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) Operating margin

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Powell Industries, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 19.7%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (19.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.88% (fiscal 2017) to 19.7% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.21%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 19.7% 2.07
FY2024 17.7% 8.72
FY2023 8.94% 7.58
FY2022 1.36% 1.14
FY2021 0.22% (3.46)
FY2020 3.68% 1.46
FY2019 2.22% 4.25
FY2018 −2.03% 2.85
FY2017 −4.88% (7.67)
FY2016 2.79% (0.33)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 20.6% 1.14
Mar 2026 19.4% 2.38
Dec 2025 17.0% (4.19)
Sep 2025 21.2% 0.22
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −4.88% High 19.7%
Ten-year median 2.79%
Current reading's percentile 93

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
HAYW Hayward Holdings, Inc. compare 21.6%
POWL Powell Industries, Inc. 19.7%
NVT nVent Electric PLC compare 17.8%
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. compare 16.0%
AYI Acuity, Inc. compare 15.4%
ENS Enersys compare 13.0%
FPS Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. compare 12.9%
ENR Energizer Holdings, Inc. compare 10.6%
PLUG Plug Power, Inc. compare −172.8%
Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 5.21%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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