Powell Industries (POWL) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $1.42
- Estimate
- $1.47
- Surprise
- -3.4%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.3 → 5.3/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Powell Industries (POWL) missed the $1.47 estimate with diluted EPS of $1.42 — a clear 3.4% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.3/10) to Sell at 5.3/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates POWL Sell at 5.1/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -3.4% surprise compares with a +4.1% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-17.
What supports the rating
- V7 quality resilience bonus: +0.2 (Q=7.4 in RISK_OFF)
- High-quality business
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Supplier: single supplier (certain components)
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Consecutive earnings misses (2)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $180.29
- Price target
- $238.00
- Stop
- $167.62
- Upside to target
- +32.0%
- Reward-to-risk
- 3.4:1
The stock trades at 32.6× trailing but 25.1× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 21 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
POWL at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Electrical Equipment & Parts
- Market cap
- $6.38B
- P/E (fwd)
- 25.1
- P/E (ttm)
- 32.6
- 52-week range
- $86.36–$328.00
- Off 52-week high
- 45.0%
- RSI (14)
- 21
- Volume vs avg
- 0.44×
- Score today
- 5.1/10