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sellModerate cluster of 2

David M Wathen sold $2.2M of FELE

director at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC. 25,000 shares at an average of $86.70, traded May 22, 2025, filed May 27, 2025.

Warning score
58
Value
$2.2M
25,000 shares
Holdings after
74,402
-25% from before
From 52-week low
+3%
low $82.82, close $85.18
From 52-week high
-21%
high $108.29, as of May 22, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $2.2M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 25% of holdings
    +10
  • Cluster
    2 insiders selling within 14 days
    +8

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +5.1%, 3m +13.6%, 6m +9.7%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

FELEOct 9, 2026 · close 97.72
Since filing May 27, 2025: +13.5%SPY +33.9% · excess -20.4%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0000038725-25-000133, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 22, 2025SOpen-market sale
common stock
-25,000$86.70$2.2M74,402May 27, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
51Moderate
FELEsell 2
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
Jonathan M. Grandon
Chief Administrative Officer
$884k
8,547 shares
-53%
45Moderate
FELEsell 2
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
delancey w davis
President, Headwater Companies
$190k
1,900 shares
-15%
34Weak
FELEsell 2
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
Jonathan M. Grandon
Chief Administrative Officer
$413k
4,200 shares
-36%
28Weak
FELEsell 2
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
delancey w davis
President, Headwater Companies
$20k
200 shares
-2%
51Moderate
FELEsell 2
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
Jonathan M. Grandon
Chief Administrative Officer
$499k
4,988 shares
-40%
31Weak
FELEbuy
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
Joseph A. Ruzynski
CEO
$47k
500 shares
+2%
35Weak
FELEsell
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
Gregg C Sengstack
Executive Chairperson
$1.1M
11,779 shares
-38%
68Notable
FELEsell 2
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
Jonathan M. Grandon
Chief Administrative Officer
$984k
10,036 shares
-55%
48Moderate
FELEsell 2
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
Gregg C Sengstack
Executive Chairperson
$982k
10,000 shares
-7%
60Notable
FELEsell
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
David M Wathen
director
$4.2M
49,000 shares
-100%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

David M Wathen sold $2.2M of FELE | InsiderTell