---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000080420-22-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POWL"
cik: "0000080420"
company_name: "POWELL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T09:56:23.110432+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Powell Industries Q4 revenue up 26% to $163M; record backlog $592M, EPS $0.73

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $162.7M (+26% YoY); net income $8.7M ($0.73 diluted) vs $3.3M ($0.28) last year.
- Record backlog of $592M at Sep 30, 2022 (+43% YoY); Q4 new orders $259M, more than double prior year.
- Full year revenue $532.6M (+13%); net income $13.7M ($1.15 diluted) vs $0.6M ($0.05) in FY2021.
- Guidance: revenue growth expected in most sectors; profitability improvement anticipated for FY2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000080420-22-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POWL
- cik: 0000080420
- company_name: POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042022000034/0000080420-22-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042022000034/powl-20221205.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080420-22-000034
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080420-22-000034.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080420-22-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  POWELL INDUSTRIES INC reported Fiscal 2022 Fourth Quarter Ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $163 million, net income $9 million, EPS $0.73 per diluted share.
  - Period: Fiscal 2022 Fourth Quarter Ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $163 million
  - Net income: $9 million
  - EPS: $0.73 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: • Revenues totaled $163 million, an increase of 26%; • Net Income was $9 million, or $0.73 per diluted share, and included: ◦ $2 million related to a prior year cost recovery on a municipal project, generating $0.17 per diluted share;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042022000034/0000080420-22-000034-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  POWELL INDUSTRIES INC reported Fiscal 2022 Full Year Ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $533 million, net income $14 million, EPS $1.15 per diluted share.
  - Period: Fiscal 2022 Full Year Ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $533 million
  - Net income: $14 million
  - EPS: $1.15 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: • Revenues totaled $533 million dollars, an increase of 13%; • Net Income was $14 million dollars, or $1.15 per diluted share; ◦ During Fiscal 2022, the Company had three non-recurring events, that when combined, contributed $0.80 per diluted share;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042022000034/0000080420-22-000034-index.htm

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