secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL)
CIK:        0000080420
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000080420-25-000057
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Powell Industries Q2 FY2025 net income $46.3M ($3.81 EPS), revenue $279M, gross margin 29.9%
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- Revenues $278.6M (+9% YoY); net income $46.3M ($3.81 diluted EPS) +38% YoY.
- Gross profit $83.4M (29.9% of revenue) up 530 bps from 24.6% YoY; driven by operating efficiencies and project closeouts.
- New orders $249M; backlog unchanged at $1.3B; Electric Utility sector +48%, Commercial/Other Industrial +16%.
- Cash and short-term investments total $389M as of March 31, 2025.
- Quarterly dividend declared: $0.2675/share, payable June 18 to holders of record May 21.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042025000057/0000080420-25-000057-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042025000057/powl-20250506.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080420-25-000057

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