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Preformed Line Products Company

PLPC

NASDAQIndustrialsElectrical Equipment & Parts

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$429.3

+$7.93 · +1.88%

Aug 21, 4:00 PM ET

PLPC company overview

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Hold

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Valuation

64

Undervalued

Momentum

49

Neutral

Sentiment

44

Mixed

Risk resilience

52

Elevated Risk

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Company profile

Company website

Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC), along with its subsidiaries, specializes in the design and manufacturing of a comprehensive range of products and integrated systems. These solutions are vital for constructing and maintaining overhead, ground-level, and underground network infrastructures across various industries, including energy, telecommunications, cable operation, and information technology. Their offerings encompass specialized formed wire products engineered to support, safeguard, terminate, and secure power conductors and communication cables, while also managing cable dynamics. Furthermore, PLPC provides diverse hardware components intended to brace and shield transmission conductors, such as spacers, spacer-dampers, stockbridge dampers, corona suppression devices, and various compression fittings used in dead-end applications. The company also produces protective closures essential for shielding fixed-line communication networks, including both copper and fiber optic cables, from moisture, environmental hazards, and other potential contaminants. Additional products include hardware assemblies, pole line hardware, resale items, underground connectors, solar hardware systems, guy markers, tree guards, fiber optic cable markers, pedestal markers, and urethane products, serving a multitude of applications in the energy, renewable energy, communications, cable, and specialized sectors. PLPC serves a global clientele, reaching public and private energy utilities, communication companies, cable operators, financial institutions, government agencies, contractors, subcontractors, distributors, and value-added resellers throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific regions. The company markets its products via both an internal direct sales force and through manufacturing representatives. Established in 1947, Preformed Line Products Company is headquartered in Mayfield, Ohio.

Industry
Electrical Equipment & Parts
Sector
Industrials
Headquarters
US
CEO
Dennis F. McKenna
Listed since
Apr 28, 1999
Employees
3,734

Market position

Day range

Current $429.3

52-week range

Current $429.3

Open
$425.83
Previous close
$421.37
Volume
91.51K
0.81× average
Average volume
112.91K
Average daily volume
Market cap
2.1B USD
Beta
0.92
Market reference 1
50-day average
$383.04
+12.08% above average
200-day average
$299.26
+43.45% above average

Financials

Financial snapshot

Latest / TTM

Valuation & yield

Enterprise value
981.1M USD
EV / EBITDA
14.03×
Earnings yield
3.47%
Free cash flow yield
3.28%

Profitability & efficiency

Return on equity
7.42%
Return on assets
5.40%
Return on invested capital
7.79%

Financial health

Current ratio
3.17×

Financial statements

Margin trends

Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.

Gross marginOperating marginNet margin
Gross, operating, and net margin trends38%26%14%2%Gross margin, FY2021: 32.13%Gross margin, FY2022: 33.78%Gross margin, FY2023: 35.07%Gross margin, FY2024: 31.97%Gross margin, FY2025: 31.16%Operating margin, FY2021: 9.19%Operating margin, FY2022: 10.89%Operating margin, FY2023: 12.57%Operating margin, FY2024: 8.55%Operating margin, FY2025: 8.24%Net margin, FY2021: 6.91%Net margin, FY2022: 8.54%Net margin, FY2023: 9.46%Net margin, FY2024: 6.25%Net margin, FY2025: 5.27%FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Gross margin FY2021 32.13%. Gross margin FY2022 33.78%. Gross margin FY2023 35.07%. Gross margin FY2024 31.97%. Gross margin FY2025 31.16%. Operating margin FY2021 9.19%. Operating margin FY2022 10.89%. Operating margin FY2023 12.57%. Operating margin FY2024 8.55%. Operating margin FY2025 8.24%. Net margin FY2021 6.91%. Net margin FY2022 8.54%. Net margin FY2023 9.46%. Net margin FY2024 6.25%. Net margin FY2025 5.27%.

