Powell Industries Inc
POWL Nasdaq· Switchgear & Switchboard Apparatus
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$150.95
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Powell Industries Inc had $1.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 9.1% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +16.3% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 19.7%, up 2.1 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 20 is left after running the business.
- Powell Industries Inc made $181M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 30.4% a year.
- Free cash flow was $155M in fiscal 2025, 14.0% of revenue.
- Powell Industries Inc returned $12.9M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 8% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.2%.
Market cap
$5.5B
P/E
14.7x
Revenue
$1.1B
Net income
$181M
Free cash flow
$155M
Operating margin
19.7%
Powell Industries Inc in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+9.1%
Yes. Sales grew 9.1% last year.
Does it make a profit?
16.4%
Yes. It keeps 16.4% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
14.0%
Yes. 14.0% of sales ends up as free cash.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 8
Mixed. It passes 6 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
14.7x
One share costs 14.7 times its yearly profit per share.
What Powell Industries Inc does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- September 30, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Nov 19, 2025
- Legal name
- POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
- CIK
- 0000080420
Powell Industries Inc · POWL
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $471M | $533M | $699M | $1.0B | $1.1B |
| Revenue growth | −9.2% | 13.2% | 31.3% | 44.8% | 9.1% |
| Gross margin | 16.0% | 16.0% | 21.1% | 27.0% | 29.4% |
| Operating margin | 0.2% | 1.4% | 8.9% | 17.7% | 19.7% |
| Net income | $0.6M | $13.7M | $54.5M | $150M | $181M |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 2.6% | 7.8% | 14.8% | 16.4% |
| Diluted EPS | $0.05 | $1.15 | $4.50 | $12.29 | $14.86 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | −$30.5M | −$3.6M | $183M | $109M | $168M |
| Capital expenditure | $2.9M | $2.5M | $7.8M | $12.0M | $13.1M |
| Free cash flow | −$33.4M | −$6.0M | $175M | $96.7M | $155M |
| FCF margin | −7.1% | −1.1% | 25.0% | 9.5% | 14.0% |
| Dividends paid | $12.1M | $12.2M | $12.4M | $12.7M | $12.9M |
| Share count change | 0.8% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 0.6% | −0.2% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $134M | $117M | $279M | $358M | $476M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $0.4M | $0.0M | — | — | — |
| Shareholders' equity | $301M | $297M | $345M | $483M | $641M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −11.8x | −7.0x | — | — | — |
| Current ratio | 2.5x | 2.0x | 1.6x | 1.8x | 2.1x |
| Interest coverage | 5.0x | — | — | — | — |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 0.4% | 4.0% | — | — | — |
| Return on equity | 0.2% | 4.6% | 17.0% | 36.2% | 32.2% |
| Return on tangible equity | 0.2% | 4.6% | 15.8% | 31.1% | 28.8% |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 7.2 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 7.5 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$69.5M
10 insiders
Of sales under plans
17%
$11.6M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Powell Industries Inc · POWL
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
KIRA
At $150.95 a share, the company is worth $5.5B: 14.7 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000080420). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.