POWL Stock Analysis: Powell Industries | NASDAQ
Electrical Equipment & Parts | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 6.905m USD | 12M Return: 91.7% | US7391281067 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 92.2M
EPS Trend: 85.4%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 91.0%
Qual. Beats: 0
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Seasonality 11.7 years of data
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Powell Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: POWL) is a custom-engineered electrical equipment and systems provider, designing, manufacturing, selling, and servicing products such as power control room substations, custom-engineered modules, electrical houses, distribution switchgears, medium-voltage circuit breakers, motor control centers, and bus duct systems. The company also offers lifecycle services including field inspection, installation, commissioning, modification, repair, spare parts, and retrofit/retrofill components for existing systems.
Its customer base spans a broad range of industrial and infrastructure end markets, including onshore and offshore oil and gas production, LNG facilities and terminals, pipelines, refineries, petrochemical plants, electric utilities, light rail traction power, mining and metals, pulp and paper, data centers, commercial construction, universities, and government entities. Powell operates internationally across the United States, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Mexico, the Asia/Pacific region, and Central and South America, and has been headquartered in Houston, Texas since its founding in 1947.
Powell is classified within the Industrials sector under the Electrical Components & Equipment sub-industry. Its custom-engineered, project-based business model typically involves low-volume, high-mix manufacturing tailored to specific customer specifications, which differentiates it from producers of standardized electrical components.
- LNG and petrochemical capex drives power equipment orders
- Data center power demand boosts switchgear backlog
- Middle East oil and gas projects fuel international growth
| Net Income: 190.9m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.14 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -2.35 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 52.40% < 20% (prev 41.87%; Δ 10.53% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.18 > 3% & CFO 256.1m > Net Income 190.9m |
| Net Debt (-631.0m) to EBITDA (249.0m): -2.53 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.97 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (36.6m) vs 12m ago 0.11% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 30.08% > 18% (prev 28.79%; Δ 1.29% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 94.53% > 50% (prev 103.8%; Δ -9.23% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: error (cannot be calculated; needs correct EBIT TTM and Interest Expense TTM) |
| A: 0.43 (Total Current Assets 1.23b - Total Current Liabilities 624.6m) / Total Assets 1.41b |
| B: 0.54 (Retained Earnings 759.4m / Total Assets 1.41b) |
| C: 0.20 (EBIT TTM 240.4m / Avg Total Assets 1.22b) |
| D: 1.16 (Book Value of Equity 756.2m / Total Liabilities 650.5m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 7.13 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.30 (Receivables 478.4m/344.6m, Revenue 1.16b/1.08b) |
| GMI: 0.96 (GM 28.79% / 30.08%) |
| AQI: 0.78 (AQ_t 0.04 / AQ_t-1 0.05) |
| SGI: 1.07 (Revenue 1.16b / 1.08b) |
| TATA: -0.05 (NI 190.9m - CFO 256.1m) / TA 1.41b) |
| Beneish M = -2.90 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of October 05, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 196.10 with a total of 546,885 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +3.47%, over one month by +15.01%, over three months by -20.36% and over the past year by +91.71%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 175.20 (which is 10.7% or 2.5 ATR below the current price).
Powell Industries has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.75. Therefore, it is recommended to hold POWL.
- StrongBuy: 1
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 2
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 280 | 42.8% |
P/E Trailing = 36.239
P/E Forward = 29.3255
P/S = 5.9652
P/B = 9.2456
P/EG = 2.0959
Revenue TTM = 1.16b USD
EBIT TTM = 240.4m USD
EBITDA TTM = 249.0m USD
Long Term Debt = 1.58m USD (estimated: total debt 2.52m - short term 947k)
Short Term Debt = 947k USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 2.52m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) (leases 2.52m already included)
Net Debt = -631.0m USD (calculated: Debt 2.52m - CCE 633.6m)
Enterprise Value = 6.27b USD (6.90b + Debt 2.52m - CCE 633.6m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = unknown (Ebit TTM 240.4m / Interest Expense TTM 0.0)
EV/FCF = 32.59x (Enterprise Value 6.27b / FCF TTM 192.5m)
FCF Yield = 3.07% (FCF TTM 192.5m / Enterprise Value 6.27b)
FCF Margin = 16.63% (FCF TTM 192.5m / Revenue TTM 1.16b)
Net Margin = 16.49% (Net Income TTM 190.9m / Revenue TTM 1.16b)
Gross Margin = 30.08% ((Revenue TTM 1.16b - Cost of Revenue TTM 809.3m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 30.57% (prev 29.65%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 4.46 (Enterprise Value 6.27b / Total Assets 1.41b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.0% (Interest Expense 0.0 / Debt 2.52m)
Taxrate = 22.25% (54.6m / 245.5m)
NOPAT = 186.9m (EBIT 240.4m * (1 - 22.25%))
Current Ratio = 1.73 (Total Current Assets 1.23b / Total Current Liabilities 711.2m)
Debt / Equity = 0.00 (Debt 2.52m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 756.2m)
Debt / EBITDA = -2.53 (Net Debt -631.0m / EBITDA 249.0m)
Debt / FCF = -3.28 (Net Debt -631.0m / FCF TTM 192.5m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 693.7m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 15.59% (Net Income 190.9m / Total Assets 1.41b)
RoE = 27.51% (Net Income TTM 190.9m / Total Stockholder Equity 693.7m)
RoCE = 34.58% (EBIT 240.4m / Capital Employed (Equity 693.7m + L.T.Debt 1.58m))
RoIC = 25.78% (NOPAT 186.9m / Invested Capital 725.1m)
WACC = 17.60% (E(6.90b)/V(6.91b) * Re(17.61%) + D(2.52m)/V(6.91b) * Rd(0.0%) * (1-Tc(0.22)))
Discount Rate = 17.61% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.) -> capped to 13.17%
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -33.11 | Cagr: -0.01%
[DCF] Terminal Value 53.69% ; FCFF base≈182.4m ; Y1≈209.0m ; Y5≈307.7m
[DCF] Fair Price = 64.77 (EV 1.73b - Net Debt -631.0m = Equity 2.36b / Shares 36.4m; r=17.60% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 85.41 | EPS CAGR: 20.50% | SUE: -0.38 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 91.01 | Revenue CAGR: 18.17% | SUE: -0.17 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-12-31): EPS=1.27 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+50% | Analysts=3
EPS current Year (2026-09-30): EPS=5.37 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+8.4% | GrowthRev=+7.8%
EPS next Year (2027-09-30): EPS=6.82 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+29% | GrowthEPS=+27.0% | GrowthRev=+24.6%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +36% (up=8, down=3)