Preformed Line Products Company PLPC R2K
Preformed Line Products Company designs and manufactures products and systems employed in the construction and maintenance of overhead, ground-mounted, and underground networks in the United States, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company offers energy products for supporting, protecting, terminating, and splicing transmission, and distribution lines, as well as bolted, welded, and compressed connectors for substations; optical ground wire and all dielectric self-supporting fiber optic cables; and string hardware products, polymer insulators, wildlife protection, substation fittings, and motion control devices like spacer dampers. It also provides communications products, such as rugged outside plant closures to protect and support wireline and wireless networks; demarcation related products, including wall boxes, pre-terminated cabinets, wall plates, and passive components; and formed wire products, utility pole line hardware, motion control products, and cable storage devices. In addition, the company offers special industries products comprising hardware assemblies, pole line hardware, plastic products, cable dynamics/vibration solutions, interior/exterior connectors, tools, and urethane solutions; drone inspection services for transmission and distribution power lines, substations, generation facilities, and communications assets; mounting solutions for photovoltaic solar, commercial, industrial, utility, and residential applications; and EV charging station foundations. It serves public and private energy utilities, and communication companies; cable operators, contractors, and subcontractors; and distributors and value-added resellers through a direct sales force and manufacturing representatives. Preformed Line Products Company was incorporated in 1947 and is headquartered in Mayfield Village, Ohio.
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PROS
- Generates positive free cash flow.
- In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).
CONS
- Trading at a high P/E of 53.3.
- Earnings shrank at -13.4% CAGR over 5 years.
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Peer comparison
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Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Mar 2015 | Jun 2015 | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2017 | Jun 2017 | Sep 2017 | Dec 2017 | Mar 2018 | Jun 2018 | Sep 2018 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Jun 2019 | Sep 2019 | Dec 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 84.57M | 97.51M | 99.24M | 96.89M | 98.14M | 108.92M | 108.41M | 105.41M | 97.15M | 114.84M | 119.22M | 113.65M | 102.85M | 117.63M | 127.46M | 117.55M | 133.04M | 135.38M | 138.22M | 163.47M | 165.40M | 181.82M | 181.81M | 160.44M | 140.90M | 138.72M | 146.97M | 148.54M | 169.60M | 178.09M | 173.11M | 176.28M |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 99.87M | 114.20M | 125.24M | 121.49M | 121.06M |
| Gross Profit | 24.76M | 26.44M | 26.16M | 26.09M | 24.29M | 26.81M | 28.86M | 29.46M | 24.66M | 29.67M | 33.53M | 30.75M | 31.52M | 35.20M | 33.49M | 32.02M | 27.27M | 37.81M | 39.34M | 36.18M | 32.91M | 39.57M | 44.91M | 40.19M | 43.04M | 43.16M | 41.95M | 52.71M | 58.29M | 66.28M | 66.33M | 54.14M | 44.13M | 44.27M | 45.78M | 48.67M | 55.40M | 52.85M | 51.62M | 55.22M |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35.54M | 38.27M | 39.72M | 39.87M | 41.50M |
