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accession: "0000080420-25-000095"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POWL"
cik: "0000080420"
company_name: "POWELL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T21:11:58.977547+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
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# Powell Q3 EPS $3.96, orders $362M, backlog $1.4B; acquires Remsdaq for substation automation

## Summary
- Q3 FY2025: net income $48.2M ($3.96 diluted EPS) vs $46.2M ($3.79) YoY; revenue $286.3M, essentially flat.
- Gross margin improved to 30.7% from 28.4% YoY; new orders $362M (book-to-bill 1.3x), backlog $1.4B up 7% sequentially.
- Notable awards: $60M electric utility order (largest ever), $80M+ for two offshore oil & gas modules, $30M traction power.
- Announced definitive agreement to acquire Remsdaq Ltd., a U.K. SCADA/RTU manufacturer for electrical substation control.
- Board declared quarterly dividend $0.2675/share, payable Sept 17, 2025 to holders of record Aug 20, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000080420-25-000095
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POWL
- cik: 0000080420
- company_name: POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042025000095/0000080420-25-000095-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042025000095/powl-20250805.htm

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