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

131.79 6.73 +5.38%
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 invested capital

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Powell Industries, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 116.0%, up 33.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (82.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.67% (fiscal 2017) to 89.6% (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 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 82.4% (7.22)
FY2024 89.6% 30.43
FY2023 59.2% 56.69
FY2022 2.50% 2.12
FY2021 0.38% (8.90)
FY2020 9.28% 5.20
FY2019 4.08% 6.51
FY2018 −2.43% 3.24
FY2017 −5.67% (9.77)
FY2016 4.10% (0.31)

Against its own ten years

Low −5.67% High 89.6%
Ten-year median 4.10%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
POWL Powell Industries, Inc. 116.0%
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. compare 15.9%
AYI Acuity, Inc. compare 14.7%
ENS Enersys compare 12.4%
NVT nVent Electric PLC compare 11.4%
FPS Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. compare 9.87%
HAYW Hayward Holdings, Inc. compare 7.73%
ENR Energizer Holdings, Inc. compare 5.95%
PLUG Plug Power, Inc. compare −74.2%
Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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