Industrials
Preformed Line Products Company(PLPC)
Live Price
Offline$375.42
-0.28% today
1Y Change
+142.26%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 9, 2026
- Market Cap
- $1.63B
- Revenue Growth
- +12.7%
- EPS Growth
- -5.2%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.2%
Coverage: 242 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 9, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $1.63B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $375.42 and up 142.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 9, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +12.7%, EPS growth of -5.2%, a dividend yield of 0.2%. What stands out right now is revenue +12.7%, EPS -5.2%, free cash flow -36.9% with operating margin 8.0% and ROIC 7.6%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.2%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 47.7 and price/sales 2.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines PLPC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+12.7% vs +3.6% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+8.0% vs +16.9% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
47.7 vs 36.7 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 29, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +12.7% and EPS is at -5.2%, with operating margin around 8.0%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.2%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +1.1% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 29, 2026 | โ | -1.5% | +8.5% | +11.8% |
2026 Mar 4, 2026 | +4.9% | -2.6% | +4.6% | +14.0% |
2025 Oct 29, 2025 | โ | -6.7% | -9.8% | -12.8% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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PLPC Max Drawdown
-22.33%
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Calendar-Year Returns
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Company Overview
Preformed Line Products Company
NASDAQ Global Select
Preformed Line Products Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures products and systems that are used in the construction and maintenance of overhead, ground-mounted, and underground networks for the energy, telecommunication, cable operator, information, and other industries. The company offers formed wire products to support, protect, terminate, and secure power conductor and communication cables, as well as to control cable dynamics; and hardware products to support and protect transmission conductors, spacers, spacer-dampers, stockbridge dampers, corona suppression devices, and various compression fittings for dead-end applications. It also provides protective closures to protect fixed line communication networks, such as copper cable or fiber optic cable from moisture, environmental hazards, and other contaminants; and hardware assemblies, pole line hardware, resale products, underground connectors, solar hardware systems, guy markers, tree guards, fiber optic cable markers, pedestal markers, and urethane products that are used by energy, renewable energy, communications, cable, and special industries for various applications. The company serves public and private energy utilities and communication companies, cable operators, financial institutions, governmental agencies, contractors and subcontractors, distributors, and value-added resellers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It markets its products through a direct sales force, as well as through manufacturing representatives. The company was incorporated in 1947 and is headquartered in Mayfield, Ohio.
- Leadership
- Dennis F. McKenna
- IPO Date
- Apr 28, 1999
- Employees
- 3.4k
- Street Address
- 660 Beta Drive
- Mailing
- Mayfield, OH, 44143
- Region
- Mayfield, OH, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 440 461 5200
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 47.7
- EV/EBITDA
- 25.3
- Price/Sales
- 2.3
- Price/Book
- 3.5
Growth
- Revenue
- +12.7%
- EPS
- -5.2%
- Free Cash Flow
- -36.9%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 30.9%
- Operating Margin
- 8.0%
- Net Margin
- 4.9%
- ROE
- 7.3%
- ROIC
- 7.6%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.09
- Current Ratio
- 3.00
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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