---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000080420-21-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POWL"
cik: "0000080420"
company_name: "POWELL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2021-12-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T03:20:41.319734+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Powell Industries Q4 FY2021 revenue $129.5M, EPS $0.28; FY net income $0.6M

## Summary
- Q4 FY2021 revenue $129.5M, net income $3.3M ($0.28 diluted EPS).
- New orders $121M in Q4, up from $103M in Q3; backlog $415M.
- Full year FY2021 revenue $471M, net income $0.6M ($0.05 diluted EPS).
- Cash and short-term investments $134M as of Sep 30, 2021.
- Outlook: expects improved profitability in H2 FY2022 vs H1; cites supply chain inflation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000080420-21-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POWL
- cik: 0000080420
- company_name: POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2021-12-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042021000043/0000080420-21-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042021000043/powl-20211207.htm

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