Powell Industries, Inc.

POWL Industrials Electrical Equipment & Parts

Powell Industries, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $1.1 billion, up 9.08% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 8.90%, EPS grew 7.25% and free cash flow grew 121.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five.

165.14 5.68 −3.33%
Market cap
$6.2B
P/E
31.5×
Fwd P/E
52.3×
Dividend yield
0.22%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
7.68
Beneish M
−2.36
Dividend safety
86/100
Sep '16 Sep '17 Sep '18 Sep '19 Sep '20 Sep '21 Sep '22 Sep '23 Sep '24 Sep '25
Piotroski F-Score
— 4 4 7 7 3 5 6 7 5
P/E ratio
29.45 0.00 0.00 46.05 16.75 411.56 18.02 18.13 17.76 20.33
Altman Z-Score
4.98 4.52 4.32 4.11 3.58 3.77 3.14 3.62 6.46 7.68
P/S ratio
0.81 0.87 0.89 0.88 0.54 0.61 0.47 1.41 2.63 3.33
P/FCF ratio
6.34 10.36 0.00 7.02 4.17 0.00 0.00 5.64 27.55 23.75
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
7.97 8.33 6.96 6.45 6.78 7.20 6.00 4.83 6.52 7.48
Beneish M-Score
(3.22) (2.66) (1.95) (3.21) (3.30) (1.84) (2.16) (2.83) (2.05) (2.36)
P/Operating CF
34.84 35.49 (161.50) 13.01 14.76 31.15 10.28 12.77 (444.00) 60.20
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 86
P/B ratio
1.36 1.07 1.33 1.51 0.91 0.95 0.84 2.86 5.51 5.74
Price to Tangible BV
1.37 1.08 1.34 1.52 0.92 0.96 0.84 2.87 5.52 5.85
EV/Sales
0.64 0.60 0.74 0.64 0.20 0.33 0.25 1.01 2.27 2.90
EV/EBITDA
12.42 0.00 88.38 14.03 3.45 13.60 8.03 9.96 12.40 14.22
EV/Operating CF
4.82 6.40 (11.71) 4.79 1.41 (5.07) (37.16) 3.88 21.19 19.07
EV/FCF
5.01 7.10 (10.14) 5.11 1.52 (4.63) (24.63) 4.05 23.85 20.68
Quick Ratio
1.70 2.01 1.43 1.50 1.63 1.75 1.20 1.23 1.34 1.55
Current Ratio
2.57 2.92 2.35 2.08 2.19 2.50 1.99 1.57 1.81 2.09
Net Debt/EBITDA
(3.28) 16.45 (17.80) (5.26) (6.02) (11.77) (7.03) (3.92) (1.93) (2.11)
Debt/Assets
0.52% 0.48% 0.37% 0.26% 0.17% 0.09% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Debt/Equity
0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Asset Turnover
1.21 0.90 1.06 1.15 1.10 1.04 1.15 1.12 1.20 1.08
Operating CF/Net income
4.83 (3.88) 3.99 6.95 4.35 (48.27) (0.26) 3.35 0.73 0.93
Capex/Depreciation
(0.21) (0.28) (0.34) (0.35) (0.49) (0.28) (0.19) (0.91) (1.76) (1.81)
Interest Coverage
105.75 (115.11) (44.07) 49.83 19.44 3.68 21.63 9.72 — —
ROE
4.64% (2.89%) (2.30%) 3.29% 5.50% 0.21% 4.59% 16.98% 36.19% 32.17%
ROA
3.33% (2.16%) (1.69%) 2.20% 3.55% 0.14% 2.96% 8.75% 17.83% 17.74%
ROIC
4.10% (5.67%) (2.43%) 4.08% 9.28% 0.38% 2.50% 59.19% 89.62% 82.40%
Return on Tangible Assets
4.69% (3.12%) (2.49%) 3.39% 5.61% 0.22% 4.87% 16.83% 33.16% 30.31%
Average Days of Receivables
66.36 57.23 80.90 79.27 49.58 60.86 72.79 107.88 77.30 71.74
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
