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) Return on assets

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Powell Industries, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 15.6%, down 2.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (17.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.16% (fiscal 2017) to 17.8% (fiscal 2024); 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 1.20%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 17.7% (0.09)
FY2024 17.8% 9.08
FY2023 8.75% 5.79
FY2022 2.96% 2.82
FY2021 0.14% (3.41)
FY2020 3.55% 1.35
FY2019 2.20% 3.89
FY2018 −1.69% 0.47
FY2017 −2.16% (5.49)
FY2016 3.33% 1.46

Against its own ten years

Low −2.16% High 17.8%
Ten-year median 2.96%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
POWL Powell Industries, Inc. 15.6%
AYI Acuity, Inc. compare 11.0%
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. compare 9.49%
NVT nVent Electric PLC compare 9.14%
ENS Enersys compare 8.74%
HAYW Hayward Holdings, Inc. compare 5.54%
FPS Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. compare 4.34%
ENR Energizer Holdings, Inc. compare 1.81%
PLUG Plug Power, Inc. compare −59.2%
Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 1.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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