At the time of writing, Powell Industries, Inc. [POWL] stock is trading at $170.01, up 18.89%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The POWL shares have gain 13.92% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 25.91%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
3 Tiny Stocks Primed to Explode
The world's greatest investor — Warren Buffett — has a simple formula for making big money in the markets. He buys up valuable assets when they are very cheap. For stock market investors that means buying up cheap small cap stocks like these with huge upside potential.
We've set up an alert service to help smart investors take full advantage of the small cap stocks primed for big returns.
Click here for full details and to join for free
Sponsored
From an analyst’s perspective:
Powell Industries, Inc. [NASDAQ: POWL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on June 10, 2022, when Sidoti downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Previously, Sidoti upgraded its rating to Buy on March 29, 2022, and kept the price target unchanged to $26. On August 11, 2020, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral but maintained its price target of $31 on the stock. Sidoti upgraded its rating to a Buy. Sidoti downgraded its rating to a Neutral. CJS Securities upgraded its rating to Market Outperform for this stock on May 09, 2019. In a note dated September 28, 2018, Sidoti upgraded an Buy rating on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Powell Industries, Inc. fluctuated between $39.65 and $197.87. Powell Industries, Inc. [NASDAQ: POWL] shares were valued at $170.01 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the POWL fundamentals
According to Powell Industries, Inc. [NASDAQ:POWL], the company’s sales were 850.13M for trailing twelve months, which represents an 48.80% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.23% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.1, Equity is 0.23 and Total Capital is 0.22. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.0.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 158.25 points at the first support level, and at 146.49 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 182.63, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 195.25.
Powell Industries, Inc. [POWL] reported earnings per share of $2.75 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 3/31/2024. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $1.77/share, meaning a difference of $0.98 and a surprise factor of 55.40%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 12/31/2023 were $1.98 per share as compared to estimates of $0.84 per share, a difference of $1.14 representing a surprise of 135.70%.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Powell Industries, Inc. [NASDAQ:POWL] has a current ratio of 1.62. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.41, while the Cash Ratio is 0.75. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.39, the price to book ratio is 5.55 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 20.18.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved POWELL THOMAS W, 10% Owner, that happened on Mar 04 ’24 when 3884.0 shares were sold. 10% Owner, POWELL THOMAS W completed a deal on Feb 29 ’24 to sell 500.0 shares. Meanwhile, 10% Owner POWELL THOMAS W sold 5000.0 shares on Feb 28 ’24.
