Industrials
Powell Industries, Inc.(POWL)
Live Price
Offline$297.20
+1.08% today
1Y Change
+393.91%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $10.03B
- Revenue Growth
- +9.1%
- EPS Growth
- +19.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.1%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $10.03B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $297.20 and up 393.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +9.1%, EPS growth of +19.7%, a dividend yield of 0.1%. What stands out right now is revenue +9.1%, EPS +19.7%, free cash flow +60.1% with operating margin 20.2% and ROIC 25.2%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.1%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 53.4 and price/sales 9.0. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a quality compounder than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines POWL price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+9.1% vs +3.6% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+20.2% vs +16.9% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
53.4 vs 36.7 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 5, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +9.1% and EPS at +19.7%, with operating margin around 20.2%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.1%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +9.2% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 5, 2026 | โ | +8.7% | +4.5% | +1.7% |
2026 Feb 3, 2026 | +19.3% | +16.3% | +25.8% | +13.2% |
2025 Nov 18, 2025 | +11.6% | -11.3% | -2.8% | -1.4% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
Compare this ticker against a broad index, growth benchmark, or sector ETF using a shared 1Y normalization window.
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Normalized return
SPY
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
POWL Max Drawdown
-30.93%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for POWL and SPY.
Company Overview
Powell Industries, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Powell Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and services custom-engineered equipment and systems for the distribution, control, and monitoring of electrical energy. The company's principal products include integrated power control room substations, custom-engineered modules, electrical houses, medium-voltage circuit breakers, monitoring and control communications systems, motor control centers, and bus duct systems, as well as traditional and arc-resistant distribution switchgears and control gears. Its products have application in voltages ranging from 480 volts to 38,000 volts; and are used in oil and gas refining, onshore and offshore oil and gas production, petrochemical, liquid natural gas terminals, pipeline, terminal, mining and metals, light rail traction power, electric utility, pulp and paper, and other heavy industrial markets. It also provides value-added services, such as spare parts, field service inspection, installation, commissioning, modification and repair, retrofit and retrofill components for existing systems, and replacement circuit breakers for switchgear. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Mexico, and Central and South America. Powell Industries, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
- Leadership
- Brett A. Cope
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 2.7k
- Street Address
- 8550 Mosley Road
- Mailing
- Houston, TX, 77075-1180
- Region
- Houston, TX, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 713 944 6900
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 53.4
- EV/EBITDA
- 40.3
- Price/Sales
- 9.0
- Price/Book
- 15.0
Growth
- Revenue
- +9.1%
- EPS
- +19.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- +60.1%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 30.2%
- Operating Margin
- 20.2%
- Net Margin
- 16.8%
- ROE
- 30.6%
- ROIC
- 25.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.00
- Current Ratio
- 2.29
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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