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Powell Industries, Inc. POWL
$197.84 +0.89% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $7.14B
Strong growthHigh quality
Next earnings report: Nov 17, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned +93.0%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 77.2 percentage points.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The stock is 39% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 47%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 48%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 10%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 39%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 4%
- Gross marginTop 46%
- Operating marginTop 12%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 41%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 45%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 5%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 50%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 48%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 32%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 15%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 30%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 10%
- 6-month returnTop 46%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 6%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 29%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 41%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 23%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 13%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 34%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 40%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 12%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 5%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.5% | 7.0% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 7.8% | 8.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 30.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 19.5% | 19.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 7.5% | 21.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.0% | 4.5% | ↑ | Bottom 47% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.6% | 7.8% | ↑ | Bottom 48% |
| Gross margin | 30.1% | 28.8% | ↑ | Top 46% |
| Operating margin | 19.7% | 19.5% | ↑ | Top 12% |
| Net margin | 16.5% | 16.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 21.1% | 7.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 22.6% | — | Top 4% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 27.5% | — | Top 10% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.34×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +31.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -2.53×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.18%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.17%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.01%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -11.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $284.00
- Target vs current price
- +43.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 10
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 30%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | -3.4% | +5.3% | +1.4% | -12.4% | — |
| May 4, 2026 | -6.7% | -2.0% | +12.4% | +4.6% | -32.3% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | +18.9% | +2.9% | +27.6% | +16.1% | +72.7% |
| Nov 18, 2025 | -55.2% | +1.2% | -5.6% | +4.7% | +84.1% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +6.5% | +2.6% | +15.1% | +14.6% | +67.0% |
| May 6, 2025 | +14.4% | -0.9% | -2.1% | -9.6% | +23.5% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | +1.1% | -0.0% | -14.5% | -35.7% | -21.1% |
| Nov 19, 2024 | -64.5% | +8.1% | -2.9% | -16.5% | -27.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $1.42 | $1.47 | -3.4% | $311.7M |
| May 4, 2026 | $1.25 | $1.34 | -6.7% | $296.6M |
| Feb 3, 2026 | $1.13 | $0.95 | +18.9% | $251.2M |
| Nov 18, 2025 | $1.41 | $3.15 | -55.2% | $298.0M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $1.32 | $1.24 | +6.5% | $286.3M |
| May 6, 2025 | $1.27 | $1.11 | +14.4% | $278.6M |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $0.95 | $0.94 | +1.1% | $241.4M |
| Nov 19, 2024 | $1.26 | $3.55 | -64.5% | $275.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 37.9× | 21.5× | 79th | Bottom 50% |
| P/E (forward) | 36.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 26.2× | — | — | Bottom 32% |
| EV / Sales | 5.63× | — | — | Bottom 15% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.41% | — | — | Top 48% |
| Earnings yield | 2.64% | — | — | Bottom 50% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.3× – 476.0× since Sep 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +93.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +8.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +156.3%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -11.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +2.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -4.9%
- RSI (14)
- 57.8
- Relative volume
- 1.24×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 58.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 50th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.00
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.48
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -38.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -55.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2024 | Mar 4, 2025 | -55.9% | 75 days | 163 days (Oct 24, 2025) |
| May 14, 2021 | Apr 11, 2022 | -49.0% | 229 days | 170 days (Dec 13, 2022) |
| May 11, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | -47.0% | 79 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 28, 2024 | Jul 18, 2024 | -36.8% | 35 days | 45 days (Sep 20, 2024) |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Apr 17, 2024 | -33.4% | 33 days | 24 days (May 21, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $7.14B
- P/E (TTM)
- 37.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $5.22
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.16B
- Dividend yield
- 0.36%
- 52-week range
- $92.59 – $328.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $470.6M | $532.6M | $699.3M | $1.01B | $1.10B |
| Gross profit | $75.1M | $85.0M | $147.6M | $273.1M | $324.4M |
| Operating income | $1.0M | $7.2M | $62.5M | $178.8M | $217.9M |
| Net income | $631,000 | $13.7M | $54.5M | $149.8M | $180.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.02 | $0.38 | $1.50 | $4.10 | $4.95 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $275.1M | $241.4M | $278.6M | $286.3M | $298.0M | $251.2M | $296.6M | $311.7M |
| Net income | $46.1M | $34.8M | $46.3M | $48.2M | $51.4M | $41.4M | $45.9M | $52.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.26 | $0.95 | $1.27 | $1.32 | $1.41 | $1.13 | $1.26 | $1.42 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$30.5M | -$3.6M | $182.6M | $108.7M | $167.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.9M | -$2.5M | -$7.8M | -$12.0M | -$13.1M |
| Free cash flow | -$33.4M | -$6.0M | $174.7M | $96.7M | $154.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$12.1M | -$12.2M | -$12.4M | -$12.7M | -$12.9M |
| Net share buybacks | -$632,000 | -$675,000 | -$652,000 | -$6.6M | -$12.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $633.6M
- Total assets
- $1.41B
- Total liabilities
- $650.5M
- Total debt
- $2.5M
- Net debt
- -$631.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $756.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | $0.09 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| May 20, 2026 | $0.09 | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $0.27 | Mar 18, 2026 |
| Nov 19, 2025 | $0.27 | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Aug 20, 2025 | $0.27 | Sep 17, 2025 |
| May 21, 2025 | $0.27 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $0.27 | Mar 19, 2025 |
| Nov 20, 2024 | $0.27 | Dec 18, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,397,919
- Days to cover
- 4.10
- Change vs previous report
- +5.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 6, 2026
- 3-for-1