President and Chief Executive Officer · POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (POWL)

Brett Cope

A named executive officer of POWELL INDUSTRIES in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$3,600,369

FY2024: $3,436,178

1st of 4 named executive officers at Powell Industries by FY2025 total.

4 named officers on file for POWELL INDUSTRIES, FY2025

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The filing gives the total. POWELL INDUSTRIES’s full Executive Compensation Report gives every award, the disclosed peer set and what the total leaves out — the pair adds the board’s.

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed January 6, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Brett Cope compensation by year

POWELL INDUSTRIES Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as POWELL INDUSTRIES reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$340,540$495,000$495,000$495,000$510,000$512,000$520,000$540,800$600,000$660,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$479,361$495,000$495,000$618,750$780,000$780,160$780,312$922,684$1,034,316$1,129,268
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$449,384$120,656$833,456$850,163$962,375$940,550$1,077,651$1,352,000$1,500,000$1,650,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$18,099$24,781$95,687$-153,834$48,853$245,801$102,767
All other$36,417$40,865$39,197$47,701$53,964$54,081$53,785$57,924$56,061$58,334
Total$1,305,662$1,151,522$1,862,653$2,029,713$2,331,120$2,382,478$2,277,914$2,922,261$3,436,178$3,600,369

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: POWELL INDUSTRIES INC DEF 14A filed January 6, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-000342, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the POWELL INDUSTRIES INC filed document, accession 0001140361-26-000342. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed January 6, 2026.

$1.3M
$1.2M
$1.9M
$2.0M
$2.3M
$2.4M
$2.3M
$2.9M
$3.4M
$3.6M
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FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU12,200$3,718,682—
PSU6,200$1,889,822—
RSU2,067$630,042—
RSU2,034$619,984—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in POWELL INDUSTRIES INC's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

10 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed January 6, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-10-01Grant or award—7,100$181.67515,034
2026-09-30Sale—4,799$187.67507,934
2026-08-13Sale10b5-14,500$207.01512,733
2026-07-09Sale10b5-14,440$241.55517,233
2026-07-01Sale—36,000$0.01521,673
2026-06-11Sale10b5-14,440$272.64485,673
2026-05-14Sale10b5-14,440$301.00490,113
2026-04-09Sale10b5-14,440$233.96164,851

The 8 most recent of 10 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

POWELL INDUSTRIES’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Brett Cope · this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$3,600,369
Michael MetcalfExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial and Principal Accounting Officer$1,482,700
Davide TuninettiVice President and Chief Human Resource Officer$636,580
Robert CallahanFormer Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer and Chief Information Officer$303,311

Board service

POWELL INDUSTRIES board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: POWELL INDUSTRIES pays directors a $65,000 cash retainer and $100,000 in RSUs. As stated in POWELL INDUSTRIES's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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