POWL News & Events

Powell is up 19.6%, or $89.05 to $542.29.

Brett Cope, Powell's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Our outlook for each of our major markets remains very encouraging. The growing demand for electrical energy and the response from our Electric Utility customers has continued to support very strong order activity which we expect will sustain itself for the foreseeable future. At the same time, we are beginning to see higher activity levels within the LNG market after what was a period of subdued order activity for much of 2024 and early 2025. We continue to believe that the favorable economics of the U.S. natural gas market will continue to drive international demand for domestic LNG exports as well as favorable market conditions conducive to sustained order activity for Powell. Lastly, the rapid pace of data center development and AI investment is leading to larger and more numerous opportunities for Powell in our Commercial & Other Industrial market, demonstrated by the growing market opportunity for our medium-voltage switchgear product to handle the power demands of larger data centers with greater computing power."

Reports Q1 revenue $251M, consensus $256.46M. Brett A. Cope, Powell's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Ongoing levels of solid project execution drove a strong start to our fiscal year, as we delivered a gross margin of 28.4% despite the typical seasonality and lower volumes that define our first quarter. We also experienced high levels of order activity across most of the markets we serve, as the $439 million of awards booked was the highest quarterly total in over two years and led to a book-to-bill ratio of 1.7. Activity in our Commercial & Other Industrial market has accelerated considerably, as this market accounted for almost one-half of our awards in the quarter, and the average project size that we are pursuing and winning has grown substantially, highlighted by our first megaproject order in the data center end market. Also, we won a very large LNG award to support a project along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as this market continues to exhibit favorable dynamics. Overall, our fiscal year is off to a great start, and our results continue to demonstrate both the breadth of investment in electrical infrastructure, as well as Powell's unique ability to deliver engineered-to-order solutions."