Powell Industries Inc (POWL)
Powell Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and services custom-engineered equipment and systems. The company's products portfolio includes integrated power control room substations, custom-engineered modules, and electrical houses; and traditional and arc-resistant distribution switchgears and control gears, medium-voltage circuit breakers, monitoring and control communications systems, motor control centers, switches, and bus duct systems. It also provides field service inspection, installation, commissioning, modification, and repair services; spare parts; retrofit and retrofill components for existing systems; and replacement circuit breakers for switchgears. The company serves onshore and offshore production, liquefied natural gas facilities and terminals, pipelines and refineries, petrochemical, electric utility, light rail traction power, mining and metals, pulp and paper, data centers, commercial construction, and other industrial markets, as well as universities and government entities. It operates in the United States, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Mexico, the Asia/Pacific, and Central and South America. Powell Industries, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
- Symbol
- POWL
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Electrical Equipment & Parts
- Market cap
- $6.99B
- 52 week range
- 92.3 - 328
Valuation
- Share price
- $192.62 (close of 2026-09-23)
- P/E (TTM)
- 36.55x
- Price to book
- 9.25x
- Price to free cash flow
- 28.66x
- Enterprise value
- $6.36B
- Book value per share
- $20.76
Price performance
| Period | Change |
|---|
| 1 day | +2.70% |
| 5 days | +12.40% |
| 1 month | -2.55% |
| 3 months | -33.92% |
| 6 months | +6.50% |
| Year to date | +81.27% |
| 1 year | +97.74% |
| 3 years | +653.89% |
| 5 years | +2206.83% |
| 10 years | +1388.56% |
| All time | +19162.00% |
Profitability and growth
- Return on equity
- 28.21%
- Return on invested capital
- 98.89%
- Return on assets
- 16.30%
- Return on capital employed
- 32.88%
- Gross margin
- 29.37%
- Net margin
- 16.37%
- EBITDA margin
- 20.39%
- Revenue growth
- 9.08%
- Net income growth
- 20.62%
- Free cash flow growth
- 60.11%
Cash flow and balance sheet
- Free cash flow yield (TTM)
- 3.49%
- Current ratio
- 1.97x
- Net debt to EBITDA
- -2.67x
Latest reported year
- Period end
- 2025-09-30
- Fiscal year
- 2025
- Revenue
- $1.10B
- Cost of revenue
- $779.94M
- Gross profit
- $324.38M
- EBITDA
- $225.13M
- Net income
- $180.75M
- Earnings per share
- $4.99
- Research and development
- $11.01M
- Shares outstanding
- 36.19M
Income statement by year
| Period end | Revenue | Gross profit | Net income | EPS |
|---|
| 2025-09-30 | $1.10B | $324.38M | $180.75M | $4.99 |
| 2024-09-30 | $1.01B | $273.09M | $149.85M | $4.17 |
| 2023-09-30 | $699.31M | $147.55M | $54.52M | $1.53 |
| 2022-09-30 | $532.58M | $85.02M | $13.74M | $0.39 |
| 2021-09-30 | $470.56M | $75.06M | $631.00K | $0.02 |
| 2020-09-30 | $518.50M | $94.58M | $16.66M | $0.48 |
| 2019-09-30 | $517.18M | $86.98M | $9.89M | $0.28 |
| 2018-09-30 | $448.72M | $65.36M | $-7.15M | $-0.21 |
| 2017-09-30 | $395.91M | $50.77M | $-9.49M | $-0.28 |
| 2016-09-30 | $565.24M | $106.20M | $15.51M | $0.45 |
Margins and returns by year
| Period end | Gross margin | Net margin | Return on equity | Return on capital |
|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 29.37% | 16.37% | 28.21% | 98.89% |
| 2024-09-30 | 26.98% | 14.80% | 31.02% | 105.27% |
| 2023-09-30 | 21.10% | 7.80% | 15.80% | 71.30% |
| 2022-09-30 | 15.96% | 2.58% | 4.62% | 3.95% |
| 2021-09-30 | 15.95% | 0.13% | 0.21% | 0.33% |
| 2020-09-30 | 18.24% | 3.21% | 5.43% | 11.47% |
| 2019-09-30 | 16.82% | 1.91% | 3.31% | 5.13% |
| 2018-09-30 | 14.56% | -1.59% | -2.37% | -3.38% |
| 2017-09-30 | 12.82% | -2.40% | -2.95% | -5.22% |
| 2016-09-30 | 18.79% | 2.74% | 4.63% | 5.61% |
Cash and debt by year
| Period end | Cash | Debt |
|---|
| 2025-09-30 | $475.53M | - |
| 2024-09-30 | $358.39M | - |
| 2023-09-30 | $279.01M | - |
| 2022-09-30 | $116.51M | - |
| 2021-09-30 | $133.98M | - |
| 2020-09-30 | $178.92M | $400.00K |
| 2019-09-30 | $124.68M | $800.00K |
| 2018-09-30 | $49.75M | $1.20M |
| 2017-09-30 | $95.19M | $1.60M |
| 2016-09-30 | $97.72M | $2.00M |
Free cash flow by year
| Period end | Free cash flow | Stock-based compensation |
|---|
| 2025-09-30 | $154.79M | $4.63M |
| 2024-09-30 | $96.68M | $4.75M |
| 2023-09-30 | $174.73M | $4.60M |
| 2022-09-30 | $-6.03M | $4.09M |
| 2021-09-30 | $-33.39M | $2.58M |
| 2020-09-30 | $67.23M | $3.47M |
| 2019-09-30 | $64.50M | $3.84M |
| 2018-09-30 | $-32.96M | $3.15M |
| 2017-09-30 | $33.19M | $2.72M |
| 2016-09-30 | $71.86M | $4.88M |
Dividend history
- Most recent payment
- 2026-08-19
- Paid in the last twelve months
- $0.36
| Payment date | Dividend per share |
|---|
| 2026-08-19 | $0.09 |
| 2026-05-20 | $0.09 |
| 2026-02-18 | $0.09 |
| 2025-11-19 | $0.09 |
| 2025-08-20 | $0.09 |
| 2025-05-21 | $0.09 |
| 2025-02-19 | $0.09 |
| 2024-11-20 | $0.09 |
Investor relations
Next earnings report
- Next confirmed report
- 2026-11-17
- Consensus EPS estimate
- $1.52
Past earnings dates
| Reported | Fiscal period | EPS estimate |
|---|
| 2026-08-03 | Jun/2026 | $1.49 |
| 2026-05-04 | - | - |
| 2026-02-03 | - | - |
| 2025-11-18 | - | - |
| 2025-08-05 | - | - |
| 2025-05-06 | - | - |
| 2025-02-06 | - | - |
| 2024-11-19 | - | - |
Filings and sources
- Company website
- powellind.com
- SEC filings
- 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
- Earnings calendar
- All upcoming reports
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