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$261.82 -50.26 (-16.10%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

POWL vs. SNDR, GNRC, AYI, ENPH, FELE, BDC, ENS, BRC, VICR, and AMSC

Should you be buying Powell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Powell Industries include Schneider National (SNDR), Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Franklin Electric (FELE), Belden (BDC), EnerSys (ENS), Brady (BRC), Vicor (VICR), and American Superconductor (AMSC).

Powell Industries vs.

Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) and Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

In the previous week, Powell Industries had 23 more articles in the media than Schneider National. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Powell Industries and 5 mentions for Schneider National. Powell Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Schneider National's score of 0.76 indicating that Powell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Schneider National
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Powell Industries
14 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

28.5% of Schneider National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Powell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.7% of Schneider National shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Powell Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Powell Industries has a net margin of 14.80% compared to Schneider National's net margin of 2.10%. Powell Industries' return on equity of 37.56% beat Schneider National's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Schneider National2.10% 3.92% 2.53%
Powell Industries 14.80%37.56%17.79%

Schneider National currently has a consensus price target of $28.31, suggesting a potential downside of 9.15%. Given Schneider National's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Schneider National is more favorable than Powell Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Schneider National
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Powell Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Schneider National received 212 more outperform votes than Powell Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.65% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave Powell Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Schneider NationalOutperform Votes
428
64.65%
Underperform Votes
234
35.35%
Powell IndustriesOutperform Votes
216
61.02%
Underperform Votes
138
38.98%

Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Powell Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Schneider National pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Powell Industries pays out 8.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Schneider National has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Powell Industries has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Schneider National has higher revenue and earnings than Powell Industries. Powell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schneider National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Schneider National$5.50B0.99$238.50M$0.6250.26
Powell Industries$1.01B3.10$54.53M$12.2921.30

Summary

Schneider National and Powell Industries tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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POWL vs. The Competition

MetricPowell IndustriesSwitchgear & switchboard apparatus IndustryIndustrial SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.75B$37.69B$9.86B$8.89B
Dividend Yield0.34%0.86%2.02%4.06%
P/E Ratio21.3026.1518.1713.30
Price / Sales3.102.947.9481.01
Price / Cash63.3133.4120.3636.03
Price / Book9.006.244.135.74
Net Income$54.53M$1.35B$413.78M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-12.87%-6.20%-1.88%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-6.48%-5.05%0.97%0.60%
1 Year Performance214.57%87.13%29.38%26.23%

Powell Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
POWL
Powell Industries
2.009 of 5 stars
$261.82
-16.1%
N/A+209.1%$3.75B$1.01B21.302,725News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SNDR
Schneider National
3.6836 of 5 stars
$31.16
+0.9%
$28.31
-9.2%
+37.8%$5.41B$5.50B50.2617,300
GNRC
Generac
4.3527 of 5 stars
$180.19
+0.1%
$174.05
-3.4%
+58.1%$10.71B$4.02B37.388,600Analyst Forecast
Positive News
AYI
Acuity Brands
3.8207 of 5 stars
$315.62
-0.4%
$324.00
+2.7%
+74.5%$9.74B$3.84B23.4813,200Positive News
ENPH
Enphase Energy
4.5942 of 5 stars
$63.38
+3.3%
$102.09
+61.1%
-35.7%$8.29B$2.29B144.053,157Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.2658 of 5 stars
$104.83
-0.5%
$101.67
-3.0%
+17.4%$4.81B$2.07B26.546,400Positive News
BDC
Belden
4.3174 of 5 stars
$118.67
0.0%
$122.75
+3.4%
+71.0%$4.79B$2.35B27.608,000Positive News
ENS
EnerSys
4.7504 of 5 stars
$94.26
+0.2%
$118.00
+25.2%
+5.4%$3.75B$3.58B13.3510,797
BRC
Brady
3.2827 of 5 stars
$70.72
+1.6%
$65.00
-8.1%
+31.0%$3.37B$1.39B17.385,700Earnings Report
VICR
Vicor
2.2644 of 5 stars
$53.87
+1.5%
$43.00
-20.2%
+34.5%$2.40B$405.06M112.231,063
AMSC
American Superconductor
1.0068 of 5 stars
$31.16
-1.3%
$28.33
-9.1%
+232.9%$1.25B$176.14M-623.20337

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This page (NASDAQ:POWL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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