POWL PEER ANALYSIS

Powell Industries Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

POWLPowell Industries Inc

🇺🇸 USA · NASDAQ · Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Electrical Equipment & Parts

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

POWLIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	POWL	ASTOR	ABB	LR	EUPWR	BLDP	Ind. Median
P/E	48.15	37.13	38.84	29.53●	66.47	—	37.13
P/B	12.70	8.29	13.64	4.91	4.22	1.86●	4.89
EV/EBITDA	34.03	24.90	26.63	18.29	16.38●	—	20.64
P/S	7.95	8.31	5.64	3.90	3.52●	10.36	4.33

Financial Health
Metric	POWL	ASTOR	ABB	LR	EUPWR	BLDP	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	2.25	2.37	1.38	1.96	2.41	10.70●	2.11
Debt/Equity	0.3%●	16.8%	60.9%	85.4%	22.5%	3.6%	49.3%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-2.18●	-0.69	0.40	2.00	0.71	6.88	0.49

Profitability
Metric	POWL	ASTOR	ABB	LR	EUPWR	BLDP	Ind. Median
Net Margin	16.5%	22.4%●	14.5%	13.2%	5.3%	-78.3%	2.8%
ROE	29.9%	27.6%	36.7%●	16.8%	7.5%	-13.2%	7.5%
ROA	17.4%	18.4%●	11.9%	7.4%	4.7%	-11.5%	3.7%
EBITDA Margin	22.0%	32.5%●	21.5%	23.9%	22.4%	-69.9%	10.0%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	POWL	ASTOR	ABB	LR	EUPWR	BLDP	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	4.5%	15.7%	8.6%	9.5%	44.0%	47.1%●	9.3%
NI Growth	7.8%	24.0%	25.5%	8.7%	106.5%●	—	28.0%
Div. Yield	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	1.7%●	0.0%	—	0.1%
Payout	6.9%	19.0%	67.3%	44.8%	0.0%	—	0.0%

Valuation
Metric	POWL	ENS	AYI	AEIS	HAYW	PLUG	Ind. Median
P/E	48.15	26.86	23.84	68.95	23.50●	—	37.13
P/B	12.70	4.14	3.95	9.49	2.34●	4.89	4.89
EV/EBITDA	34.03	16.88	14.66	46.60	14.57●	—	20.64
P/S	7.95	2.10●	2.44	6.89	3.29	4.96	4.33

Financial Health
Metric	POWL	ENS	AYI	AEIS	HAYW	PLUG	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	2.25	2.66	2.05	1.59	3.26●	2.36	2.11
Debt/Equity	0.3%●	62.4%	28.2%	49.3%	62.8%	134.7%	49.3%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-2.18●	1.47	0.49	-0.06	2.50	-0.48	0.49

Profitability
Metric	POWL	ENS	AYI	AEIS	HAYW	PLUG	Ind. Median
Net Margin	16.5%●	7.8%	10.3%	10.0%	14.0%	-227.1%	2.8%
ROE	29.9%●	15.4%	17.4%	14.6%	10.5%	-128.9%	7.5%
ROA	17.4%●	7.4%	10.2%	7.8%	5.2%	-56.0%	3.7%
EBITDA Margin	22.0%	13.6%	17.3%	14.8%	27.2%●	-220.9%	10.0%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	POWL	ENS	AYI	AEIS	HAYW	PLUG	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	4.5%	3.7%	10.5%	22.2%●	7.6%	15.2%	9.3%
NI Growth	7.8%	-19.3%	17.6%	159.3%●	30.4%	—	28.0%
Div. Yield	0.1%	0.5%●	0.2%	0.1%	—	—	0.1%
Payout	6.9%	13.0%	4.9%	8.2%	—	—	0.0%

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