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.

Revenue
+8.90%
EPS
+7.25%
Free cash flow
+121.7%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

126.73 16.37 −11.44%
Market cap
$4.6B
P/E
24.1×
Fwd P/E
29.1×
Dividend yield
0.28%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
7.68
Beneish M
−2.36
Dividend safety
86/100

Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL) Free cash flow margin

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Powell Industries, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 21.1%, up 7.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.34% (fiscal 2018) to 25.0% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.06%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 14.0% 4.48
FY2024 9.54% (15.45)
FY2023 25.0% 26.00
FY2022 −1.01% 6.08
FY2021 −7.09% (20.06)
FY2020 13.0% 0.50
FY2019 12.5% 19.81
FY2018 −7.34% (15.72)
FY2017 8.38% (4.37)
FY2016 12.8% 16.03

Against its own ten years

Low −7.34% High 25.0%
Ten-year median 9.54%
Current reading's percentile 91

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
POWL Powell Industries, Inc. 21.1%
ENS Enersys compare 18.9%
AYI Acuity, Inc. compare 16.1%
HAYW Hayward Holdings, Inc. compare 13.5%
NVT nVent Electric PLC compare 12.2%
ENR Energizer Holdings, Inc. compare 5.08%
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. compare 3.08%
FPS Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. compare −0.48%
PLUG Plug Power, Inc. compare −70.2%
Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 2.06%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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