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Powell Industries price to free cash flow POWL

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
22.5×
10-year median
10.1×
Against its 10-year history
65th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
3.3× to 237×
Peer median
18.9×

Powell Industries' price to free cash flow is 22.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 10.1×, higher than on 65% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.3× in Oct 2020 to 237× in Aug 2018.

The median for 10 industrial machinery stocks of a similar size is 18.9×.

Price to free cash flow over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far22.5×22.5×62.1×
202526.6×22.0×58.6×
202428.7×5.3×36.0×
20236.1×5.9×28.6×
2022n/m a value too high to mean anything
20217.8×5.0×10.2×
20205.1×3.3×8.7×
20198.8×8.8×98.4×
2018237×10.1×237×
20179.9×5.6×10.1×
20166.2×6.2×12.8×
2015142×110×142×
201482.7×42.3×91.2×
201346.6×33.1×46.7×
201264.0×59.2×64.9×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Machinery nearest Powell Industries' size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
POWLPowell Industries22.5×
JBTMJBT MAREL18.2×
AAONAaonn/m
NOVTNovanta46.6×
TEXTerexn/m
ENSEnerSys8.4×
GTESGates Industrial15.7×
ALHAlliance Laundry16.5×
ESABESAB21.2×
TKRTimken19.7×
SPXCSPX Technologies26.5×
Peer median18.9×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

More on Powell Industries

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.