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POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
POWL
$8.5B
Mkt Cap
$232.21
-4.23%
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL) has a current P/E ratio of 15.1, compared to its historical median P/E of 19.0. The stock is currently considered Fair based on its historical valuation range.
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 53.1%. This indicates strong capital allocation and a potential competitive advantage.
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL) has a market capitalization of $8.5B. It is classified as a mid-cap stock.
Yes, POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 0.15%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL) appears fair. The current P/E of 15.1 is 21% below its historical median of 19.0. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 66.2%.
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL) operates in the Switchgear & Switchboard Apparatus industry, within the Industrials sector.
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL) reported annual revenue of $1.1 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Powell Industries, Inc. is a Delaware corporation founded by William E. Powell in 1947. We develop, design, manufacture and service custom-engineered equipment and systems that distribute, control and monitor the flow of electrical energy and provide protection to motors, transformers and other electrically powered equipment. Our major subsidiaries, all of which are wholly owned, include Powell Electrical Systems, Inc.; Powell Canada, Inc.; Powell (UK) Limited; and Powell Industries International Limited. We are headquartered in Houston, Texas and primarily serve the oil and gas and petrochemical markets, the electric utility market, and commercial and other industrial markets. Beyond these major markets, we also provide products and services to the light rail traction power market and other markets that include universities and government entities.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.0B | 699M | 533M | 471M |
| Net Income | 187M | 181M | 150M | 55M | 14M | 631K |
| EPS | $12.93 | $4.95 | $4.10 | $1.50 | $0.38 | $0.02 |
| Free Cash Flow | 193M | 155M | 97M | 175M | -6.0M | -33M |
| ROIC | 105.9% | 101.3% | 122.1% | 37.8% | 3.9% | 0.4% |
| Gross Margin | 30.1% | 29.4% | 27.0% | 21.1% | 16.0% | 16.0% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | 0.73 | 0.92 | 1.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.36 | $0.36 | $0.35 | $0.35 | $0.35 | $0.35 |
| Operating Income | 224M | 218M | 179M | 63M | 7.2M | 1.0M |
| Operating Margin | 19.8% | 19.7% | 17.7% | 8.9% | 1.4% | 0.2% |
| ROE | 26.4% | 32.2% | 36.2% | 17.0% | 4.6% | 0.2% |
| Shares Outstanding | 36M | 36M | 37M | 36M | 36M | 38M |
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| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 648M | 662M | 565M | 396M | 449M | 517M | 518M | 471M | 533M | 699M | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.1B |
| Gross Margin | 19.4% | 16.4% | 18.8% | 12.8% | 14.6% | 16.8% | 18.2% | 16.0% | 16.0% | 21.1% | 27.0% | 29.4% | 30.1% |
| R&D | 7.6M | 7.0M | 6.7M | 6.9M | 6.7M | 6.3M | 6.3M | 6.7M | 7.0M | 6.2M | 9.4M | 11M | 13M |
| SG&A | 88M | 77M | 75M | 62M | 67M | 70M | 68M | 67M | 71M | 79M | 85M | 95M | 103M |
| EBIT | 29M | 21M | 16M | -19M | -9.1M | 11M | 19M | 1.0M | 7.2M | 63M | 179M | 218M | 224M |
| Op. Margin | 4.5% | 3.1% | 2.8% | -4.9% | -2.0% | 2.2% | 3.7% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 8.9% | 17.7% | 19.7% | 19.8% |
| Net Income | 29M | 9.4M | 16M | -9.5M | -7.2M | 9.9M | 17M | 631K | 14M | 55M | 150M | 181M | 187M |
| Net Margin | 4.5% | 1.4% | 2.7% | -2.4% | -1.6% | 1.9% | 3.2% | 0.1% | 2.6% | 7.8% | 14.8% | 16.4% | 16.5% |
| Non-Recurring | 0 | 3.4M | 8.4M | 1.3M | 787K | 11K | 1.4M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 7.2% | 4.4% | 5.2% | -2.9% | -2.3% | 4.2% | 10.1% | 0.4% | 3.9% | 37.8% | 122.1% | 101.3% | 105.9% |
| ROE | 8.0% | 2.7% | 4.6% | -2.9% | -2.3% | 3.3% | 5.5% | 0.2% | 4.6% | 17.0% | 36.2% | 32.2% | 26.4% |
| ROA | 5.5% | 1.9% | 3.3% | -2.2% | -1.7% | 2.2% | 3.5% | 0.1% | 3.0% | 8.8% | 17.8% | 17.7% | 15.8% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 9.1M | 13M | 75M | 37M | -29M | 69M | 72M | -30M | -3.6M | 183M | 109M | 168M | 203M |
| Free Cash Flow | -7.4M | -22M | 72M | 33M | -33M | 65M | 67M | -33M | -6.0M | 175M | 97M | 155M | 193M |
| Owner Earnings | -6.4M | -3.8M | 57M | 21M | -45M | 53M | 58M | -43M | -17M | 169M | 97M | 156M | 337M |
| CapEx | 16M | 35M | 3.0M | 3.6M | 4.4M | 4.3M | 5.2M | 2.9M | 2.5M | 7.8M | 12M | 13M | 11M |
| Maint. CapEx | 12M | 14M | 13M | 13M | 13M | 12M | 11M | 10M | 9.4M | 8.6M | 6.9M | 7.3M | -139M |
| Growth CapEx | 4.3M | 21M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1M | 5.9M | 149M |
| D&A | 12M | 14M | 13M | 13M | 13M | 12M | 11M | 10M | 9.4M | 8.6M | 6.9M | 7.3M | -139M |
| CapEx/OCF | 180.7% | 268.8% | 4.1% | 9.9% | N/A | 6.2% | 7.1% | N/A | N/A | 4.3% | 11.0% | 7.8% | 5.3% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 12M | 12M | 12M | 12M | 12M | 12M | 12M | 12M | 12M | 12M | 13M | 13M | 13M |
