---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000080420-25-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POWL"
cik: "0000080420"
company_name: "POWELL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T02:06:15.452235+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Powell Industries Q1 FY2025 revenue $241M (+24% YoY), EPS $2.86 (+44% YoY), new orders $269M (+36%)

## Summary
- Revenue $241M (+24% YoY); gross profit $59.5M (24.7% margin); net income $34.8M ($2.86 diluted EPS, +44%).
- New orders $269M (+36% YoY); backlog stable at $1.3B; cash & short-term investments $373M.
- Oil & Gas revenue $95.7M (+14%), Electric Utility $51.2M (+26%), Commercial/Other $44.3M (+80%).
- CEO cited robust tailwinds in electric utility and oil & gas; awarded a large LNG project on U.S. Gulf Coast.
- Manufacturing capacity upgrades on track for mid-2025; backlog more diversified into data centers, carbon capture, hydrogen.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000080420-25-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POWL
- cik: 0000080420
- company_name: POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042025000026/0000080420-25-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042025000026/powl-20250206.htm

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