Down 32% in 3 months while the S&P 500 fell 2%.
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| Long-term trend | −1 |
| Latest filing | 10-Q, Aug 4 |
ReportReports Monday, after the close. Every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. It rose after 2 and fell after 2 of its last 4 reports, +2.6% on average. Past reports ›
Wed Nov 18: Ex-dividend, $0.09 a shareAt the open. Pays Dec 16.
1 more date ahead: the conference, for Pro members.
After its last 4 reports it closed +2.6% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
POWL is #269 of 457 by Quality Score.
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Reports Mon Nov 16, after the close (in 6 days). Confirmed.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
The figures are not read from the release yet.
“The growth compared to the prior year was driven by higher revenue levels from the Commercial & Other Industrial market, which grew 54%, as well as from the Electric Utility market, which grew 18%.”
POWL's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
No outlook figures read from this release.
“We expect that gross margins will maintain levels consistent to the trailing twelve months, while prudently adding capacity to support the acceleration in our backlog (3) .”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Aug 3)
Sales grew 16% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $0.36 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | -12.8% | -3.8% | -5.7% |
| May 4, 2026 | +3.0% | +9.2% | +19.3% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | +2.8% | +16.3% | +25.8% |
Sales grew in six of the last seven years, to $1.1B in 2025. It made a profit in seven of the eight years.
RSI 38.2, MACD below signal, below both averages. Not scored.
4 insiders sold $11.1M across 4 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
4 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: POWL is under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
Powell Industries Inc is a United States-based company that develops, designs, manufactures, and services custom-engineered equipment and systems for electrical energy distribution, control, and monitoring. The company's principal products comprise integrated power control room substations, custom-engineered modules, electrical houses, traditional and arc-resistant distribution switchgear and control gear, and so on. These products are applied in oil and gas refining, offshore oil and gas production, petrochemical, pipeline, terminal, mining and metals, light-rail traction power, electric utility, pulp and paper, and other heavy industrial markets. The company generates the majority of its sales from the United States, and the rest from Canada, Europe, Asia Pacific, and other regions.
“We compete with a small number of multinational competitors that sell to a broad industrial and geographic market, as well as smaller, regional competitors that typically have limited capabilities and scope of supply.”
POWL scores 4 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #269 of 457 in Industrials by Quality Score, with 3 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 32% in 3 months while the S&P 500 fell 2%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
POWL scores 4 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #269 of 457 in Industrials by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind POWL's 4.
4 insiders sold $11.1M across 4 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Ping Ni, Corp Controller, who sold $117K on Oct 16. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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