Growth Metrics

Powell Industries (POWL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Powell Industries (POWL) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.32% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 4.0% to 0.32% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.32%, a 4.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.38%, down 5.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.32% for Q4 2025 at Powell Industries, down from 0.35% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.39% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.01% in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.18% and a median of 0.17% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: fell -7bps in 2021, then increased 22bps in 2024.
  • Powell Industries' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.01% in 2021, then soared by 551bps to 0.04% in 2022, then surged by 489bps to 0.25% in 2023, then surged by 45bps to 0.36% in 2024, then fell by -11bps to 0.32% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for POWL's Return on Capital Employed are 0.32% (Q4 2025), 0.35% (Q3 2025), and 0.37% (Q2 2025).