| Operating Income | -85.00K | 5.18M | 2.09M | - | 3.69M | 4.08M | 6.62M | - | 2.26M | 6.29M | 9.81M | - | 7.75M | 9.33M | 8.02M | - | 2.05M | 11.12M | 11.64M | - | 5.15M | 14.81M | 16.89M | 10.77M | 12.74M | 13.08M | 9.45M | 17.95M | 17.37M | 28.98M | 28.15M | 20.08M | 11.56M | 11.29M | 10.39M | 13.13M | 17.12M | 13.13M | 11.75M | 13.72M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19.44M | 23.31M | 8.47M | 18.73M | 20.73M |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 376.00K | 318.00K | 312.00K | 297.00K | 232.00K |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.67M | 17.31M | 2.36M | 12.29M | 14.33M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.12M | 4.61M | -263.00K | 3.85M | 3.78M |
| Net Income | -256.00K | 3.68M | 206.00K | 3.04M | 2.66M | 2.75M | 4.74M | 5.10M | 1.52M | 4.16M | 6.28M | 702.00K | 5.53M | 6.74M | 9.05M | 5.26M | 1.82M | 7.90M | 7.95M | 5.62M | 3.70M | 10.48M | 12.95M | 7.18M | 8.87M | 10.71M | 12.29M | 13.71M | 11.89M | 21.40M | 20.47M | 15.13M | 9.60M | 9.37M | 7.68M | 11.52M | 12.71M | 2.63M | 8.44M | 10.52M |
| Diluted EPS | -0.05 | 0.68 | 0.04 | 0.58 | 0.51 | 0.53 | 0.92 | 0.99 | 0.30 | 0.81 | 1.23 | 0.14 | 1.09 | 1.33 | 1.76 | 1.02 | 0.36 | 1.56 | 1.55 | 1.09 | 0.74 | 2.11 | 2.59 | 1.45 | 1.80 | 2.15 | 2.49 | 2.77 | 2.36 | 4.28 | 4.08 | 3.03 | 1.94 | 1.89 | 1.54 | 2.33 | 2.56 | 0.53 | 1.72 | 2.14 |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 336.63M | 378.21M | 420.88M | 444.86M | 466.45M | - | 637.02M | 669.68M | 593.71M | 669.34M |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 421.84M | 434.83M | 403.90M | 460.80M |
| Gross Profit | 84.77M | 108.22M | 140.85M | 144.44M | 130.90M | 120.95M | 103.45M | 109.41M | 118.63M | 132.23M | 140.59M | 154.01M | - | 215.18M | 234.85M | 189.81M | 208.54M |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 139.29M | 150.69M | 139.05M | 153.40M |
| Operating Income | 19.46M | 28.48M | 45.35M | 44.12M | 31.15M | 21.24M | 12.35M | 21.48M | 26.11M | 32.93M | 32.63M | 40.21M | - | 75.89M | 84.15M | 50.76M | 55.13M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 93.35M | 105.16M | 73.82M | 69.95M |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.21M | 3.90M | 2.22M | 1.30M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73.70M | 82.34M | 50.77M | 45.62M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19.30M | 19.01M | 13.66M | 10.31M |
| Net Income | 23.36M | 23.11M | 30.98M | 29.29M | 20.59M | 12.86M | 6.67M | 15.26M | 12.65M | 26.58M | 23.30M | 29.80M | - | 54.40M | 63.33M | 37.09M | 35.28M |
| Diluted EPS | 4.35 | 4.33 | 5.78 | 5.45 | 3.77 | 2.39 | 1.24 | 2.95 | 2.47 | 5.21 | 4.58 | 5.98 | - | 10.88 | 12.68 | 7.50 | 7.14 |
| R&D Expense | 9.22M | 1.70M | 2.40M | 2.10M | 2.30M | 2.70M | 2.90M | 2.70M | 2.10M | 2.40M | 3.00M | 2.80M | 3.30M | 4.50M | 5.20M | - | - |
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | 1.66% |
| 1 Year: | 18.70% |
Compounded Profit Growth
| 5 Years: | -13.44% |
| 1 Year: | -8.20% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | +160.32% |
| 6 Months: | +82.09% |
| 3 Months: | +45.91% |
| 1 Month: | +9.64% |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2008 | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | 280.98M | 327.35M | 333.06M | 332.41M | 353.97M | 323.37M | 340.94M | 359.79M | 358.80M | 433.57M | 461.09M | - | 568.48M | 603.15M | 573.88M | 653.62M |
| Current Assets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 328.17M | 324.81M | 315.79M | 363.46M |
| Cash & Equivalents | 19.87M | 24.10M | 22.66M | 32.13M | 28.12M | 24.29M | 29.64M | 30.39M | 30.74M | 44.36M | 43.61M | 38.93M | 45.17M | - | 37.24M | 53.61M | 57.24M | 83.39M |
| Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 147.46M | 148.81M | 129.91M | 148.73M |
