secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL)
CIK:        0000080420
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-03T20:28:02+00:00
Accession:  0000080420-26-000103
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Powell Industries Q3 revenue $312M (+9% YoY); new orders surge 158% to $934M
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- Net income $52.2M ($1.42 diluted EPS), up 8% YoY; gross margin 30.6%.
- New orders of $934M (+158% YoY) include three mega orders: data center >$400M, petrochem ~$75M, LNG ~$60M.
- Backlog reaches $2.4B (+69% YoY); book-to-bill ratio 3.0x.
- Board declares $0.09 quarterly dividend, payable Sept 16, 2026 to holders of record Aug 19.
- Cash and short-term investments $634M; Jacintoport expansion on track for FY2026 close.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042026000103/0000080420-26-000103-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042026000103/powl-20260803.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080420-26-000103

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