Growth Metrics

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

Powell Industries (POWL) reported Net Margin of 15.47% for Q1 2026, down 116.0% year-over-year from 96.69% in Q1 2025, and down 6.12% on a QoQ basis from 16.48% in Q4 2025.

Powell Industries (POWL) has 17 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 15.47% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Net Margin fell 116.0% year-over-year to 15.47% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 16.51% (up 51.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 16.37%, up 157.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin declined to 15.47% in Q1 2026 per POWL's latest filing, from 16.48% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 17.26% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.95% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 13.13% (2024), against an average of 11.44%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Net Margin soared 1150 bps; it then slumped 116 bps in 2026.
  • Tracing POWL's Net Margin over 5 years: stood at 0.92% in 2022, then surged by 1255 bps to 12.41% in 2023, then grew by 16 bps to 14.4% in 2024, then advanced by 14 bps to 16.48% in 2025, then declined by 6 bps to 15.47% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest POWL Net Margin figures stand at 15.47% (Q1 2026), 16.48% (Q4 2025), and 17.26% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Vertiv Holdings 125.39 Bn 122.89 Bn 999.70 Mn 14.72%
2 Bloom Energy 85.22 Bn 82.75 Bn 225.54 Mn 9.41%
3 nVent Electric 26.63 Bn 26.44 Bn 445.60 Mn 0.16%
4 Hubbell 25.22 Bn 24.72 Bn 505.30 Mn 12.07%
5 Advanced Energy Industries 12.25 Bn 12.25 Bn 200.90 Mn -0.10%
6 Powell Industries 10.16 Bn 9.61 Bn 87.94 Mn 15.47%
7 Acuity Inc. (De) 8.82 Bn 8.55 Bn 520.40 Mn 9.17%
8 EnerSys 8.70 Bn 8.26 Bn 290.87 Mn 7.82%
9 Plug Power 5.25 Bn 4.87 Bn -21.61 Mn -150.47%
10 Hayward Holdings 3.01 Bn 2.78 Bn 118.70 Mn 9.15%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 15.47%
Dec 31, 2025 16.48%
Sep 30, 2025 17.26%
Jun 30, 2025 16.85%
Mar 31, 2025 16.63%
Dec 31, 2024 14.40%
Sep 30, 2024 16.74%
Jun 30, 2024 16.04%
Mar 31, 2024 13.13%
Dec 31, 2023 12.41%
Sep 30, 2023 12.67%
Jun 30, 2023 9.59%
Mar 31, 2023 4.94%
Dec 31, 2022 0.92%
Sep 30, 2022 5.29%
Jun 30, 2022 6.69%
Mar 31, 2022 -0.95%
Dec 31, 2021 -2.67%
Sep 30, 2021 2.52%
Jun 30, 2021 -1.76%
Mar 31, 2021 -0.19%
Dec 31, 2020 -0.34%
Sep 30, 2020 2.60%
Jun 30, 2020 2.95%
Mar 31, 2020 4.90%
Dec 31, 2019 2.07%
Sep 30, 2019 4.40%
Jun 30, 2019 3.75%
Mar 31, 2019 0.77%
Dec 31, 2018 -2.46%
Sep 30, 2018 1.14%
Jun 30, 2018 0.25%
Mar 31, 2018 -3.28%
Dec 31, 2017 -6.28%
Sep 30, 2017 -5.42%
Jun 30, 2017 -3.74%
Mar 31, 2017 -0.79%
Dec 31, 2016 -0.27%
Sep 30, 2016 4.24%
Jun 30, 2016 3.67%
Mar 31, 2016 3.66%
Dec 31, 2015 -0.31%
Sep 30, 2015 3.89%
Jun 30, 2015 3.99%
Mar 31, 2015 -2.16%
Dec 31, 2014 -0.16%
Sep 30, 2014 4.62%
Jun 30, 2014 -4.99%
Mar 31, 2014 0.03%
Dec 31, 2013 0.57%
Sep 30, 2013 0.93%
Jun 30, 2013 0.13%
Mar 31, 2013 0.42%
Dec 31, 2012 0.28%
Sep 30, 2012 6.94%
Jun 30, 2012 6.25%
Mar 31, 2012 4.08%
Dec 31, 2011 -1.11%
Sep 30, 2011 5.20%
Jun 30, 2011 0.05%
Mar 31, 2011 1.39%
Dec 31, 2010 1.95%
Sep 30, 2010 2.71%
Jun 30, 2010 7.43%