Franklin Electric reported a strong third quarter with record earnings. EPS before restructuring expenses grew by 14% year-over-year. The company's water businesses outside the U.S. and Canada experienced organic growth, and the distribution business also saw organic growth. The fueling systems sales declined, but improved sequentially from the previous quarter. Management is optimistic about the remainder of 2020 and looking forward to 2021.
Third quarter EPS before restructuring expense was $0.83, a 14% increase year-over-year.
Third quarter sales were $351.2 million, compared to $348.4 million in the third quarter 2019.
Water businesses outside the U.S. and Canada grew organically by about 15%.
Distribution business grew by 13% organically.
Franklin Electric raised its full year guidance for both earnings per share and free cash flow. The company now expects full year 2020 earnings per share before restructuring expenses to be between $2.10 and $2.15. They expect free cash flow as a percent of net income to be over 170 percent for the full year 2020.
Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income