secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL)
CIK:        0000080420
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000080420-26-000013
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 Q1 net income up 19% to $41.4M; orders surge 63% to $439M
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- Revenue $251M, up 4% YoY; gross margin 28.4% vs 24.7% prior year.
- Net income $41.4M ($3.40 diluted EPS) vs $34.8M ($2.86) prior year.
- New orders $439M (book-to-bill 1.7); backlog $1.6B, up 16% YoY.
- Secured first data center megaproject and a large LNG Gulf Coast award.
- Quarterly dividend increased to $0.27/share (annualized $1.08), payable March 18.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042026000013/0000080420-26-000013-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042026000013/powl-20260203.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080420-26-000013

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