Powell Industries (POWL) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)

Powell Industries' (POWL) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 29.65% in Q1 2026, down 30.0% year-on-year from 42.35% in Q1 2025, and up 4.27% on a QoQ basis from 28.43% in Q4 2025.

Powell Industries (POWL) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Powell Industries (POWL) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 29.65% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 30.0% year-over-year to 29.65% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 30.1%, a 194.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 29.37%, up 240.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 29.65%, up from 28.43% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for POWL reached as high as 31.39% in Q3 2025 and fell as low as 14.07% in Q2 2022.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 24.31% across 5 years, with a median of 24.84% in 2023.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin sank 76 bps in 2022 and jumped 950 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 15.34% in 2022, then jumped by 62 bps to 24.84% in 2023, then fell by 1 bps to 24.65% in 2024, then advanced by 15 bps to 28.43% in 2025, then increased by 4 bps to 29.65% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Gross Margin figures were 29.65% in Q1 2026, 28.43% in Q4 2025, and 31.39% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Electrovaya 424.38 Bn 424.36 Bn 6.04 Mn 33.45%
2 Vertiv Holdings 116.45 Bn 113.95 Bn 999.70 Mn 37.73%
3 Bloom Energy 61.23 Bn 58.77 Bn 225.54 Mn 30.03%
4 Hubbell 25.93 Bn 25.43 Bn 505.30 Mn 33.32%
5 nVent Electric 25.66 Bn 25.47 Bn 445.60 Mn 35.88%
6 Advanced Energy Industries 11.88 Bn 11.18 Bn 200.90 Mn 39.32%
7 Acuity Inc. (De) 9.90 Bn 9.48 Bn 606.40 Mn 50.62%
8 Powell Industries 9.42 Bn 8.87 Bn 87.94 Mn 29.65%
9 EnerSys 7.49 Bn 7.05 Bn 290.87 Mn 29.44%
10 Hayward Holdings 3.13 Bn 2.90 Bn 118.70 Mn 46.51%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 29.65%
Dec 31, 2025 28.43%
Sep 30, 2025 31.39%
Jun 30, 2025 30.70%
Mar 31, 2025 29.94%
Dec 31, 2024 24.65%
Sep 30, 2024 29.24%
Jun 30, 2024 28.37%
Mar 31, 2024 24.59%
Dec 31, 2023 24.84%
Sep 30, 2023 24.91%
Jun 30, 2023 22.18%
Mar 31, 2023 19.50%
Dec 31, 2022 15.34%
Sep 30, 2022 20.56%
Jun 30, 2022 14.07%
Mar 31, 2022 14.93%
Dec 31, 2021 12.61%
Sep 30, 2021 17.36%
Jun 30, 2021 14.82%