1.19% 1.74% 1.50% 1.22% 1.21% 1.42% 1.31% 0.89% 0.93% 1.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
13.26% 15.54% 14.88% 13.53% 13.05% 14.28% 13.30% 11.27% 8.39% 8.64%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.86% 0.69% 0.70% 0.74% 0.67% 0.55% 0.77% 0.66% 0.47% 0.42%
Graham Net Nets
0.39 0.45 0.37 0.35 0.61 0.58 0.70 0.22 0.12 0.13
Graham Number
10.00 0.00 0.00 7.41 9.74 1.96 8.59 18.24 35.49 44.62
Earnings Yield
3.40% (2.76%) (1.78%) 2.17% 5.97% 0.24% 5.55% 5.52% 5.63% 4.92%
Free Cash Flow Yield
15.78% 9.65% (8.21%) 14.24% 23.99% (11.60%) (2.17%) 17.71% 3.63% 4.21%
Revenue per Share
16.53 11.52 13.00 14.90 14.87 13.40 15.05 19.62 28.16 30.52
Operating CF per Share
2.19 1.07 (0.83) 1.98 2.08 (0.87) (0.10) 5.12 3.02 4.64
Capex per Share
(0.08) (0.11) (0.13) (0.12) (0.15) (0.08) (0.05) (0.22) (0.34) (0.36)
Free Cash Flow per Share
2.11 0.97 (0.95) 1.86 1.93 (0.95) (0.15) 4.90 2.69 4.28
Cash per Share
2.86 3.21 2.00 3.59 5.13 3.82 3.29 7.83 9.97 13.14
Shareholders Equity per Share
9.80 9.35 8.74 8.62 8.79 8.58 8.40 9.68 13.44 17.71
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
9.80 9.35 8.74 8.62 8.79 8.58 8.40 9.68 13.44 17.71
Free Cash Flow
72.05 33.19 (32.96) 64.50 67.26 (33.35) (5.40) 174.75 96.54 154.81
Working Capital
185.89 164.49 158.81 170.67 182.71 181.31 183.61 226.30 348.47 485.33
Capital Expenditures
(2.86) (3.62) (4.41) (4.25) (5.13) (2.89) (1.82) (7.81) (12.13) (13.13)
Net Current Asset Value
176.94 156.38 148.36 160.31 170.01 167.49 173.81 214.77 331.37 463.50
EV/EBIT
22.93 0.00 0.00 28.75 5.36 151.55 18.42 11.33 12.88 14.70
Capex to Sales
0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01
Price to Operating Income
28.98 0.00 0.00 39.53 14.70 282.26 34.44 15.78 14.88 16.88
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.07 0.07
Cash ROIC
16.55% 7.65% (8.86%) 15.18% 13.83% (7.66%) (1.31%) 28.00% 11.47% 13.87%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
5.49 4.80 5.56 4.88 5.67 6.32 5.77 4.47 4.81 5.12
Accounts Payable Turnover
11.06 10.11 10.36 9.36 9.83 9.85 8.24 9.19 11.35 11.09
Inventory Turnover
15.45 15.35 19.26 17.02 14.58 13.45 11.15 9.66 9.87 9.14
Average Days of Payables
27.82 35.18 38.76 43.42 30.16 41.76 51.72 37.49 36.35 31.39
Days of Inventory on Hand
21.09 19.51 20.33 24.78 24.94 27.53 41.11 42.25 42.40 39.65
Average Receivables
102.89 82.42 80.76 105.89 91.38 74.44 92.34 156.45 210.55 215.74
Average Payables
41.50 34.13 36.99 45.95 43.10 40.14 54.34 60.04 65.15 70.36
Average Inventory
29.71 22.48 19.90 25.28 29.09 29.40 40.13 57.14 74.87 85.30
Average Assets
465.67 438.75 422.47 448.68 469.84 454.24 464.79 622.81 840.21 1,018.58
Average Common Equity
334.29 328.31 311.47 300.40 302.89 303.92 299.21 321.12 414.05 561.92

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