Powell Industries (POWL) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Brett A. Cope, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $3.6M in fiscal 2025, up 5% from $3.4M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 71:1, on median employee pay of $50,876.

Filed
January 6, 2026
Annual meeting
February 18, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$3.6M+5% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
71:1median $50,876
CEO pay in equity
31%$1.1M in awards
CEO Target Bonus
$825,000Target incentive for fiscal 2025
CEO Maximum Bonus
$1,650,000Maximum payout opportunity
Median Employee Pay
$50,876Annual total compensation
CEO Pay Ratio
70.8:1CEO to median employee
Outstanding Stock Value
$6,228,530CEO unvested equity at year-end

How Cope was paid

$3.6M in total for fiscal 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary18%Stock awards31%Non-equity incentive46%Pension and deferred comp3%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Brett A. CopePresident and Chief Executive Officer$3,600,369
Michael W. MetcalfExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial and Principal Accounting Officer$1,482,700
Davide TuninettiCurrent Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer$636,580
Robert B. CallahanFormer Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer and Chief Information Officer$303,311

What changed and why

  • $3.6MPresident and CEO Brett A. Cope received total compensation of $3,600,369 in fiscal 2025, representing an increase from $3,436,178 in fiscal 2024.
  • $600KThe CEO's base salary increased from $600,000 to $660,000 for fiscal 2025.
  • $1.6MNon-equity incentive plan compensation for the CEO was $1,650,000, compared to $1,500,000 in the prior year.
  • $1.1MStock awards granted to the CEO had a grant date fair value of $1,129,268.
  • The ratio of the annual total compensation of the CEO to the median employee was 70.8 to 1.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.