Growth Metrics

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

Powell Industries (POWL) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 15 consecutive years, with 0.27% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital fell 3.0% to 0.27% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.27%, a 3.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.3%, down 3.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.27% for Q4 2025 at Powell Industries, down from 0.27% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.31% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.01% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.14% and a median of 0.11% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: dropped -6bps in 2021, then grew 19bps in 2024.
  • Powell Industries' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.01% in 2021, then surged by 860bps to 0.05% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 238bps to 0.16% in 2023, then soared by 88bps to 0.3% in 2024, then fell by -11bps to 0.27% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for POWL's Return on Invested Capital are 0.27% (Q4 2025), 0.27% (Q3 2025), and 0.29% (Q2 2025).