Powell Industries

POWL

Powell Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: POWL) is a provider of packaged solutions for the control, monitoring, and distribution of electrical power and other critical processes with headquarters in Houston, Texas. Powell Industries manufactures electrical equipment and computer systems that monitor the flow of electricity in industrial facilities. Products include switchgear, bus duct and process control systems for instrumentation, computer control, communications and data management. Powell sells to refineries, utilities, paper mills, offshore platforms, and transportation companies.

Powell Industries has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 6.22% is roughly at the average of the last 12 months (5.44%).