Powell Industries price to sales ratio POWL

Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months, since 2018.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 4.8×
8-year median: 0.9×
Against its 8-year history: 91st; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
8-year range: 0.4× to 10.0×
Peer median: 1.7×

Powell Industries' price to sales ratio is 4.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its 8-year median of 0.9×, higher than on 91% of days in the last 8 years.

Over that time it ranged from 0.4× in Mar 2020 to 10.0× in May 2026.

The median for 10 industrial machinery stocks of a similar size is 1.7×.

Price to sales ratio over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	4.8×	3.9×	10.0×
2025	3.7×	1.9×	4.3×
2024	2.7×	1.3×	4.4×
2023	1.5×	0.8×	1.6×
2022	0.8×	0.5×	0.8×
2021	0.7×	0.6×	0.9×
2020	0.7×	0.4×	1.1×
2019	1.1×	0.7×	1.1×
2018	0.6×	0.6×	0.6×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to sales ratio
POWLPowell Industries	4.8×
JBTMJBT MAREL	1.4×
AAONAaon	2.9×
NOVTNovanta	5.2×
TEXTerex	0.9×
ENSEnerSys	1.6×
GTESGates Industrial	1.8×
ALHAlliance Laundry	2.4×
ESABESAB	1.4×
TKRTimken	1.6×
SPXCSPX Technologies	3.2×
Peer median	1.7×

Where Powell Industries ranks

#89of 110Industrial machinery stocks with the lowest price to sales ratio

What the price to sales ratio tells you

Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months. Useful for companies with little or no profit yet, since sales are harder to make negative than earnings.

Ignores margins entirely. A software company at 10× sales with 30% margins can be cheaper than a grocer at 1× sales with 2% margins.

More on Powell Industries

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.