| Dividend Yield | 0.7% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 21M | 3.7M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | 7.8% | 1.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 3.4M | 3.2M | 4.9M | 2.7M | 3.2M | 3.8M | 3.5M | 2.6M | 4.1M | 4.6M | 4.7M | 4.6M | 4.9M |
| Debt Repayment | 400K | 400K | 400K | 400K | 400K | 400K | 400K | 400K | 400K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | -100M | -41M | -95M | -93M | -48M | -123M | -178M | -134M | -117M | N/A | N/A | N/A | -545M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 103M | 44M | 98M | 68M | 37M | 119M | 160M | 114M | 102M | 246M | 315M | 451M | 545M |
| Long-Term Debt | 3.2M | 2.4M | 2.0M | 1.6M | 1.2M | 800K | 400K | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Debt/Equity | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.18 | 0.92 | 0.73 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 164.8 | 142.4 | 105.8 | -115.1 | -44.1 | 49.8 | 83.6 | 5.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Equity | 371M | 333M | 335M | 321M | 302M | 299M | 307M | 301M | 297M | 345M | 483M | 641M | 709M |
| Total Assets | 541M | 469M | 463M | 415M | 430M | 467M | 472M | 436M | 493M | 752M | 928M | 1.1B | 1.2B |
| Total Liabilities | 170M | 136M | 127M | 94M | 128M | 168M | 166M | 135M | 196M | 407M | 445M | 468M | 471M |
| Intangibles | 1.9M | 1.4M | 2.1M | 1.7M | 1.5M | 1.3M | 1.2M | 1.0M | 1.0M | 1.0M | 500K | 6.1M | 5.6M |
| Retained Earnings | 331M | 328M | 332M | 311M | 292M | 289M | 294M | 283M | 284M | 325M | 462M | 630M | 711M |
| Working Capital | 199M | 172M | 186M | 164M | 159M | 171M | 183M | 181M | 184M | 226M | 348M | 485M | 561M |
| Current Assets | 357M | 297M | 304M | 250M | 277M | 329M | 336M | 302M | 370M | 622M | 776M | 932M | 1.0B |
| Current Liabilities | 158M | 125M | 118M | 86M | 118M | 158M | 153M | 121M | 186M | 396M | 428M | 446M | 447M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 0.81 | 0.26 | 0.45 | -0.28 | -0.21 | 0.28 | 0.47 | 0.02 | 0.38 | 1.50 | 4.10 | 4.95 | 12.93 |
| Owner EPS | -0.18 | -0.11 | 1.66 | 0.62 | -1.29 | 1.52 | 1.66 | -1.15 | -0.48 | 4.66 | 2.65 | 4.28 | 9.25 |
| Book Value | 10.24 | 9.30 | 9.80 | 9.37 | 8.72 | 8.57 | 8.71 | 7.96 | 8.29 | 9.49 | 13.21 | 17.56 | 19.46 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 0.25 | 0.36 | 2.19 | 1.07 | -0.82 | 1.97 | 2.06 | -0.80 | -0.10 | 5.02 | 2.97 | 4.60 | 1.33 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.36 |
| Shares Out. | 36.2M | 35.8M | 34.2M | 34.3M | 34.6M | 34.9M | 35.2M | 37.9M | 35.8M | 36.4M | 36.6M | 36.5M | 36.4M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 13.9 | 29.0 | 22.7 | N/A | N/A | 39.5 | 15.4 | 468.3 | 17.9 | 19.0 | 17.7 | 19.6 | 18.0 |
| P/FCF | N/A | N/A | 14.7 | 25.1 | N/A | 18.2 | 11.4 | N/A | N/A | 17.8 | 82.4 | 68.5 | 43.9 |
| EV/EBIT | 6.9 | 9.2 | 16.3 | N/A | N/A | 23.3 | 4.1 | 159.3 | 17.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 35.4 |
| Price/Book | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 11.9 |
| Price/Sales | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 7.5 |
| FCF Yield | -1.8% | -8.0% | 20.5% | 11.9% | -9.4% | 16.5% | 26.3% | -11.3% | -2.5% | 16.9% | 3.6% | 4.4% | 2.3% |
| Market Cap | 406M | 274M | 351M | 278M | 350M | 390M | 256M | 295M | 245M | 1.0B | 2.7B | 3.5B | 8.5B |
| Avg. Price | 45.42 | 27.44 | 25.14 | 27.71 | 26.47 | 27.69 | 28.43 | 27.16 | 23.36 | 47.85 | 131.92 | 227.97 | 232.21 |
| Year-End Price | 33.60 | 22.92 | 30.81 | 24.31 | 30.36 | 33.54 | 21.82 | 23.41 | 20.55 | 85.49 | 217.78 | 290.60 | 232.21 |
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC passes 5 of 9 quality checks, suggesting mixed fundamentals.
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC trades at 15.1x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 19.0x, suggesting it is currently Fair relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 17.5x vs a median of 18.2x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 53.1% with a gross margin of 21.9%. Total shareholder yield (dividends) is 0.2%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +26.3%.
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL) has a net profit margin of 16.4%. This is a healthy margin.
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL) generated $155 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73. This indicates moderate leverage.
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $4.95 in its most recent fiscal year.
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL) has a return on equity (ROE) of 32.2%. This indicates the company generates strong returns for shareholders.
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL) has a 5-year average gross margin of 21.9%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 15 years of financial data for POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL) has a book value per share of $17.56, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.