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John Birchall sold $1.4M of POWL

Managing Director at POWELL INDUSTRIES INC. 2,400 shares at an average of $582.50, traded Feb 9, 2026, filed Feb 10, 2026.

Warning score
65
Value
$1.4M
2,400 shares
Holdings after
6,567
-27% from before
From 52-week low
+262%
low $51.61, close $187.06
From 52-week high
-4%
high $194.49, as of Feb 9, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $1.4M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 27% of holdings
    +10
  • Cluster
    5 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m -9.9%, 3m +62.1%, 6m +9.7%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

POWLOct 9, 2026 · close 191.93
Since filing Feb 10, 2026: +1.1%SPY +13.3% · excess -12.2%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0000080420-26-000021, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 9, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-2,400$582.50$1.4M6,567Feb 10, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at POWELL INDUSTRIES INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
57Moderate
POWLsell 2
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
Brett Alan Cope
President & CEO
$901k
4,799 shares
-1%
30Weak
POWLsell 2
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
William Marshall Mauney Jr
Vice President, R&D
$56k
301 shares
-3%
20Weak
POWLsell 210b5-1
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
Richard E Williams
director
$457k
2,250 shares
-6%
37Weak
POWLsell 210b5-1
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
Brett Alan Cope
President & CEO
$932k
4,500 shares
-1%
45Moderate
POWLsell 310b5-1
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
Brett Alan Cope
President & CEO
$1.1M
4,440 shares
-1%
50Moderate
POWLsell 3
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
Brett Alan Cope
President & CEO
$360
36,000 shares
-6%
35Weak
POWLsell 310b5-1
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
Michael William Metcalf
Exec Vice President
$1.3M
4,500 shares
-5%
52Moderate
POWLsell 3
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
Thomas W Powell
owner
$10M
33,958 shares
-6%
45Moderate
POWLsell 310b5-1
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
Brett Alan Cope
President & CEO
$1.2M
4,440 shares
-1%
36Weak
POWLsell 310b5-1
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
Mohit Singh
director
$396k
1,350 shares
-33%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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