---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000080420-26-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POWL"
cik: "0000080420"
company_name: "POWELL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:09:58.436845+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Powell Industries Q2 Fiscal 2026 Revenue Up 6%, New Orders Surge 97%

## Summary
- Revenue reached $297 million, up 6% year-over-year; gross profit of $88 million at 29.6% margin.
- Net income of $45.9 million ($1.25 per diluted share) declined 1% due to higher SG&A and R&D costs.
- New orders totaled $490 million, a 97% increase; backlog rose to $1.8 billion, up 33%.
- Subsequent to quarter end, awarded a mega data center order exceeding $400 million, the largest in company history.
- Cash and short-term investments stood at $545 million as of March 31, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000080420-26-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POWL
- cik: 0000080420
- company_name: POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042026000063/0000080420-26-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042026000063/powl-20260504.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080420-26-000063.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  POWELL INDUSTRIES INC reported its fiscal 2026 second quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue $296.6 million, net income $45.9 million, EPS $1.25 per diluted share.
  - Period: its fiscal 2026 second quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Revenue: $296.6 million
  - Net income: $45.9 million
  - EPS: $1.25 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: results for the second quarter Fiscal 2026 ended March 31, 2026. All comparisons are to the second quarter of Fiscal 2025, unless otherwise noted. Key Highlights: • Revenues of $297 million increased 6%; • Gross profit of $88 million, or 29.6% of revenue, increased 5%; • Net income of $45.9 million, or $1.25 per diluted share (1) , declined 1%; • New orders (2)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042026000063/0000080420-26-000063-index.htm

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