Adversity is less terrifying than hope: Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL)

With 0.76 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.41 million shares. During the session, the Electrical Equipment & Parts company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $208.1543 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $192.38. The 52-week range on POWL shows that it touched its highest point at $209.14 and its lowest point at $72.51 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $194.60. With its current market cap of 2.47 billion, POWL has annualized dividend of $1.06 while the current yield stands at 0.51%. POWL paid its most recent dividend on 1723593600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1723593600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.86.

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Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of POWL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 22.61%, but this was up by 18.62% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 34.03% while six-month performance rose 45.26%. The stock gained 160.60% in the past year, while it has gained 133.42% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for POWL yields 10.69 with Next year EPS estimates of 12.36. For the next quarter, that number is 3.55. This implies an EPS growth rate of 161.78% for this year and 4.90% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 11.86 million POWL shares are outstanding with a float of 9.27 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-08-30, short shares totaled 1.5 million, which was 1255.0001 higher than short shares on 1722384000. In addition to Mr. Brett A. Cope as the firm’s Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Mr. Michael W. Metcalf serves as its Executive VP, CFO, Secretary & Principal Accounting Officer.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.97942 of POWL’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-06-30, POWL reported revenue of $288168000.0 and operating income of $57288000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $58997000.0 and diluted EPS was $3.79.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for POWL since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.