R&D expense · 2011–2025

Powell Industries R&D expense

$11.0M+16.8% · FY2025

Powell Industries (POWL) reported $11.0M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +16.8% year on year.

$7.5M2011$6.3M2012$7.6M2013$7.6M2014$7.0M2015$6.7M2016$6.9M2017$6.7M2018$6.3M2019$6.3M2020$6.7M2021$7.0M2022$6.2M2023$9.4M2024$11.0M2025
Powell Industries — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-09-30$11.0M+16.8%Open →
FY20242024-09-30$9.4M+51.6%Open →
FY20232023-09-30$6.2M−10.7%Open →
FY20222022-09-30$7.0M+4.4%Open →
FY20212021-09-30$6.7M+6.5%Open →
FY20202020-09-30$6.3M−1.0%Open →
FY20192019-09-30$6.3M−5.8%Open →
FY20182018-09-30$6.7M−2.7%Open →
FY20172017-09-30$6.9M+2.6%Open →
FY20162016-09-30$6.7M−3.6%Open →
FY20152015-09-30$7.0M−8.3%Open →
FY20142014-09-30$7.6M−0.1%Open →
FY20132013-09-30$7.6M+21.1%Open →
FY20122012-09-30$6.3M−16.4%Open →
FY20112011-09-30$7.5M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +2.8%

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  title        = {{Powell Industries R\&D expense}},
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