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) Gross margin

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Powell Industries, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 30.1%, up 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (29.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.8% (fiscal 2017) to 29.4% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is in line with the Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median of 29.9% and in line with the Industrials sector median of 30.6%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 29.4% 2.39
FY2024 27.0% 5.88
FY2023 21.1% 5.14
FY2022 16.0% 0.01
FY2021 16.0% (2.29)
FY2020 18.2% 1.42
FY2019 16.8% 2.26
FY2018 14.6% 1.74
FY2017 12.8% (5.97)
FY2016 18.8% 2.43

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 30.6% 0.92
Mar 2026 29.7% 1.22
Dec 2025 28.4% (2.96)
Sep 2025 31.4% 0.69
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 12.8% High 29.4%
Ten-year median 16.8%
Current reading's percentile 95

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
AYI Acuity, Inc. compare 50.6%
HAYW Hayward Holdings, Inc. compare 48.0%
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. compare 40.3%
ENR Energizer Holdings, Inc. compare 36.8%
NVT nVent Electric PLC compare 36.6%
FPS Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. compare 35.0%
ENS Enersys compare 30.5%
POWL Powell Industries, Inc. 30.1%
PLUG Plug Power, Inc. compare −18.6%
Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median 29.9%
Industrials sector median 30.6%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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