Income trends

Revenue

669.34M USD+12.74%

Operating income

55.14M USD+8.63%

Net income

35.28M USD-4.88%
Income trends across reported periods733.12M USD479.36M USD225.6M USD−28.16M USDRevenue, FY2021: 517.42M USDRevenue, FY2022: 637.02M USDRevenue, FY2023: 669.68M USDRevenue, FY2024: 593.71M USDRevenue, FY2025: 669.34M USDOperating income, FY2021: 47.55M USDOperating income, FY2022: 69.36M USDOperating income, FY2023: 84.15M USDOperating income, FY2024: 50.76M USDOperating income, FY2025: 55.14M USDNet income, FY2021: 35.73M USDNet income, FY2022: 54.4M USDNet income, FY2023: 63.33M USDNet income, FY2024: 37.09M USDNet income, FY2025: 35.28M USDFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue FY2021 517.42M USD. Revenue FY2022 637.02M USD. Revenue FY2023 669.68M USD. Revenue FY2024 593.71M USD. Revenue FY2025 669.34M USD. Operating income FY2021 47.55M USD. Operating income FY2022 69.36M USD. Operating income FY2023 84.15M USD. Operating income FY2024 50.76M USD. Operating income FY2025 55.14M USD. Net income FY2021 35.73M USD. Net income FY2022 54.4M USD. Net income FY2023 63.33M USD. Net income FY2024 37.09M USD. Net income FY2025 35.28M USD.
Metric (USD)FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue669.34M USD593.71M USD669.68M USD637.02M USD517.42M USD
Cost of goods sold460.8M USD403.9M USD434.83M USD421.84M USD351.18M USD
Gross profit208.54M USD189.81M USD234.85M USD215.18M USD166.24M USD
Research and development23.69M USD21.92M USD22.48M USD19.66M USD19.19M USD
Selling, general, and administrative127.19M USD116.24M USD125.74M USD115.2M USD95.21M USD
Operating expenses153.4M USD139.05M USD150.69M USD145.82M USD118.69M USD
Interest income2.32M USD2.57M USD1.81M USD631K USD169K USD
Interest expense1.3M USD2.22M USD3.91M USD3.21M USD2.02M USD
Depreciation and amortization23.03M USD20.83M USD18.91M USD16.43M USD15.56M USD
Operating income55.14M USD50.76M USD84.15M USD69.36M USD47.55M USD
Net income35.28M USD37.09M USD63.33M USD54.4M USD35.73M USD

Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.

Earnings

EPS beat rate
100%
3 beats, 0 misses, 0 met estimates
Average EPS surprise
+36.26%
3 comparable reports
Latest EPS result
4.49
Estimate 2.41 · Beat by 86.31%

EPS: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly EPS actual values compared with estimates4.723.622.511.41Q1 '25No estimateQ2 '25No estimateQ3 '25No estimateQ4 '25No estimateQ1 '26BeatQ2 '26BeatQ3 '26BeatQ4 '26Estimate
Q1 2025, reported Mar 13, 2025: actual 2.13, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2025, reported May 1, 2025: actual 2.33, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2025, reported Jul 30, 2025: actual 2.56, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q4 2025, reported Oct 29, 2025: actual 2.09, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2026, reported Mar 4, 2026: actual 1.72, estimate 1.64, surprise +4.88%, Beat. Q2 2026, reported Apr 29, 2026: actual 2.14, estimate 1.82, surprise +17.58%, Beat. Q3 2026, reported Jul 29, 2026: actual 4.49, estimate 2.41, surprise +86.31%, Beat. Q4 2026, reported Oct 28, 2026: actual —, estimate 3.37, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Revenue: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly Revenue actual values compared with estimates223.6M195.71M167.83M139.94MQ1 '25No estimateQ2 '25No estimateQ3 '25No estimateQ4 '25MissQ1 '26MissQ2 '26MissQ3 '26BeatQ4 '26Estimate
Q1 2025, reported Mar 13, 2025: actual 167.12M USD, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2025, reported May 1, 2025: actual 148.54M USD, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2025, reported Jul 30, 2025: actual 169.6M USD, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q4 2025, reported Oct 29, 2025: actual 178.09M USD, estimate 181M USD, surprise -1.61%, Miss. Q1 2026, reported Mar 4, 2026: actual 173.11M USD, estimate 181M USD, surprise -4.36%, Miss. Q2 2026, reported Apr 29, 2026: actual 176.28M USD, estimate 178M USD, surprise -0.97%, Miss. Q3 2026, reported Jul 29, 2026: actual 212.68M USD, estimate 193M USD, surprise +10.20%, Beat. Q4 2026, reported Oct 28, 2026: actual —, estimate 215M USD, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

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