Growth Metrics

Powell Industries (POWL) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Powell Industries (POWL) has disclosed Return on Sales for 16 consecutive years, with 0.16% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales rose 2.0% to 0.16% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.17%, a 2.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.16%, up 2.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.16% for Q4 2025 at Powell Industries, down from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.17% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.03% in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.09% and a median of 0.08% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: decreased -5bps in 2021, then increased 11bps in 2023.
  • Powell Industries' Return on Sales stood at 0.03% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 134bps to 0.01% in 2022, then surged by 1255bps to 0.12% in 2023, then grew by 16bps to 0.14% in 2024, then grew by 14bps to 0.16% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for POWL's Return on Sales are 0.16% (Q4 2025), 0.17% (Q3 2025), and 0.17% (Q2 2025).