Powell Industries Financial Ratios
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Powell Industries ratio analysis
Powell Industries earned a net margin of 16.4% in FY 2025, up from 14.8% a year earlier. Gross margin was 29.4% compared with a median of 16.8% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 28.2%, meaning Powell Industries generated 0.28 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
At the end of FY 2025, POWL traded at 6.8 times earnings; across the 8 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 5.8 to 166.2, with a median of 6.7. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Powell Industries financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 6.82 | 6.59 | 6.14 | 6.11 | 166.20 | 5.77 | 14.87 | — | — | 9.82 |
| Price / sales | 1.11 | 0.96 | 0.47 | 0.16 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.27 |
| Price / book | 1.91 | 2.01 | 0.95 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.49 | 0.46 | 0.36 | 0.45 |
| Gross margin | 29.4% | 27.0% | 21.1% | 16.0% | 16.0% | 18.2% | 16.8% | 14.6% | 12.8% | 18.8% |
| Operating margin | 19.7% | 17.7% | 8.9% | 1.4% | 0.2% | 3.7% | 2.2% | -2.0% | -4.9% | 2.8% |
| Net margin | 16.4% | 14.8% | 7.8% | 2.6% | 0.1% | 3.2% | 1.9% | -1.6% | -2.4% | 2.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 14.0% | 9.5% | 25.0% | -1.1% | -7.1% | 13.0% | 12.5% | -7.3% | 8.4% | 12.7% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 28.2% | 31.0% | 15.8% | 4.6% | 0.2% | 5.4% | 3.3% | -2.4% | -3.0% | 4.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 16.3% | 16.1% | 7.2% | 2.8% | 0.1% | 3.5% | 2.1% | -1.7% | -2.3% | 3.4% |
| Debt / equity | — | — | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Current ratio | 2.09 | 1.81 | 1.57 | 1.99 | 2.50 | 2.19 | 2.08 | 2.35 | 2.92 | 2.57 |
| Revenue growth | 9.1% | 44.8% | 31.3% | 13.2% | -9.2% | 0.3% | 15.3% | 13.3% | -30.0% | -14.6% |
| EPS growth | 20.9% | 173.1% | 291.3% | 2,200.0% | -96.5% | 67.1% | — | — | -161.0% | 72.2% |