Growth Metrics

Powell Industries (POWL) Change in Inventory (2010 - 2026)

Powell Industries (POWL) reported Change in Inventory of $1.7 million for Q1 2026, up 106.59% year-over-year from $819000.0 in Q1 2025, and up 18900.0% on a QoQ basis from -$9000.0 in Q4 2025.

Powell Industries (POWL) has 17 years of Change in Inventory data on file, last reported at $1.7 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory rose 106.59% year-over-year to $1.7 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$5.3 million (down 168.76% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$3.0 million, down 113.64% from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory grew to $1.7 million in Q1 2026 per POWL's latest filing, from -$9000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Inventory topped out at $12.5 million in Q1 2024 and bottomed at -$5.7 million in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Inventory is $3.1 million (2024), against an average of $2.9 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Change in Inventory soared 691.06%; it then slumped 1111.35% in 2025.
  • Tracing POWL's Change in Inventory over 5 years: stood at $4.4 million in 2022, then climbed by 27.19% to $5.6 million in 2023, then plunged by 43.92% to $3.1 million in 2024, then sank by 100.29% to -$9000.0 in 2025, then soared by 18900.0% to $1.7 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest POWL Change in Inventory figures stand at $1.7 million (Q1 2026), -$9000.0 (Q4 2025), and -$5.7 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Inventory (Qtr)
1 Vertiv Holdings 125.39 Bn 122.89 Bn 999.70 Mn 384.20 Mn
2 Bloom Energy 85.22 Bn 82.75 Bn 225.54 Mn 88.58 Mn
3 nVent Electric 26.63 Bn 26.44 Bn 445.60 Mn 42.60 Mn
4 Hubbell 25.22 Bn 24.72 Bn 505.30 Mn 61.20 Mn
5 Advanced Energy Industries 12.25 Bn 12.25 Bn 200.90 Mn 48.40 Mn
6 Powell Industries 10.16 Bn 9.61 Bn 87.94 Mn 1.69 Mn
7 Acuity Inc. (De) 8.82 Bn 8.55 Bn 520.40 Mn -4.20 Mn
8 EnerSys 8.70 Bn 8.26 Bn 290.87 Mn -64.00 Mn
9 Plug Power 5.25 Bn 4.87 Bn -21.61 Mn 6.86 Mn
10 Hayward Holdings 3.01 Bn 2.78 Bn 118.70 Mn 18.92 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.69 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 1.69 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -9,000.00
Dec 31, 2025 -9,000.00
Sep 30, 2025 -5.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -5.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -1.23 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -1.23 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 819,000.00
Mar 31, 2025 819,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 3.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 3.14 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 564,000.00
Sep 30, 2024 564,000.00
Jun 30, 2024 3.12 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 3.12 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 12.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 12.53 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 5.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 5.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -2.03 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -2.03 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 7.24 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 7.24 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 3.65 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 3.65 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 4.41 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 4.41 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 2.04 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 2.04 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 5.55 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 5.55 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 7.52 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 7.52 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 6.31 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 6.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 1.59 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 1.59 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -1.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -1.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 951,000.00
Mar 31, 2021 951,000.00
Dec 31, 2020 -244,000.00
Dec 31, 2020 -244,000.00
Sep 30, 2020 -2.84 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 -2.84 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 439,000.00
Jun 30, 2020 439,000.00
Mar 31, 2020 -959,000.00
Mar 31, 2020 -959,000.00
Dec 31, 2019 3.05 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 3.05 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 -213,000.00
Sep 30, 2019 -213,000.00
Jun 30, 2019 4.75 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 4.75 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 -401,000.00
Mar 31, 2019 -401,000.00
Dec 31, 2018 3.85 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 3.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 -1.52 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 -1.52 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 981,000.00
Jun 30, 2018 981,000.00
Mar 31, 2018 3.47 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 3.47 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 88,000.00
Dec 31, 2017 88,000.00
Sep 30, 2017 -694,000.00
Sep 30, 2017 -694,000.00
Jun 30, 2017 -1.43 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 -1.43 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 -3.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 -3.64 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -2.44 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -2.44 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 -1.52 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 -1.52 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 -1.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 -1.99 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 -4.13 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 -4.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 1.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 1.48 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 -3.24 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 -3.24 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 449,000.00
Jun 30, 2015 449,000.00
Mar 31, 2015 -638,000.00
Mar 31, 2015 -638,000.00
Dec 31, 2014 4.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 4.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 4.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 4.31 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 -842,000.00
Jun 30, 2014 -842,000.00
Mar 31, 2014 900,000.00
Mar 31, 2014 900,000.00
Dec 31, 2013 -405,000.00
Dec 31, 2013 -405,000.00
Sep 30, 2013 -1.91 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 -1.91 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -1.48 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -1.48 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 1.11 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 1.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -1.61 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -1.61 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 -7.91 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 -7.91 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 -2.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 -2.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 4.86 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 4.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 1.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 1.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 -4.15 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 -4.15 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 1.87 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 1.87 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 2.36 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 2.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 -1.62 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 -1.62 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 -398,000.00
Sep 30, 2010 -398,000.00