All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
POWL real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, POWL returned +85.32% over the past year and +78.23% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, POWL is up +6,304.15% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.35%/yr, and is currently −39.46% below its real total-return high on May 11, 2026.
Data ending Fri Oct. 2, 2026
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-10-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWL × |
+6,304.15%
+9.35%/yr |
+6.54%/yr
R2=0.680 |
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| Powell Industries Inc NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-10-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| POWL × |
$10,000.00
1980-03-17 |
$640,415.07
2026-10-02 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| POWL × | +78.23% | +85.32% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| POWL × |
−39.46%
on 2026-10-02 from 2026-05-11 peak |
−95.38%
on 1987-12-07 from 1980-11-18 peak |
| Period ending Fri 2026-10-02 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWL × | +85.32% |
+140.03% +54.93%/yr |
+558.90% +87.47%/yr |
+1,987.36% +83.62%/yr |
+1,244.46% +29.67%/yr |
| Year | POWL |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +78.23% |
| 2025 | +40.73% |
| 2024 | +145.15% |
| 2023 | +147.34% |
| 2022 | +16.78% |
| 2021 | −3.21% |
| 2020 | −38.44% |
| 2019 | +97.08% |
| 2018 | −11.60% |
| 2017 | −25.57% |
| 2016 | +51.43% |
| 2015 | −45.62% |
| 2014 | −25.93% |
| 2013 | +59.54% |
| 2012 | +30.51% |
| 2011 | −7.61% |
| 2010 | +2.74% |
| 2009 | +5.77% |
| 2008 | −34.21% |
| 2007 | +34.11% |
| 2006 | +71.46% |
| 2005 | −6.09% |
| 2004 | −6.49% |
| 2003 | +10.12% |
| 2002 | −11.17% |
| 2001 | +44.97% |
| 2000 | +79.37% |
| 1999 | −33.05% |
| 1998 | −35.47% |
| 1997 | +8.07% |
| 1996 | +62.78% |
| 1995 | +43.03% |
| 1994 | −4.72% |
| 1993 | −25.38% |
| 1992 | −43.94% |
| 1991 | +18.72% |
| 1990 | +86.27% |
| 1989 | +310.95% |
| 1988 | +91.61% |
| 1987 | −52.14% |
| 1986 | −34.06% |
| 1985 | −3.66% |
| 1984 | −53.45% |
| 1983 | +24.45% |
| 1982 | −20.29% |
| 1981 | −51.59% |
| 1980 | +111.25% |
