POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $6.07B
- P/E (TTM)
- 31.8
- Dividend yield
- 0.21%
About Powell Industries
Switchgear & Switchboard Apparatus, SIC 3613
Powell Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures, and services custom-engineered equipment and systems used to distribute, monitor, and control electrical power, while safeguarding electrical equipment like motors and transformers. Key product offerings include integrated power control room substations, electrical houses, distribution switchgear, medium-voltage circuit breakers, motor control centers, and monitoring communications systems. It also provides field inspection, installation, modification, and repair services. Powell primarily serves the oil and gas, petrochemical, electric utility, and commercial and other industrial sectors, alongside light rail traction power, universities, and government customers.
The company operates manufacturing facilities in Houston, Texas, including its Jacintoport facility, and maintains operations through subsidiaries in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Its workforce consists of 3,143 full-time employees and 315 contract personnel situated primarily within these three countries. Powell Industries is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Summary of the business section of Powell Industries's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
- Founded
- 1947
- Headquarters
- Houston, TX
- Address
- 8550 Mosley Dr, Post Office Box 12818 77075
- Phone
- (713) 944-6900
- Website
- powellind.com
- Employees
- 3,143, Sep 30, 2025
- Industry
- Switchgear & Switchboard Apparatus
- Incorporated in
- Nevada
- Fiscal year ends
- September 30
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Houston, Texas
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- POWL
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Shares outstanding
- 36M, Aug 3, 2026
- Public float
- $1.40B, Mar 31, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- Stock splits
- 3-for-1, Apr 6, 2026; 3-for-1, Apr 2, 2026
- SEC CIK
- 80420
- CUSIP
- 739128106
- ISIN
- US7391281067
- LEI
- 549300V08RO7MX2UBN26
- EIN
- 88-0106100
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Brett Alan Cope | President & CEO, Director | 512,733 |
| Michael William Metcalf | Exec Vice President | 82,207 |
| Peter G. Hoglund | Vice Pres, Global Service | 5,394 |
| James Edgar Johnson Jr | Vice President, Operations | 1,100 |
| William Marshall Mauney Jr | Vice President, R&D | 11,864 |
| David L. Eckenrode | Assistant Secretary/Treasurer | 443 |
| Ping Ni | Corp Controller | 2,023 |
| John Birchall | Managing Director | 6,567 |
| Terry B. McKertcher | Vice President, Operations | 4,433 |
| Davide Tuninetti | CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER | 1,070 |
| Frederick N. Mudge | Vice President, Operations | 31,088 |
| Robert B. Callahan | Chief Human Resource Officer | 17,100 |
| Richard E. Williams | Director | 37,380 |
| Mohit Singh | Director | 2,730 |
| Katheryn Baucom Curtis | Director | 5,960 |
| Mark W. Smith | Director | 430 |
| James W. McGill | Director | 10,360 |
| Alaina K. Brooks | Director | 3,760 |
| John Stacey | Director | 6,160 |
| Christopher E. Cragg | Director | 12,410 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Brett A. Cope | $3.60M | $9.18M | $807.53K | $1340 | $182 |
| FY2024 Brett A. Cope | $3.44M | $14.89M | $994.18K | $971 | $142 |
| FY2023 Brett A. Cope | $2.92M | $9.64M | $1.08M | $360 | $117 |
| FY2022 Brett A. Cope | $2.28M | $2.07M | $820.51K | $89 | $83 |
| FY2021 Brett A. Cope | $2.38M | $2.50M | $870.64K | $106 | $136 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“At September 30, 2025, we had 3,143 full-time employees and 315 contract employees located primarily in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom (U.K.).”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2017 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Dec 21, 2009 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| May 21, 2007 | Listing notice | Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule (8-K Item 3.01) |
| May 11, 2007 | Late filing | Notification of late filing |
| Aug 9, 2006 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Sep 13, 2005 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Jul 6, 2005 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Jan 18, 2005 | Late filing | Notification of late filing |