Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL) Stock

About Powell Industries, Inc.

Powell Industries, Inc. is led by CEO Brett A. Cope, employs 3,143 people, headquartered in Houston, US, publicly traded since 1980.

Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL) stock trades at $150.95 with a market capitalization of $5.50B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 35.90, price-to-book of 9.07, price-to-sales of 5.93. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $92.59 and $328.00, and currently trades 54.0% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.19%.

On profitability, Powell Industries, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 27.51%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 29.11%, an operating margin of 19.75%, a net profit margin of 16.49%.

Powell Industries, Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Powell Industries, Inc. reported revenue of $565.0M rising to $1.1B, a change of +95.4% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 16.3% a year over five years, 27.5% over three, 9.1% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $181.0M.

Operating margin went from 2.8% in 2016 to 19.7% in 2025, a gain of 16.9 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 16.49%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $1.2B and net profit $190.0M.

Borrowings held roughly flat from $2.0M to $2.0M, cash from operations was $168.0M in the latest year, positive in 7 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 16.1% over five years, and was 28.2% in the most recent year.

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