Powell Industries (POWL)

Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts
$204.69 +3.46% on the day Market cap $6.7B 52-week range $92.59 to $328.00 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
15% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $6.7B, Powell Industries's free cash flow of $155M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 15% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Powell Industries's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price15.1% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years8.9% a year
Revenue, same period7.7% a year
Price to free cash flow43.4x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from POWL's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation3
Profitability7
Growth5
Financial health5
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)39.3x
P/E (forward)33.4x
Price / free cash flow43.4x
EV / EBITDA23.0x
Price / sales5.80x
Price / book9.14x
Revenue growth+8.9%
Operating margin19.7%
Net margin16.5%
Return on equity25.2%
Dividend yield0.21%
Debt / equity0.86x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Powell Industries's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$471M$533M$699M$1.0B$1.1B
Net income$631,000$14M$55M$150M$181M
Free cash flow-$33M-$6M$175M$97M$155M
EPS (diluted)$0.02$0.38$1.50$4.10$4.95
Operating margin0.22%1.4%8.9%17.7%19.7%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025.

Oil and gas (excludes petrochemical)$407M37%
Electric utility$279M25%
Commercial and other industrial$178M16%
Petrochemical$151M14%
All others$48M4%
Light rail traction power$41M4%

Superinvestors who own POWL

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows).

None of the superinvestors we track held POWL in their latest 13F.

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Powell Industries's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of POWL in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Powell Industries's stock price imply?

At a market value of $6.7B, Powell Industries would need its free cash flow to grow about 15% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 9% a year.

Are Powell Industries insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of POWL in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.