Growth Metrics

Powell Industries (POWL) FCF Payout Ratio (2013 - 2026)

Powell Industries (POWL) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.07 for Q1 2026, down 62.57% year-over-year from 0.18 in Q1 2025, and down 5.79% on a QoQ basis from 0.07 in Q4 2025.

Powell Industries (POWL) has 14 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.07 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 62.57% year-over-year to 0.07 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.07 (down 72.9% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.08, down 35.68% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio declined to 0.07 in Q1 2026 per POWL's latest filing, from 0.07 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.26 in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 0.94 in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.07 (2026), against an average of 0.01.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio slumped 770.54%; it then soared 313.61% in 2024.
  • Tracing POWL's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.94 in 2022, then surged by 103.58% to 0.03 in 2023, then surged by 151.63% to 0.08 in 2024, then slipped by 16.36% to 0.07 in 2025, then dropped by 5.79% to 0.07 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest POWL FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.07 (Q1 2026), 0.07 (Q4 2025), and 0.05 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Vertiv Holdings 125.39 Bn 122.89 Bn 999.70 Mn 0.03
2 Bloom Energy 85.22 Bn 82.75 Bn 225.54 Mn -
3 nVent Electric 26.63 Bn 26.44 Bn 445.60 Mn 0.70
4 Hubbell 25.22 Bn 24.72 Bn 505.30 Mn 1.64
5 Advanced Energy Industries 12.25 Bn 12.25 Bn 200.90 Mn -0.09
6 Powell Industries 10.16 Bn 9.61 Bn 87.94 Mn 0.07
7 Acuity Inc. (De) 8.82 Bn 8.55 Bn 520.40 Mn 0.09
8 EnerSys 8.70 Bn 8.26 Bn 290.87 Mn 0.07
9 Plug Power 5.25 Bn 4.87 Bn -21.61 Mn -
10 Hayward Holdings 3.01 Bn 2.78 Bn 118.70 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.07
Dec 31, 2025 0.07
Sep 30, 2025 0.05
Jun 30, 2025 0.08
Mar 31, 2025 0.18
Dec 31, 2024 0.08
Sep 30, 2024 -0.21
Jun 30, 2024 0.26
Mar 31, 2024 0.20
Dec 31, 2023 0.03
Sep 30, 2023 0.05
Jun 30, 2023 0.06
Mar 31, 2023 0.06
Dec 31, 2022 -0.94
Sep 30, 2022 0.14
Jun 30, 2022 -0.20
Mar 31, 2022 0.22
Dec 31, 2021 -0.11
Sep 30, 2021 0.35
Jun 30, 2021 -0.14
Mar 31, 2021 0.47
Dec 31, 2020 -0.12
Sep 30, 2020 0.17
Jun 30, 2020 0.07
Mar 31, 2020 0.71
Dec 31, 2019 -10.25
Sep 30, 2019 0.09
Jun 30, 2019 0.45
Mar 31, 2019 0.19
Dec 31, 2018 0.36
Sep 30, 2018 -1.00
Jun 30, 2018 -0.18
Mar 31, 2018 1.24
Dec 31, 2017 -0.19
Sep 30, 2017 0.35
Jun 30, 2017 0.45
Mar 31, 2017 0.19
Dec 31, 2016 1.21
Sep 30, 2016 0.25
Jun 30, 2016 0.08
Mar 31, 2016 4.53
Dec 31, 2015 0.13
Sep 30, 2015 -0.49
Jun 30, 2015 0.18
Mar 31, 2015 0.35
Dec 31, 2014 -0.08
Sep 30, 2014 0.16
Jun 30, 2014 -0.28
Mar 31, 2014 -0.20
Dec 31, 2013 -7.21