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Powell Industries, Inc. keeps 20% of every revenue dollar as operating profit, against 7.3% for the median Electrical Equipment & Parts name.
20%
Operating margin · Electrical Equipment & Parts median 7.3% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.03×
Cash conversion · 0.29× a year ago · every dollar of reported profit arrived as cash, and more
- Share count, year on year
- +0.17%
Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution
- R&D as % of revenue
- 1.2%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 3.7% |
| FY2021 | 0.22% |
| FY2022 | 1.4% |
| FY2023 | 8.9% |
| FY2024 | 18% |
| FY2025 | 20% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 30%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 20%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 17%
- Free cash flow margin
- 17%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 1.2%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $1.13B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $193M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $187M
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Electrical Equipment & Parts
Ranks #7 of 20 by Smart Score