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Powell Industries Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 12/31/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 2/5/20, at 3:01pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  80420-20-5   ·   File #:  1-12488

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/05/20  Powell Industries Inc             10-Q       12/31/19   63:3.7M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    321K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
48: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     47K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    134K 
32: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     38K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
53: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     79K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
47: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     30K 
                Income (Loss) (Unaudited)                                        
12: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     53K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
31: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     94K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
54: R8          Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting      HTML     32K 
                Policies                                                         
46: R9          Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     36K 
41: R10         Detail of Selected Balance Sheet Accounts           HTML     48K 
62: R11         Revenue                                             HTML     75K 
26: R12         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     35K 
20: R13         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     25K 
42: R14         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     36K 
63: R15         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     61K 
27: R16         Leases                                              HTML     51K 
21: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     35K 
43: R18         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     21K 
60: R19         Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting      HTML     55K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
34: R20         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     35K 
14: R21         Detail of Selected Balance Sheet Accounts (Tables)  HTML     55K 
44: R22         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     52K 
51: R23         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     32K 
35: R24         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     29K 
15: R25         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     55K 
45: R26         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     52K 
52: R27         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     32K 
33: R28         Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting      HTML     25K 
                Policies - New Accounting Standard (Details)                     
16: R29         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     46K 
24: R30         Detail of Selected Balance Sheet Accounts -         HTML     28K 
                Activity in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts                      
                Receivable (Details)                                             
29: R31         Detail of Selected Balance Sheet Accounts -         HTML     27K 
                Components of Inventories (Details)                              
59: R32         Detail of Selected Balance Sheet Accounts -         HTML     29K 
                Activity in Product Warranty Accrual (Details)                   
40: R33         Revenue - Narrative (Details)                       HTML     31K 
23: R34         Revenue - Performance Obligations (Details)         HTML     27K 
28: R35         Revenue - Contract Balances (Details)               HTML     38K 
58: R36         Revenue - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)       HTML     42K 
39: R37         Long-Term Debt - Components of Long-Term Debt       HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
22: R38         Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML     68K 
30: R39         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     32K 
19: R40         Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     49K 
37: R41         Stock-Based Compensation - Schedule of Restricted   HTML     44K 
                Stock Units Activity (Details)                                   
57: R42         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     38K 
50: R43         Leases - Lease Costs (Details)                      HTML     30K 
18: R44         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     24K 
36: R45         Leases - Summary of Operating Lease Assets and      HTML     28K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
56: R46         Leases - Maturities of Operating Lease Liabilities  HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R47         Income Taxes - Schedule of Calculation of the       HTML     34K 
                Effective Tax Rate (Details)                                     
17: R48         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     24K 
38: R49         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     23K 
25: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    108K 
61: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     58K 
 6: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- powl-20191231                       XML    920K 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- powl-20191231_cal               XML    174K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- powl-20191231_def                XML    276K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- powl-20191231_lab                     XML   1.03M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- powl-20191231_pre              XML    586K 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- powl-20191231                         XSD    102K 
55: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000080420-20-000005-xbrl      Zip    125K

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