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Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL)

Industrials | Electrical Equipment & Parts | Houston, United States | NasdaqGS
182.71 USD -9.84 (-5.110%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 185.00 +2.29 (1.253%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:26 a.m. EDT

Powell Industries presents a compelling dichotomy: a fundamentally superior business currently trading at a discount due to recent price weakness, yet facing immediate technical headwinds. The long-term outlook is exceptionally strong; the company boasts a fortress balance sheet with negligible debt, robust free cash flow, and a return on equity of nearly 28%. Crucially, the multi-year price trajectory tells a story of massive value recognition, having surged over 550% over the last nine years with no recent structural decline, suggesting the market has consistently rewarded its quality. However, the short-term picture is clouded by heavy selling pressure relative to the 200-day average and a crowded options market that has built significant resistance at current price levels. While the analyst consensus sees room for upside, the immediate path is likely to be a grind against the $220-$230 ceiling before any major expansion can occur. For investors with a multi-year horizon, the current valuation offers a rare opportunity to acquire a dominant industrial player at a reasonable price, provided they can stomach the potential for sideways chop in the coming months.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.142494
AutoETS0.143718
AutoTheta0.326869
AutoARIMA0.374643

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 31%
H-stat 46.12
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.251
Excess Kurtosis -1.11
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-18
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-18
Debt to Equity Ratio 0.334
Revenue per Share 31.843
Market Cap 6,656,426,496
Trailing P/E 36.76
Forward P/E 25.67
Beta 1.22
Profit Margins 16.49%
Website https://www.powellind.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:26 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a volatile range-bound outcome rather than a directional breakout. Call buyers are heavily concentrated at the $220-$230 strikes, creating a significant resistance wall, while put buyers have established substantial liquidity walls at $130-$140 and $180-$190. This distribution suggests traders expect the stock to struggle to break above $230 in the near term, with a high probability of testing the $180 support level first. The elevated implied volatility at extreme strikes indicates fear of a sharp gap down or a speculative spike up, but the core positioning favors a choppy consolidation within the $180-$230 band.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.05% 0.22% 0.51% 1.60%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-19 0.090000 0.045406
2026-05-20 0.090000 0.033204
2026-02-18 0.090000 0.049726
2025-11-19 0.089333 0.093939
2025-08-20 0.089333 0.108713
2025-05-21 0.089333 0.153581
2025-02-19 0.089333 0.137895
2024-11-20 0.088333 0.101214
2024-08-14 0.088333 0.169145
2024-05-14 0.088333 0.166572
2024-02-13 0.088333 0.179368
2023-11-14 0.087667 0.302300
2023-08-15 0.087667 0.319914
2023-05-16 0.087667 0.476278
2023-02-14 0.087667 0.607954
2022-11-15 0.086667 1.016821
2022-08-16 0.086667 0.969068
2022-05-17 0.086667 1.008538
2022-02-15 0.086667 1.114449
2021-11-16 0.086667 0.947180
2021-08-17 0.086667 1.018414
2021-05-18 0.086667 0.735713
2021-02-16 0.086667 0.907191
2020-11-17 0.086667 0.983362
2020-08-18 0.086667 0.957646
2020-05-19 0.086667 0.991992
2020-02-18 0.086667 0.729930
2019-11-19 0.086667 0.660908
2019-08-20 0.086667 0.711746
2019-05-21 0.086667 0.717640
2019-02-19 0.086667 0.773122
2018-11-20 0.086667 0.838984
2018-08-21 0.086667 0.648867
2018-05-22 0.086667 0.745630
2018-02-20 0.086667 0.937278
2017-11-20 0.086667 0.938632
2017-08-21 0.086667 0.936603
2017-05-15 0.086667 0.759349
2017-02-13 0.086667 0.756257
2016-11-14 0.086667 0.599910
2016-08-15 0.086667 0.682238
2016-05-16 0.086667 0.777748
2016-02-12 0.086667 0.993888
2015-11-16 0.086667 0.785739
2015-08-17 0.086667 0.939989
2015-05-18 0.086667 0.706909
2015-02-13 0.086667 0.778213
2014-11-17 0.086667 0.605922
2014-08-18 0.083333 0.474562
2014-05-19 0.083333 0.402251
2014-02-14 0.083333 0.386158
2013-11-18 0.083333 0.396446
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.36
dividendYield 0.19
exDividendDate 2026-08-19
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.358
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0018592573
lastDividendValue 0.09
lastDividendDate 2026-08-19
dividendDate 2026-09-16

