Is Powell Industries (POWL) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Powell Industries's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 18.9, a forward P/E of about 35.2, a price-to-book of about 12.4 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Powell Industries's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.19×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Powell Industries's revenue?

Powell Industries reported revenue of $1.1B for FY2025, with net profit of $180.7M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Powell Industries (POWL)?

Powell Industries last traded at $241.95 (-1.0% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Powell Industries

POWL · NYSE · Industrials · United States

$241.95-1.0%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 7:29 PM

Snapshot

TickerPOWL

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryElectrical Equipment & Parts

CountryUnited States

Employees3,143

HeadquartersHouston, United States

Market cap$8.8B

P/E (TTM)18.9

P/B12.4

Volume274.19K

Websitewww.powellind.com

Filings tracked5

About Powell Industries

Powell Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and services custom-engineered equipment and systems. The company's products portfolio includes integrated power control room substations, custom-engineered modules, and electrical houses; and traditional and arc-resistant distribution switchgears and control gears, medium-voltage circuit breakers, monitoring and control communications systems, motor control centers, switches, and bus duct systems. It also provides field service inspection, installation, commissioning, modification, and repair services; spare parts; retrofit and retrofill components for existing systems; and replacement circuit breakers for switchgears. The company serves onshore and offshore production, liquefied natural gas facilities and terminals, pipelines and refineries, petrochemical, electric utility, light rail traction power, mining and metals, pulp and paper, data centers, commercial construction, and other industrial markets, as well as universities and government entities. It operates in the United States, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Mexico, the Asia/Pacific, and Central and South America. Powell Industries, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders20.6%
Institutions79.4%
Public & other0.0%

645 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.11.58%
First Trust Advisors LP4.25%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC3.50%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC3.16%
State Street Corporation2.98%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2.66%
Morgan Stanley2.24%
Fisher Asset Management, LLC2.12%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion1.19×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend7.8% → 16.4%

Margin has expanded by about 8.6 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Return on equity28.2%

Latest ROE of 28.2% — capital is generating a healthy return.

Growth qualityrev 26% · PAT 82%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $331.7M · EPS 1.60

Est. earnings growth +15.1%

Next fiscal year

Rev $1.4B · EPS 6.66

Est. earnings growth +25.2%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$69.0052-wk range$328.00

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Market cap

$8.8B

Day change

-1.0%

P/E (TTM)

18.9

Fwd P/E

35.2

P/B

12.4

Div yield

0.15%

Beta

1.14

Revenue (FY2025)

$1.1B

Net margin

16.4%

ROE

28.2%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+25.7%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+82.1%

EPS (FY2025)

14.86

Net profit (FY2025)

$180.7M

Market figures: Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance. Financials as reported in company filings.

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$1.1B	$180.7M	14.86	16.4%	28.2%
FY2024	$1.0B	$149.8M	12.29	14.8%	31.0%
FY2023	$699.3M	$54.5M	4.50	7.8%	15.8%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q1	$296.6M	$45.9M	1.25	15.5%
2025Q4	$251.2M	$41.4M	3.40	16.5%
2025Q3	—	$51.4M	4.22	—
2025Q2	$286.3M	$48.2M	3.96	16.8%
2025Q1	$278.6M	$46.3M	1.27	16.6%
2024Q4	$241.4M	$34.8M	2.86	14.4%
2024Q3	—	$46.1M	3.77	—
2024Q2	$288.2M	$46.2M	3.79	16.0%
2024Q1	$255.1M	$33.5M	2.75	13.1%
2023Q4	$194.0M	$24.1M	1.98	12.4%
2023Q3	—	$26.4M	2.17	—
2023Q2	$192.4M	$18.5M	1.52	9.6%
2023Q1	$171.4M	$8.5M	0.70	4.9%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Executive/director change
SEC7/6/2026material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC5/5/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/5/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC5/4/2026material
8-K — Bylaw/charter change, Exhibits
SEC3/31/2026material

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