Powell Industries (POWL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Powell Industries' stock was trading at $88.40 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, POWL shares have increased by 48.8% and is now trading at $131.55.
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Powell Industries saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,160,000 shares, an increase of 36.4% from the March 15th total of 850,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 340,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.4 days. Currently, 12.5% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 30th 2024.
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Powell Industries will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 1st at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 412-317-0088 with passcode "4054049#".

Powell Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:POWL) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 30th. The industrial products company reported $1.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.98. The industrial products company earned $194 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $182.04 million. Powell Industries had a net margin of 10.10% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.30%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 53.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.10 EPS.

Powell Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 30th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.262 per share on Wednesday, March 13th. This represents a $1.05 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 13th.
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Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL) pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.86%. The dividend payout ratio is 16.64%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, POWL will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.87% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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27 employees have rated Powell Industries Chief Executive Officer Brett Cope on Glassdoor.com. Brett Cope has an approval rating of 73% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Powell Industries investors own include Bank of Hawaii (BOH), InterDigital (IDCC), STAG Industrial (STAG), AT&T (T), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Albemarle (ALB), Comerica (CMA), General Electric (GE), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Honda Motor (HMC).

Powell Industries' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.26%), Range Financial Group LLC (0.12%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.08%), Transform Wealth LLC (0.05%), Guidance Capital Inc. (0.04%) and Ausbil Investment Management Ltd (0.04%). Insiders that own company stock include Brett Alan Cope, Christopher E Cragg, John David White, Milburn E Honeycutt and Thomas W Powell.
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