Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for POWL in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Powell Industries (POWL) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Sep 28 close
$187.23−2.30 (−1.2%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryPowell Industries shares slipped this week even as the broader market advanced, with the stock down 1.08% in one session amid a wider pullback. Coverage has centered on the company's upcoming earnings, with estimated EPS up 7.8% and revenue up 10.19% year over year, alongside a comparison piece against peer Enovix and a note that brokerages carry a consensus "Moderate Buy" rating on the shares.
POWL closed at $187.23, down 1.2% on the day and off 2.8% over the past month, though still up 98% over the past year. The close sits below both the 50-day average of $197.91 and the 200-day average of $206.17, with the shorter average also below the longer one. The GekkoIndex reads 57.8, placing the stock in the Neutral zone, while the price stands 8.7% below the Gekko Fair Value of $205.04.
The next earnings report is set for 17 November 2026, 49 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window. The prior quarter's call described record Q3 results, including $934 million in new orders and a backlog surpassing $2 billion for the first time, reaching $2.4 billion. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the recent windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days from this point in the calendar have averaged +8.2% over five years, rising in four of them, a pattern worth noting alongside the current gap to fair value.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Powell Industries price vs fair value
Close $187.23200-day averageGekko Fair Value $205.04
Powell Industries quick facts
- Market cap
- $6.82B
- P/E ratio
- 36.9
- Forward P/E
- 29.3
- EPS, TTM
- $5.19
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.16B
- Profit margin
- 16.5%
- Dividend yield
- 0.19%
- Beta
- 1.19
- Volume
- 420,090 avg 556,352
- 1-year return
- +98.0%
- Typical daily move
- ±4.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±11.2%
- 50-day average
- $197.91
- 200-day average
- $206.17
- Next earnings
- Nov 17
- Shares outstanding
- 36.43M
Powell Industries swing-trade checklist
Powell Industries scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $187.23 is below the 50-day ($197.91) and 200-day ($206.17) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
57.8, Neutral
Reading 57.8 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
8.7% below
Price is 8.7% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 49 days
Next report Nov 17, 2026, 49 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+8.2% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +8.2% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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Powell Industries stock chart and price history
Powell Industries closed at $187.23 on Sep 28, 2026, +98.0% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $92.59 to $328.00.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −2.8%
- 3 months
- −33.4%
- 6 months
- +4.4%
- 1 year
- +98.0%
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About Powell Industries
Powell Industries designs, builds and services custom electrical equipment used to route, control and protect electrical power. It is best known for its switchgear and related systems, including power control room substations, modular electrical enclosures, medium-voltage circuit breakers, motor control centers, bus duct systems and monitoring equipment, along with both standard and arc-resistant switchgear that runs from 480 volts up to 38,000 volts.
Its equipment is used in heavy industrial settings such as oil and gas refining, onshore and offshore production, petrochemical plants, LNG terminals, pipelines and terminals, mining and metals operations, light rail power systems, electric utilities and pulp and paper facilities. Beyond manufacturing, Powell Industries supports customers with spare parts, field inspections, installation and commissioning, repairs and modifications, retrofit and retrofill work, and replacement circuit breakers for existing switchgear, serving clients across these industrial and utility markets worldwide.
Founded in 1947 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, Powell Industries operates in locations spanning the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker POWL.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Electrical products
- Website
- powellind.com
Powell Industries GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Powell Industries’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 57.8, in the Neutral zone, down 1.2 points over five sessions.
57.8Neutral
Down 1.2 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 16 | +1.2% | +8.7% | ||
| Accumulation | 184 | +0.9% | +1.7% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 319 | +1.4% | +6.7% | ||
| Distribution | 76 | +3.7% | +10.5% | ||
| Selling | 0 | Not available | |||
Average POWL share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Powell Industries stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Powell Industries trades 8.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $205.04, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Powell Industries shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$205.04
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026
8.7% Undervalued
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Powell Industries insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Powell Industries, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in POWL were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Powell Industries has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $14.50M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.21%
- Trailing four quarters
- $41.02M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
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Powell Industries earnings: next date and track record
Powell Industries reports on Nov 17, 2026 (49 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 17, 2026
49 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.52
- Revenue estimate
- $335.1M
5 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±8%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 3, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Powell Industries reported record Q3 FY2026 results with revenue growing 9% YoY and gross margin of 30.6%. The company achieved a record $934 million in new orders for the quarter, nearly 3x the prior year, including a $400M+ mega data center order, $75M petrochemical facility award, and $60M LNG project. Backlog surpassed $2 billion for the first time in company history, reaching $2.4 billion. Capacity expansions are underway across Ohio and Houston facilities.
