10x Insights
Loading account…
Companies / Industrials / Powell Industries, Inc.
POWL

Powell Industries, Inc.

IndustrialsElectronic Equipment
Ticker POWLHOUSTON, TXFiscal year ends SeptemberBook value per share $20.68Diluted shares 36.6M

Powell Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: POWL) develops, designs, manufactures and services custom-engineered equipment and systems for distributing, controlling and monitoring electrical energy and protecting motors, transformers and other electrically powered equipment. Its products include integrated power control room… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2025, Powell Industries, Inc. reported revenue of $1.10B, up 9.1% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $180.75M. Its operating margin was 19.7%, and operations generated $167.94M in cash. Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, revenue was $1.16B.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 09-30Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$1.10BFY2025
+9.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.16B
19.73%FY2025
+2.1 percentage points
Last 12 mo 19.67%
$180.75MFY2025
+20.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $190.86M
28.21%FY2025
−2.8 percentage points
Last 12 mo 25.24%
Cash & financing
$167.94MFY2025
+54.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $256.11M
$154.79MFY2025
+60.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $243.96M
—
12.2MFY2025
−0.2% year over year
Last 12 mo 36.6M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Powell Industries, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Powell Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: POWL) develops, designs, manufactures and services custom-engineered equipment and systems for distributing, controlling and monitoring electrical energy and protecting motors, transformers and other electrically powered equipment. Its products include integrated power control room substations, electrical houses, switchgear and control gear, circuit breakers, motor control centers, monitoring and communications systems, switches and bus duct systems; services include inspection, installation, commissioning, modification and repair. Products are engineered for individual customer specifications and sold mainly to end users and engineering, procurement and construction firms. Customers operate primarily in oil and gas, petrochemical, electric utility, commercial and industrial markets, with additional business in light rail, education and government. In fiscal 2025, oil and gas represented 37% of revenue, electric utility 25%, commercial and other industrial 16%, and petrochemical 14%. The company reported $1.1 billion in revenue and had 3,143 full-time employees at September 30, 2025. Founded in 1947, Powell acquired U.K.-based SCADA equipment maker Remsdaq in August 2025. Its website is powellind.com.

Company details
Sector
Industrials
Industry (SIC)
Electronic Equipment
Headquarters
HOUSTON, TX
Fiscal year end
September
CIK
80420
SIC
3613

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2013–2025 · USD
$-126.19M$223.92M$574.02M$924.12M$1.27B2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Powell Industries, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

378
funds hold it
1 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$3.88B
held by funds, at market
37.5%
of shares held by funds

Superinvestors in Powell Industries, Inc. · what they did last quarter

Polen CapitalINCREASED +66.9%
Polen Capital Management
0.1%of 13F portfolio

Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.

Largest fund holders · Powell Industries, Inc.’s weight in each

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
IJR · iShares Trust
0.44%of fund net assets
First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF
AIRR · First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI
2.48%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.01%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND
VB · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.10%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP GROWTH INDEX FUND
VBK · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.23%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

Connected research

Put this business in context.

Compare this company with peers, find it in your funds and follow its financial history with your connected AI:

  • “How do Powell Industries, Inc. and its peers compare on margins and cash generation over ten years?”
  • “Where did five years of Powell Industries, Inc.'s earnings go — cash, debt, buybacks, reinvestment?”
  • “What changed in Powell Industries, Inc.'s last four quarterly filings that the numbers alone won't show?”
See how it works →All research tools with a subscription. Use your own AI account.