Short interest
Short % of float
11.0%
Days to cover
4.9d
Shares short
3.15M
Vs Sep 15
+31%
Shorts are still adding. Real fuel if the tape turns — not a timing signal by itself.
Why it's this high: the stock has been falling and shorts are still increasing. That is a bet the breakdown continues, not a fade of a spike.
Crowded short on a healthy name
Fundamentals are healthy and the stock is at a technical discount — this reads more like a crowded short on a quality name (the setup a squeeze needs) than a bet against the business.
Share count and days to cover are the latest FINRA settlement. Short % of float is from Finviz. Prints land about twice a month — fuel for a turn, not today's flow.
POWL Q4 earnings
Check guidance — raised = hold; lowered = review thesis
POWL Q1 earnings
Check guidance — raised = hold; lowered = review thesis
Yahoo · 11h ago
Benzinga · 1d ago
Yahoo · 2d ago
Next report
2026-11-16 · Q4 2026 (est.)
EPS est. 1.50 · actual 1.42 (-5.2%)
Last reported · 2026-06-30
Last surprise -5.2% vs estimate
Calendar earnings dates
POWL Q4 earnings
Check guidance — raised = hold; lowered = review thesis
POWL Q1 earnings
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Insider trades (Form 4)
Buys
12,690 sh
$2.3M
Sells
799 sh
$100K
Net (12 filings)
+11,891 sh
+$2.2M net
Ni Ping (Open-market sale) — 700 sh · $0.1M
JOHNSON JAMES EDGAR JR (Stock award / grant) — 625 sh · $0.1M
TUNINETTI DAVIDE (Stock award / grant) — 600 sh · $0.1M
HOGLUND PETER G (Stock award / grant) — 475 sh · $0.1M
Eckenrode David L (Stock award / grant) — 165 sh · $0.0M
Birchall John (Stock award / grant) — 400 sh · $0.1M
Mauney William Marshall Jr (Stock award / grant) — 525 sh · $0.1M
McKertcher Terry B (Stock award / grant) — 600 sh · $0.1M
Ni Ping (Stock award / grant) — 200 sh · $0.0M
METCALF MICHAEL WILLIAM (Stock award / grant) — 2,000 sh · $0.4M
COPE BRETT ALAN (Stock award / grant) — 7,100 sh · $1.3M
TUNINETTI DAVIDE (Tax withholding) — 99 sh · $0.0M
RSI, moving averages, MACD, Bollinger bands & candlestick patterns from Yahoo daily data — verify on chart
Below 20-day MA
Price $133.12 vs 20 SMA $160.31
Below 50-day MA
Price $133.12 vs 50 SMA $175.04
Below 200-day MA
Price $133.12 vs 200 SMA $213.44
Below 251-day high
-58.7% from 251-day high ($322.05)
Above 251-day low
41.6% above 251-day low ($94.02)
Gap up
Opened 6.3% above prior close on 2026-11-06
Doji
Indecision candle on 2026-11-06
Price vs 200-day EMA, plus whether profit shows up as cash. Cash flow, cash, capex growth, and interest coverage sit next to the multiple.
31.4% below 200-day EMA
31% below its 200-day EMA with solid revenue/margin/debt/FCF trends — technical discount on a fundamentally healthy company.
Trailing PE
24.9x
Invest rank
72
Swing rank
82
Earnings skew
open
Cash flow/share
$3.75
Trailing twelve months
Cash/share
$17.39
Latest quarter
Interest cover
390.7x
Operating profit / interest
Price / FCF
20x
After capex
Rev / share
15.4%
Five-year revenue growth per share
Capex growth
20.7%
5-year rate
Gross margin
30.1%
Prior year 29.4%
Revenue growth
7.0%
YoY, TTM or latest quarter
Net margin
16.5%
TTM profitability
Debt / equity
0.0%
Lower = less leveraged
FCF growth
18.1%
5Y CAGR, capex-aware
Composite fundamentals score: 82/100 · from Finnhub basic financials, verify against the latest 10-Q before acting.