- Guidance
- Backlog of $2.4 billion provides visibility extending into fiscal 2028. Jacintoport facility expansion adding 335,000 sq ft is expected to complete within 1-2 months. Management is executing lease expansions in Ohio and Houston to meet accelerating demand.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $1.42 est $1.47 | $311.7M est $316.7M | +1.3% |
| May 4, 2026 | $1.25 est $1.34 | $296.6M est $298.1M | +7.0% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | $1.13 est $0.95 | $251.2M est $256.5M | +19.7% |
| Nov 18, 2025 | $1.41 est $3.15 | $298.0M est $291.5M | −10.2% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $1.32 est $1.24 | $286.3M est $298.3M | −1.0% |
| May 6, 2025 | $1.27 est $1.11 | $278.6M est $282.7M | −8.9% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $0.95 est $0.94 | $241.4M est $232.6M | −6.5% |
| Nov 19, 2024 | $3.77 est $3.55 | $275.1M est $286.5M | −9.4% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Powell Industries stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Powell Industries is $280.00, +49.5% from the last close, from 4 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$280.00consensus 12-month target, +49.5% from the last close
Now $187.23Avg $280.00
Low $235High $427
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 4 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | Cantor Fitzgerald | $235 | +25.5% |
| Aug 14 | Cantor Fitzgerald | $235 | +25.5% |
| Aug 5 | J.P. Morgan | $300 | +60.2% |
| Aug 5 | Roth MKM | $333 | +77.9% |
| Aug 3 | Cantor Fitzgerald | $320 | +70.9% |
+6.7%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+8.2%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4.2%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Powell Industries seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Powell Industries averaged +8.2% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +3.3% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +5.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +6.8% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +8.2% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +24.3% | 5 of 5 |
For scale, POWL’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 11.2%.
Powell Industries market cap and key statistics
Powell Industries’s market cap is $6.82B, with a P/E ratio of 36.9 and revenue of $1.16B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $6.82B
- P/E ratio
- 36.9
- Forward P/E
- 29.3
- EPS, TTM
- $5.19
- Gekko Fair Value
- $205.04
Trading
- Volume
- 420,090
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 556,352
- 52-week high
- $328.00
- 52-week low
- $92.59
- Shares outstanding
- 36.43M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.16B
- Profit margin
- 16.5%
- Return on equity
- 28.2%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +7.6%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.19
- Typical daily move
- ±4.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±11.2%
- Dividend yield
- 0.19%
Powell Industries stock news this week
4 headlines about Powell Industries from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- Powell Industries (POWL) Stock Falls Amid Market Uptick: What Investors Need to KnowYahoo Finance, Sep 25
- Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL) versus Enovix (NASDAQ:ENVX) Critical ContrastDefense World, Sep 24
- Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on ItZacks Investment Research, Sep 22
- Powell Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:POWL) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by BrokeragesDefense World, Sep 22
Powell Industries peers
Powell Industries’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| GEVGE Vernova | Neutral | 6.0% above |
| ETNEaton | Neutral | 18.4% above |
| LITELumentum | Accumulation | 5.5% below |
| AMEAMETEK | Neutral | 14.0% above |
| ROKRockwell Automation | Neutral | 12.0% above |
| HUBBHubbell | Neutral | 7.4% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Powell Industries stock FAQ
What is Powell Industries’s market cap?
Powell Industries’s market cap is $6.82B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $187.23, with 36.43M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 36.9.
What is the Powell Industries stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Powell Industries is $280.00, +49.5% from the last close. Of the 4 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 3 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Powell Industries stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Powell Industries is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $187.23 is 8.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $205.04. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Powell Industries report earnings next?
Powell Industries is expected to report on Nov 17, 2026 (49 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.52 per share on revenue of $335.1M. Powell Industries beat the earnings estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports, moving 8% on average across the report.
What is Powell Industries’s 52-week high and low?
Powell Industries’s 52-week high is $328.00 and its 52-week low is $92.59; it closed at $187.23 on Sep 28, 2026, +98.0% over the past year.
Is Powell Industries stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (fair value, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex) and 1 as a headwind (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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