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Powell Industries Inc

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Powell Industries Inc

POWL·NASDAQ·Manufacturing·CIK 0000080420

Powell Industries, Inc. develops, designs, manufactures, and services custom-engineered equipment and systems for distributing, controlling, and monitoring electrical energy flow, and protecting motors, transformers, and other electrically powered equipment. Founded in 1947, the company is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Its wholly owned major subsidiaries include Powell Electrical Systems, Inc.; Powell Canada, Inc.; Powell (UK) Limited; and Powell Industries International Limited. Powell Industries primarily serves the oil and gas and petrochemical markets, the electric utility market, and commercial and other industrial markets. The company also provides products and services to the light rail traction power market, universities, and government entities. It is expanding into electrical markets through original equipment manufacturers and distribution channels. On August 15, 2025, Powell Industries acquired Remsdaq Limited, a U.K.-based manufacturer of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) for electrical substation control and automation in generation, transmission, and distribution. The total consideration for this acquisition was £13.6 million Pounds Sterling, or $18.4 million, including cash acquired.

Powell Industries Inc (NASDAQ:POWL) is a publicly traded company in the Manufacturing sector. Wiseek has independently scored 9 items for POWL at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-04, rated 9/10. Across its 9 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 6 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for POWL spans 10-Q, 8-K, 4.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Powell Industries Posts Record $934M in Q3 Bookings as Backlog Surges to $2.4B
  • Powell Industries Reports Record $934M New Orders, $2.4B Backlog; Q3 Net Income Up 8%
  • Powell Industries Reports Strong Backlog & Bookings, Declares Dividend, Details Stock Split
  • Powell Industries Reports Q2 Results, Secures Record $400M+ Data Center Order
  • Powell Industries' Backlog Surges 33% on Doubled Orders, Despite Slight Q2 Revenue Miss

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
$1.1B
Net Income
$180.75M
Diluted EPS
$14.86
Op. Cash Flow
$167.94M
Free Cash Flow
$154.79M
Gross Profit
$324.38M
Operating Income
$217.86M
Cash & Equivalents
$450.74M
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
16.4%
Shares Outstanding
12.07M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2025-11-19 · accession 0000080420-25-000152

Short Interest & Short Volume

4.10 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 2,397,919 shares in POWL as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 5.9% increase from the prior period — about 4.1 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 71.0% of POWL volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)2,397,919 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 5.9%
Days to cover4.10 at avg daily volume of 584,618
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)71.0% of 283,175 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume64.0%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$196.69 +0.59% today
52-week range · as of 2026-08-04 $69 – $328
Market cap
$7.14B
Volume
547.2K (1.0× avg)
3-mo avg 523.7K
Live data · 2026-10-05 02:50 UTC · Market closed

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POWL
Aug 04, 2026, 12:33 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $213.41
Real-time Price: $196.69 info
Change: -$16.72 (-8%) info
Market Cap: $7.144B info
POWL
Aug 03, 2026, 4:28 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $188.19
Real-time Price: $196.69 info
Change: +$8.50 (+5%) info
Market Cap: $7.144B info
POWL
May 05, 2026, 12:12 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $290.85
Real-time Price: $196.69 info
Change: -$94.16 (-32%) info
Market Cap: $7.144B info
POWL
May 04, 2026, 5:10 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $272.00
Real-time Price: $196.69 info
Change: -$75.31 (-28%) info
Market Cap: $7.144B info
POWL
May 04, 2026, 4:31 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $272.02
Real-time Price: $196.69 info
Change: -$75.33 (-28%) info
Market Cap: $7.144B info
POWL
Mar 06, 2026, 4:04 PM EST
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $488.00
Real-time Price: $196.69 info
Change: Stock Split info
Market Cap: $7.144B info
POWL
Feb 13, 2026, 5:48 PM EST
Filing Type: 4
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $585.07
Real-time Price: $196.69 info
Change: Stock Split info
Market Cap: $7.144B info
POWL
Feb 04, 2026, 12:26 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $508.52
Real-time Price: $196.69 info
Change: Stock Split info
Market Cap: $7.144B info
POWL
Feb 03, 2026, 4:24 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $460.14
Real-time Price: $196.69 info
Change: Stock Split info
Market Cap: $7.144B info
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