profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Powell Industries
$142.72+0.67% today
+30.5% in 1 year
1-year low $94.021-year high $322.05
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $28.77 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Powell Industries sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $533 million in 2022 to $1.10 billion in 2025, with $181 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Powell Industries handed back 16% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $12M$13M
Free cash flow 2025$155M
Bought back its own shares$12M
Paid as dividends$13M
Cash vs. debt$451M vs. $2M
Powell Industries vs. similar companies
Powell Industries grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell Industries | 28.8× · Fair price | ||
 Contemporary Amperex Technology | 20.1× · Fair price | ||
 ABB | 32.0× · Expensive | ||
 Vertiv | 58.4× · Expensive | ||
 Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public | 95.5× · Very expensive |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Powell Industries's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 518 | 471 | 533 | 699 | 1,012 | 1,104 | |
| 95 | 75 | 85 | 148 | 273 | 324 | |
| 19 | 1 | 7 | 63 | 179 | 218 | |
| 31 | 12 | 17 | 71 | 186 | 225 | |
| 17 | 1 | 14 | 55 | 150 | 181 | |
| 0.47 | 0.02 | 0.38 | 1.50 | 4.10 | 4.95 | |
| 18.2% | 16.0% | 16.0% | 21.1% | 27.0% | 29.4% | |
| 3.7% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 8.9% | 17.7% | 19.7% | |
| 3.2% | 0.1% | 2.6% | 7.8% | 14.8% | 16.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 472 | 436 | 493 | 752 | 928 | 1,109 |
| Cash | 160 | 114 | 102 | 246 | 315 | 451 |
| Total debt | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total liabilities | 166 | 135 | 196 | 407 | 445 | 468 |
| 307 | 301 | 297 | 345 | 483 | 641 | |
| 35 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 37 | |
| 5.2% | 0.3% | 1.9% | 14.3% | 29.2% | 26.8% | |
| 5.4% | 0.2% | 4.6% | 15.8% | 31.0% | 28.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | -30 | -4 | 183 | 109 | 168 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 13 | |
| 67 | -33 | -6 | 175 | 96 | 155 | |
| Dividends paid | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| – | – | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Valuation
- 28.8×
- 25.8×
- 0.48
- 15.8×
- 4.7×
- 33.6×
- 21.1×
- 3.0%
- 3.5%
- 0.1%
Profitability
- 29.4%
- 19.7%
- 16.4%
- 20.9%
- 23.7%
- 15.9%
- 28.6%
- 15.8%
- 30.5%
- 1.2%
Growth
- +16.3%
- +59.9%
- +60.1%
- +0.6%
- +0.8%
Financial health
- -2.3×
- 0.00
- 0.2%
- –
- 2.25
- 2.06
- 0.96
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 4%of 985
Top 12%of 988
Bottom 34%of 874
Top 17%of 989
Bottom 42%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $213.67
- Range
- $142.33 – $285.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | 1.25 | 1.34 | −6.7% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 1.13 | 0.95 | +18.9% |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 4.22 | 3.78 | +11.6% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 3.96 | 3.73 | +6.2% |
| May 6, 2025 | 3.81 | 3.34 | +14.1% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 2.86 | 2.61 | +9.6% |
| Nov 19, 2024 | 3.77 | 3.55 | +6.2% |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 3.79 | 2.12 | +78.8% |
0.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$1a year at today's yield, before tax
+0.6%2020 to 2025
Raised3 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.35 in 2015 → $0.36 in 2025
How safe it looks
7.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 8.3%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
64Pass
Benjamin Graham
59No pass
Philip Fisher
78Pass
Peter Lynch
100Pass
Joel Greenblatt
42No pass
Charlie Munger
73Pass
Terry Smith
66Pass
Questions about Powell Industries
Is Powell Industries a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Powell Industries AI analysis
What does Powell Industries do?
Powell Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and services custom-engineered equipment and systems for the distribution, control, and monitoring of electrical energy. It is in Electrical Equipment & Parts, based in Houston, TX, United States, with 3,143 employees.
Does Powell Industries pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.1% a year, about 7% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $12.9 million in dividends.
Is Powell Industries stock halal?
Yes. Powell Industries passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is under 0.1% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Powell Industries stock done over the past year?
Up 30.5% over the past twelve months, to $142.72. It traded between $94.02 and $322.05 and is 55.7% below its high.
Who are Powell Industries's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Contemporary Amperex Technology, ABB, Vertiv and Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Powell Industries's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.