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Powell Industries, Inc.

$POWL·$7.7B·Electrical Equipment & Parts·Industrials
$182.71-5.1%YTD+95.7%1Y+102.1%
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2026-08-21: 10 posts2026-08-22: 2 posts41+5%
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POPOWL
$POWLPowell Industries, Inc.
$182.71-5.11%41 posts+5%
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Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $POWL, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-26

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

Powell is up 121% t12m — the headline Q3 miss hid record $934M new orders and a $400M data-center mega-order.

Powell Industries is the electrical-equipment specialty player whose stock has doubled t12m on the data-center-power-buildout narrative. The Q3 print delivered a headline revenue and EPS miss but the underlying bookings were exceptional, creating a bifurcated setup.

  • The Q3 print was mixed with a very positive undercurrent: revenue and EPS missed and shares dropped 15% after hours, but new orders hit a record $934M (+158% YoY), backlog climbed to $2.4B (+69%), and a $400M data-center mega-order landed — the tape sold the headline miss, but the bookings signal the operational business is scaling exactly as bulls model.
  • The fundamentals justify the setup: PE 55x trailing on 30% gross margin, 20% operating margin, and 1.9% FCF yield — the last two prints missed sell-side by 3% and 7% respectively, but the FY27 sell-side EPS at $8+ implies meaningful compression on backlog conversion; POWL is on BlackRock's expanded holding list plus Abacus FCF Advisors added recently.
  • The tape has cooled hard from the highs: at 44% of the 52-week range, 20% below the 50-day and 4% below the 200-day on 0.62x normal volume with beta 1.22 — a stock up 121% t12m pulling back 20% below the 50-day is real damage, but the small officer sales (Williams $457K, Cope $932K) at $203-207 are mechanical post-run trims, not conviction-shifting.

The path if this works is the Nov 17 Q4 print delivering revenue in line with the $934M orders base plus concrete backlog-conversion commentary, taking the tape past $220. What breaks it further is another quarter of revenue-conversion disappointment or a soft data-center backlog signal — POWL is priced on backlog conversion, so execution is the resolution.

What to watch: Nov 17 Q4 print (sell-side EPS $1.52) — revenue in line with the $934M orders base plus concrete backlog-conversion commentary extends the tape past $220; another quarter of revenue-conversion disappointment or a soft data-center backlog signal breaks the cooling back to $140.

On the calendar: 2026-11-17 — Q4 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Mixed sentiment15 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-10

Powell Industries posts pair a Q3 revenue and earnings miss with shares dropping fifteen percent after hours against record new orders of nine hundred thirty four million dollars up one hundred fifty eight percent year over year, backlog climbing to two point four billion dollars up sixty nine percent, and a four hundred million dollar data center mega order. The tension between short term headline miss and blockbuster bookings lands directionally split.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Designs and manufactures custom medium-voltage switchgear, motor control centers, and power distribution systems for energy and industrial customers.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Electrical Equipment & Parts sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $POWL.

Electrical Equipment & Parts · Industrials

Grid modernization — driven by electrification, EV charging infrastructure, and AI data center power demand — is the central capex cycle pulling electrical equipment volumes. Backlog visibility is strong; execution risk is the near-term constraint, not demand.

What this means for $POWL

Partial — upstream oil & gas exposure ties to commodity price cycle; Powell Industries, Inc.

Industry benchmark

36-name peer basket
+21.0%YTD
+57.0%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
55.4How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
23.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
19.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
1.9%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
9.2Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
28.6%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
30.1%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 3, 2026$1.42$1.47-3.4%
Q1 2026May 4, 2026$1.25$1.34-6.7%
Q4 2025Feb 3, 2026$1.13$0.95+18.9%
Q3 2025Nov 18, 2025$1.41$3.15-55.2%
Next earningsTue, Nov 17·consensus EPS $1.52

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$296.6M+6.5%29.6%19.4%$1.26$49.3M
Q1 FY26$251.2M+4.0%28.4%17.0%$1.14$41.6M
Q4 FY25$298.0M+8.3%31.4%21.2%$1.42$59.3M
Q3 FY25$286.3M-0.7%30.7%21.0%$1.33$42.3M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 4 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.2B$1.2B – $1.2B$5.55$5.36 – $5.754
FY27$1.4B$1.3B – $1.6B$6.98$6.29 – $7.963
FY28$1.7B$1.5B – $2.0B$8.66$7.72 – $10.234
FY29$1.7B$1.6B – $1.9B$8.13$7.58 – $9.182
FY30$1.9B$1.8B – $2.1B$9.37$8.73 – $10.582

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.40%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-20.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-8.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 14Richard E WilliamsDirector2.3K sh$457KSellAug 13Cope Brett AlanCEO4.5K sh$932KSellJul 9Cope Brett AlanCEO4.4K sh$1.1MSellJul 1Cope Brett AlanCEO36.0K sh$360SellJun 30Metcalf Michael WilliamPresident4.5K sh$1.3MSellJun 25Thomas W Powell10% owner34.0K sh$10.0MSellJun 11Cope Brett AlanCEO4.4K sh$1.2MSellMay 28Mohit SinghDirector1.4K sh$396KSellMay 14Cope Brett AlanCEO4.4K sh$1.3MSellMay 14Richard E WilliamsDirector5.3K sh$1.6M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeJul 68-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Powell Industries' Board approved a special one-time RSU award of 36,000 shares of common stock for President, CEO, and Chairman Brett A. Cope on July 1-2, 2026, under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan. The award is specifically designed to incentivize Cope to continue service beyond age 60, which is the contractual retirement eligibility date at which his outstanding equity awards would vest immediately. At Powell's current share price (~$340), this represents approximately $12.2 million in retention equity. This is a material retention grant for a CEO who is approaching retirement eligibility, reflecting the board's efforts to retain key leadership.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 283
AI summary

James Edgar Johnson Jr. filed an initial Form 3 for Powell Industries Inc. (POWL) as of May 21, 2026, reporting his initial beneficial ownership as a new Section 16 insider (director or officer). This is a routine compliance filing.

8-KCharter amendmentMar 318-K — Item 5.03: Charter amendment
AI summary

POWL filed an 8-K (Item 5.03) dated 2026-03-31. – Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. On March 6, 2026, Powell Industries, Inc.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL) Presents at 17th Annual Midwest IDEAS Conference Transcriptseekingalpha.com·5d agoPowell Industries Eyes Record Revenue as Data Center Backlog Powers Growthmarketbeat.com·5d agoBlackRock Inc. Buys Shares of 3,608,659 Powell Industries, Inc. $POWLdefenseworld.net·9d agoAbacus FCF Advisors LLC Acquires New Holdings in Powell Industries, Inc. $POWLdefenseworld.net·11d agoThis $10 Billion ETF Owns the Companies Wiring America's $68 Billion Data Center Boom247wallst.com·17d ago

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