Companies / POWL 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.
Ticker POWL Exchange Nasdaq Sector Industrials Industry Electrical Equipment & Parts Market cap $4.85B 52-week range $92.59 - $328.00 Valuation Share price $133.12 (close of Nov 6, 2026) P/E (TTM) 25.36x Price to book 6.41x Price to free cash flow 19.88x Enterprise value $4.22B Book value per share $20.76 Price performance Period Change 1 day +6.44% 5 days -14.81% 1 month -34.97% 3 months -35.80% 6 months -58.44% Year to date +25.28% 1 year +6.50% 3 years +395.79% 5 years +1,334.48% 10 years +1,017.72% All time +13,212.00%
Short interest As of Oct 15, 2026 Short % of float 12.79% Shares short 3.15M Days to cover 4.87 Change since prior report +15.65% Source FINRA consolidated short interest Profitability and growth Return on equity 28.21% Return on invested capital 25.69% 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) 5.03% Current ratio 1.97x Net debt to EBITDA -2.67x Latest reported year Period end Sep 30, 2025 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% 25.69% 2024-09-30 26.98% 14.80% 31.02% 27.37% 2023-09-30 21.10% 7.80% 15.80% 13.88% 2022-09-30 15.96% 2.58% 4.62% 2.41% 2021-09-30 15.95% 0.13% 0.21% 0.18% 2020-09-30 18.24% 3.21% 5.43% 4.92% 2019-09-30 16.82% 1.91% 3.31% 3.00% 2018-09-30 14.56% -1.59% -2.37% -2.83% 2017-09-30 12.82% -2.40% -2.95% -3.68% 2016-09-30 18.79% 2.74% 4.63% 3.99%
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 $400.00K 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 Aug 19, 2026 Paid in the last twelve months, split-adjusted $0.36 Payment date Dividend per share 2026-08-19 $0.09 2026-05-20 $0.09 2026-02-18 $0.27 2025-11-19 $0.27 2025-08-20 $0.27 2025-05-21 $0.27 2025-02-19 $0.27 2024-11-20 $0.27
Investor relations Next earnings report Next confirmed report Nov 16, 2026 Consensus EPS estimate $1.52 Past earnings dates Reported Fiscal period EPS estimate 2026-08-03 Jun 2026 $1.49 2026-05-04 Mar 2026 $1.34 2026-02-03 Dec 2025 $2.85 2025-11-18 Sep 2025 $3.76 2025-08-05 Jun 2025 $3.73 2025-05-06 Mar 2025 $3.34 2025-02-06 Dec 2024 $2.83 2024-11-19 Sep 2024 $3.49
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