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Powell Industries Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 8/5/20, at 2:17pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/20   ·   Accession #:  80420-20-27   ·   File #:  1-12488

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

 8/05/20  Powell Industries Inc.            10-Q        6/30/20   66:5.4M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    733K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     71K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    128K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     36K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     93K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     33K 
                Income (Loss) (Unaudited)                                        
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     86K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     91K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
19: R8          Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting      HTML     34K 
                Policies                                                         
20: R9          Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     49K 
21: R10         Detail of Selected Balance Sheet Accounts           HTML     66K 
22: R11         Revenue                                             HTML     92K 
23: R12         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     33K 
24: R13         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     24K 
25: R14         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     34K 
26: R15         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     62K 
27: R16         Leases                                              HTML     52K 
28: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     50K 
29: R18         Separation Costs                                    HTML     20K 
30: R19         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     21K 
31: R20         Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting      HTML     51K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
32: R21         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     48K 
33: R22         Detail of Selected Balance Sheet Accounts (Tables)  HTML     71K 
34: R23         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     72K 
35: R24         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     29K 
36: R25         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     29K 
37: R26         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     56K 
38: R27         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     54K 
39: R28         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     42K 
40: R29         Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting      HTML     25K 
                Policies - New Accounting Standard (Details)                     
41: R30         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     51K 
42: R31         Detail of Selected Balance Sheet Accounts -         HTML     28K 
                Activity in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts                      
                Receivable (Details)                                             
43: R32         Detail of Selected Balance Sheet Accounts -         HTML     25K 
                Components of Inventories (Details)                              
44: R33         Detail of Selected Balance Sheet Accounts -         HTML     28K 
                Activity in Product Warranty Accrual (Details)                   
45: R34         Revenue - Narrative (Details)                       HTML     31K 
46: R35         Revenue - Performance Obligations (Details)         HTML     26K 
47: R36         Revenue - Contract Balances (Details)               HTML     36K 
48: R37         Revenue - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)       HTML     46K 
49: R38         Long-Term Debt - Components of Long-Term Debt       HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R39         Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML     65K 
51: R40         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     31K 
52: R41         Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     50K 
53: R42         Stock-Based Compensation - Schedule of Restricted   HTML     42K 
                Stock Units Activity (Details)                                   
54: R43         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     37K 
55: R44         Leases - Lease Costs (Details)                      HTML     29K 
56: R45         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     24K 
57: R46         Leases - Summary of Operating Lease Assets and      HTML     27K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
58: R47         Leases - Maturities of Operating Lease Liabilities  HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R48         Income Taxes - Schedule of Calculation of the       HTML     38K 
                Effective Tax Rate (Details)                                     
60: R49         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     25K 
61: R50         Separation Costs (Details)                          HTML     21K 
62: R51         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     23K 
64: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    113K 
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- powl10-qq32020_htm                  XML   1.26M 
63: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     73K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- powl-20200630_cal               XML    178K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- powl-20200630_def                XML    281K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- powl-20200630_lab                     XML   1.09M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- powl-20200630_pre              XML    615K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- powl-20200630                         XSD    105K 
65: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              287±   399K 
66: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000080420-20-000027-xbrl      Zip    178K

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