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 1.1899762
Address1 8,550 Mosley Road
Address2 Harris County East Haven
All Time High 328.0
All Time Low 0.166667
Ask 192.68
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 2.3 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 483,980
Average Daily Volume3 Month 735,354
Average Volume 735,354
Average Volume10Days 483,980
Beta 1.216
Bid 215.0
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 6
Book Value 20.756
City Houston
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 182.71
Current Ratio 1.971
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 193.5
Day Low 182.51
Debt To Equity 0.334
Display Name Powell Industries
Dividend Date 1,789,516,800
Dividend Rate 0.36
Dividend Yield 0.19
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,855,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,855,600
Earnings Growth 0.076
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.081
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,787,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,794,945,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,794,945,600
Ebitda 236,219,008
Ebitda Margins 0.20407
Enterprise To Ebitda 25.508
Enterprise To Revenue 5.206
Enterprise Value 6,025,556,992
Eps Current Year 5.37442
Eps Forward 7.11645
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 4.97
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,097,600
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 713 947 4453
Fifty Day Average 232.0392
Fifty Day Average Change -49.329193
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.21258992
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 118.99762
Fifty Two Week High 328.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -145.29
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.44295728
Fifty Two Week Low 83.85
Fifty Two Week Low Change 98.86001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.1790103
Fifty Two Week Range 83.85 - 328.0
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.8
Float Shares 28,840,746
Forward Eps 7.11645
Forward P E 25.67432
Free Cashflow 190,403,632
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 3,143
Fullday Change -9.84
Fullday Change Percent -5.11036
Fullday Price 185.0
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.3008
Gross Profits 348,179,008
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.20611
Held Percent Institutions 0.9351
Implied Shares Outstanding 36,431,649
Industry Electrical Equipment & Parts
Industry Disp Electrical Equipment & Parts
Industry Key electrical-equipment-parts
Ir Website http://investor.shareholder.com/powell/index.cfm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,097,600
Last Dividend Value 0.09
Last Fiscal Year End 1,759,190,400
Last Split Date 1,775,433,600
Last Split Factor 3:1
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name Powell Industries, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 6,656,426,496
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_297711
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 190,856,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,790,726,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 7,008,896,662
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 192.43
Operating Cashflow 256,112,992
Operating Margins 0.20554
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.0686
Peg Ratio 2.08
Phone 713 944 6900
Post Market Change 2.2899933
Post Market Change Percent 1.2533486
Post Market Price 185.0
Post Market Time 1,787,961,567
Previous Close 192.55
Price Eps Current Year 33.996227
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 8.802756
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 5.7505827
Profit Margins 0.16488001
Quick Ratio 1.78
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.25
Region US
Regular Market Change -9.84
Regular Market Change Percent -5.11036
Regular Market Day High 193.5
Regular Market Day Low 182.51
Regular Market Day Range 182.51 - 193.5
Regular Market Open 192.43
Regular Market Previous Close 192.55
Regular Market Price 182.71
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 536,878
Return On Assets 0.116210006
Return On Equity 0.28252
Revenue Growth 0.089
Revenue Per Share 31.843
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 36,431,649
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0686
Shares Short 2,499,783
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 2,393,751
Short Name Powell Industries, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1016
Short Ratio 3.22
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol POWL
Target High Price 333.0
Target Low Price 235.0
Target Mean Price 280.0
Target Median Price 276.0
Total Cash 633,561,024
Total Cash Per Share 17.39
Total Debt 2,524,000
Total Revenue 1,157,522,048
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.358
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0018592573
Trailing Eps 4.97
Trailing P E 36.762577
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.1011
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 198.54715
Two Hundred Day Average Change -15.837143
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.07976515
Type Disp Equity
Volume 536,878
Website https://www.powellind.com
Zip 77,075-1180