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How Powell Industries, Inc. stacks up
POWL · against 432 other Industrials companies of similar size
Valuation
37/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #326 of 433 · scores higher than 23% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score46 peers with a valuation score of 30–39, including POWL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 37?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its EBITDA yield, which is weaker than most Industrials peers.
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 69% of peers. EBITDA yield: 4.3% vs peer median 6.9%
- Earnings yield is close to the peer norm. Earnings yield: 3.2% vs peer median 3.8%
- Free cash flow yield is close to the peer norm. Free cash flow yield: 4.1% vs peer median 3.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = POWL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | POWL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 423 reported | 3.2% | 4.3% | 32% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 436 reported | 4.3% | 7.9% | 16% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 197 reported | 4.1% | 4.1% | 49% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 422 reported | 12.7% | 39.8% | 9% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around POWL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.69T KRW (≈$3.4B) | 100 | 59 | |
| 1 | 3.0B USD | 100 | 62 | |
| 1 | 3.5B USD | 100 | 57 | |
| 4 | 26.4B HKD (≈$3.4B) | 99 | 63 | |
| 4 | 2.8B EUR (≈$3.1B) | 99 | 63 | |
| 326 | 4.6B USD | 37 | 61 | |
| 326 | 10.4B USD | 37 | 67 | |
| 326 | 10.3B USD | 37 | 44 | |
| 326 | 6.2B USD | 37 | 55 | |
| 326 | 6.0B USD | 37 | 66 | |
| 326 | 7.6B GBP (≈$9.9B) | 37 | 65 | |
| 334 | 307.2B TWD (≈$9.5B) | 36 | 73 | |
| 334 | 3.7B USD | 36 | 48 | |
| 334 | 320.9B INR (≈$3.9B) | 36 | 37 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score