All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

POWL: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

POWL total return snapshot: POWL returned +30.73% over the past year and +34.48% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, POWL is up +19,582.80% in nominal total return, or +11.99%/yr, and is currently −55.65% below its total-return high on May 11, 2026.

Data ending Fri Nov. 13, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-11-13 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
POWL × 		+19,582.80%
+11.99%/yr 		+9.47%/yr
R2=0.807
Powell Industries Inc NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-11-13 Start
Value 		End
Value
POWL × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$1,968,280.24
2026-11-13

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-13

  YTD YoY
POWL × 		+34.48% +30.73%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
POWL × 		−55.65%
on 2026-11-13
from 2026-05-11 peak 		−93.75%
on 1987-12-07
from 1980-11-18 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-11-13 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
POWL × 		+30.73% +35.88%
+16.57%/yr 		+427.45%
+74.07%/yr 		+1,577.72%
+75.77%/yr 		+1,168.49%
+28.92%/yr

Annual Returns

Year POWL
2026 (YTD) +34.48%
2025 +44.49%
2024 +152.21%
2023 +155.62%
2022 +24.34%
2021 +3.60%
2020 −37.60%
2019 +101.58%
2018 −9.92%
2017 −24.00%
2016 +54.57%
2015 −45.22%
2014 −25.37%
2013 +61.94%
2012 +32.77%
2011 −4.86%
2010 +4.28%
2009 +8.65%
2008 −34.15%
2007 +39.60%
2006 +75.78%
2005 −2.87%
2004 −3.45%
2003 +12.18%
2002 −9.06%
2001 +47.22%
2000 +85.45%
1999 −31.25%
1998 −34.43%
1997 +9.91%
1996 +68.18%
1995 +46.66%
1994 −2.17%
1993 −23.33%
1992 −42.31%
1991 +22.35%
1990 +97.67%
1989 +330.02%
1988 +100.07%
1987 −50.02%
1986 −33.34%
1985 +0.00%
1984 −51.61%
1983 +29.17%
1982 −17.24%
1981 −47.27%
1980 +129.15%