AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Powell Industries (POWL)

Powell Industries Q4 revenue rises 32% to $275 million; net income up 74%

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Powell Industries reported fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 results for the period ended September 30, 2024, with revenue and net income up sharply from the prior year. Q4 revenue was down 5% from the third quarter, and full-year net new orders fell to $1.1 billion from $1.4 billion. The filing gives no numeric fiscal 2025 guidance; management only said it expects fiscal 2025 to be another successful year.

Key points

  • Q4 revenue of $275 million, up 32% from $208.6 million; diluted EPS of $3.77 vs. $2.17 a year earlier
  • Full-year revenue of $1.0 billion, up 45%; net income of $149.8 million, or $12.29 per diluted share, up 175%
  • Backlog of $1.3 billion at September 30, 2024, essentially unchanged from June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023
  • Conference call scheduled for Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time

The filing

CompanyPowell Industries (POWL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 19, 2024, 4:28 PM ET
Accession number0000080420-24-000084

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:00 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on November 19, 2024.

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