Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL): The Latest Casualty Of Increased Volatility?

Powell Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:POWL) does about 401.12K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 387549 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 2.01B USD. Its current market price is $167.44, marking an increase of 2.85% compared to the previous close of $162.80. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $209.14 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $72.51.

Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL) has a 20-day trading average at $168.92 and the current price is -19.94% off the 52-week high compared with 130.92% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $153.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $136.39. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 5.65%, which increases to 5.97% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 51.00 to suggest the stock is neutral.

The consensus objective for the share price is $181.00, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 7.49% over the period.

FactSet Research has provided data showing that 0 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 0 analysts have rated it as a buy and 0 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is nan and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Hold the stock.

Sidoti upgraded the stock to “Buy” from Neutral on March 29, 2022 at a price target of $26. Sidoti downgraded its price target at $31.

The current price level is -0.47%, 8.92%, and 23.15% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the POWL price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL) stock is down -13.14% over the week and 3.93% over the past month. Its price is 89.41% year-to-date and 94.92% over the past year.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 7.49 percent from here.

The company has a return on investment of 29.79% and return on equity of 34.24%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 15.67 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 13.45. The beta has a value of 0.87. Price to book ratio is 4.60 and price to sales ratio is 2.12.