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 40.3k $3.6m | Added +4.0k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.9k $3.4m | Reduced -40.9k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.7k $3.4m | Reduced -435 |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.4k $3.3m | Reduced -383 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.0k $3.2m | Reduced -348 |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 33.6k $3.0m | New |
| Weiss Asset Management LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 33.5k $3.0m | Not comparable |
| AlphaQuest LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 32.8k $2.9m | Added +29.4k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.01% of their portfolio | 32.4k $2.9m | Added +263 |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 32.1k $2.9m | Added +29.7k |
| Bridge City Capital, LLC 0.80% of their portfolio | 31.7k $2.8m | Reduced -444 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.5k $2.8m | Added +1.2k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 30.4k $2.7m | Reduced -4.5k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.8k $2.6m | Added +546 |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 28.8k $2.6m | Reduced -26 |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 28.4k $2.5m | Added +25.1k |
| Man Group plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 27.6k $2.5m | Reduced -17.3k |