Powell Industries (POWL) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Powell Industries (POWL) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 32.43% in Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 649.0% year-over-year to 32.43% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 32.43%, a 649.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 38.07%, down 530.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 32.43%, up from 32.15% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for POWL reached as high as 38.92% in Q1 2025 and fell as low as 0.5% in Q1 2022.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 22.77% across 5 years, with a median of 30.16% in 2024.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 2219 bps in 2024 and plunged 649 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.2% in 2022, then jumped by 489 bps to 24.79% in 2023, then surged by 45 bps to 35.98% in 2024, then declined by 11 bps to 32.15% in 2025, then rose by 1 bps to 32.43% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 32.43% in Q1 2026, 32.15% in Q4 2025, and 34.62% in Q3 2025.