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

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