| Receivables | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 125.26M | 106.89M | 111.40M | 113.17M |
| Total Liabilities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 209.85M | 187.00M | 151.55M | 178.07M |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | 56.56M | 61.83M | 58.24M | 52.22M | 55.33M | 51.67M | 55.45M | 62.83M | 69.49M | 81.07M | 103.77M | - | 115.33M | 111.32M | 108.41M | 114.71M |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | 9.37M | 27.99M | 9.32M | 13.05M | 31.75M | 31.75M | 42.94M | 34.60M | 24.96M | 53.72M | 33.33M | - | 68.42M | 48.80M | 18.36M | 32.86M |
| Total Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 98.17M | 71.81M | 36.70M | 47.14M |
| Total Equity | - | - | 197.34M | 212.86M | 241.07M | 252.33M | 242.93M | 218.98M | 223.54M | 238.54M | 249.37M | 268.54M | 292.08M | - | 358.64M | 416.16M | 422.31M | 475.52M |
| Shares Outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.68M | 7.05M | 7.10M | 7.15M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | 29.02M | 28.69M | 17.05M | 50.38M | 18.22M | - | - | 25.97M | 33.83M | 22.98M | 27.22M | 41.64M | - | 26.15M | 107.64M | 67.48M | 73.47M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -22.69M | -25.84M | -18.78M | -24.25M | -24.14M | - | - | -28.47M | -2.56M | -14.02M | -48.80M | -14.04M | - | -46.76M | -44.79M | -12.36M | -43.38M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -3.16M | -2.93M | 12.42M | -30.42M | -3.18M | - | - | 4.39M | -19.55M | -9.05M | 17.71M | -23.16M | - | 22.54M | -48.92M | -47.80M | -9.23M |
| Capital Expenditure | -10.67M | -12.27M | -18.91M | -21.04M | -21.03M | -17.66M | -10.75M | -24.73M | -11.23M | -9.53M | -29.47M | -24.57M | - | -40.60M | -35.33M | -14.65M | -40.13M |
| Free Cash Flow | 18.35M | 16.41M | -1.86M | 29.34M | -2.81M | - | - | 1.25M | 22.60M | 13.45M | -2.25M | 17.07M | - | -14.45M | 72.31M | 52.83M | 33.34M |
| Net Change in Cash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.94M | 13.93M | 7.32M | 20.86M |
| Share Buybacks | 168.00K | 1.08M | 623.00K | 333.00K | 2.88M | 104.00K | 6.00M | 3.11M | 2.00K | 191.00K | 2.80M | 5.84M | 177.00K | 158.00K | 728.00K | 226.00K | 1.05M |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32.5% | 31.4% | 31.4% | 31.6% | 33.0% | - | 33.8% | 35.1% | 32.0% | 31.2% |
| Operating Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.4% | 6.9% | 7.8% | 7.3% | 8.6% | - | 11.9% | 12.6% | 8.5% | 8.2% |
| Net Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.5% | 3.3% | 6.3% | 5.2% | 6.4% | - | 8.5% | 9.5% | 6.2% | 5.3% |
| ROE % | - | 11.7% | 14.6% | 12.1% | 8.2% | 5.3% | 3.0% | 6.8% | 5.3% | 10.7% | 8.7% | 10.2% | - | 15.2% | 15.2% | 8.8% | 7.4% |
| ROCE % | - | 12.7% | 17.1% | 16.1% | 11.1% | 7.1% | 4.5% | 7.5% | 8.8% | 11.4% | 9.3% | 11.3% | - | 16.7% | 17.1% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HighTower Advisors, LLC | 19.80% | 968.07K | $358.01M |
| 2 | Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 5.83% | 284.85K | $105.34M |
| 3 | Blackrock Inc. | 4.19% | 204.70K | $75.70M |
| 4 | Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 3.07% | 150.23K | $55.56M |
| 5 | Wasatch Advisors LP | 2.31% | 112.89K | $41.75M |
| 6 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 2.26% | 110.47K | $40.85M |
| 7 | Neuberger Berman Group, LLC | 2.02% | 98.72K | $36.51M |
| 8 | FMR, LLC | 1.73% | 84.40K | $31.21M |
| 9 | Royce & Associates LP | 1.59% | 77.49K | $28.66M |
| 10 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1.53% | 74.74K | $27.64M |
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