PLPC Stock Analysis: Preformed Line Products | NASDAQ
Electrical Equipment & Parts | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 2.282m USD | 12M Return: 153.8% | US7404441047 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 40.2M
EPS Trend: -67.4%
Rev. Trend: 38.5%
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
Seasonality 11.6 years of data
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Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC) is a global manufacturer of hardware and engineered components used in the construction and maintenance of overhead, underground, and ground-mounted energy and communications networks. Its product portfolio spans energy products (transmission and distribution line hardware, connectors, polymer insulators, substation fittings, fiber optic cable solutions, and motion control devices), communications products (outside plant closures, demarcation cabinets, and passive components), and specialty offerings including pole line hardware, vibration/cable dynamics solutions, tools, urethane products, and drone inspection services for power and communications infrastructure. The company also supplies mounting solutions for solar installations and foundations for EV charging stations.
PLPC serves a diversified customer base of public and private utilities, communication companies, cable operators, contractors, and distributors, selling through a direct sales force and manufacturing representatives. As a member of the Electrical Components & Equipment sub-industry within the Industrials sector, the company is positioned to benefit from long-cycle tailwinds such as grid modernization, electrification, renewable energy deployment, and broadband network expansion. Founded in 1947, PLPC is headquartered in Mayfield Village, Ohio, and trades on NASDAQ as a small-cap industrials stock.
- BEAD broadband funding accelerates fiber optic closure demand
- U.S. grid hardening and undergrounding drive utility product orders
- Solar mounting and EV charging foundations outpace legacy growth
| Net Income: 43.1m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.35 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 35.67% < 20% (prev 37.71%; Δ -2.04% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.10 > 3% & CFO 72.1m > Net Income 43.1m |
| Net Debt (-16.1m) to EBITDA (82.9m): -0.19 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.99 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (4.79m) vs 12m ago -3.25% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 31.44% > 18% (prev 32.50%; Δ -1.06% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 111.4% > 50% (prev 100.1%; Δ 11.27% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 54.17 > 6 (EBIT TTM 58.5m / Interest Expense TTM 1.08m) |
| A: 0.38 (Total Current Assets 396.5m - Total Current Liabilities 132.5m) / Total Assets 697.5m |
| B: 0.88 (Retained Earnings 614.3m / Total Assets 697.5m) |
| C: 0.09 (EBIT TTM 58.5m / Avg Total Assets 664.5m) |
| D: 2.44 (Book Value of Equity 494.5m / Total Liabilities 202.9m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 8.50 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.04 (Receivables 151.2m/123.9m, Revenue 740.2m/632.2m) |
| GMI: 1.03 (GM 32.50% / 31.44%) |
| AQI: 1.00 (AQ_t 0.11 / AQ_t-1 0.11) |
| SGI: 1.17 (Revenue 740.2m / 632.2m) |
| TATA: -0.04 (NI 43.1m - CFO 72.1m) / TA 697.5m) |
| Beneish M = -2.84 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of August 16, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 464.63 with a total of 108,414 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.47%, over one month by +34.32%, over three months by +31.29% and over the past year by +153.82%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 427.30 (which is 8% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
Preformed Line Products has no consensus analysts rating.
| Analysts Target Price | 480 | 3.3% |
P/E Trailing = 52.6291
P/E Forward = 7.8003
P/S = 3.0833
P/B = 4.6125
Revenue TTM = 740.2m USD
EBIT TTM = 58.5m USD
EBITDA TTM = 82.9m USD
Long Term Debt = 35.9m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 8.74m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 60.2m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 8.69m
Net Debt = -16.1m USD (calculated: Debt 60.2m - CCE 76.2m)
Enterprise Value = 2.27b USD (2.28b + Debt 60.2m - CCE 76.2m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 54.17 (Ebit TTM 58.5m / Interest Expense TTM 1.08m)
EV/FCF = 65.84x (Enterprise Value 2.27b / FCF TTM 34.4m)
FCF Yield = 1.52% (FCF TTM 34.4m / Enterprise Value 2.27b)
FCF Margin = 4.65% (FCF TTM 34.4m / Revenue TTM 740.2m)
Net Margin = 5.82% (Net Income TTM 43.1m / Revenue TTM 740.2m)
Gross Margin = 31.44% ((Revenue TTM 740.2m - Cost of Revenue TTM 507.5m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 34.33% (prev 31.33%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 3.25 (Enterprise Value 2.27b / Total Assets 697.5m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 1.80% (Interest Expense 1.08m / Debt 60.2m)
Taxrate = 24.92% (14.3m / 57.4m)
NOPAT = 43.9m (EBIT 58.5m * (1 - 24.92%))
Current Ratio = 2.99 (Total Current Assets 396.5m / Total Current Liabilities 132.5m)
Debt / Equity = 0.12 (Debt 60.2m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 494.5m)
Debt / EBITDA = -0.19 (Net Debt -16.1m / EBITDA 82.9m)
Debt / FCF = -0.47 (Net Debt -16.1m / FCF TTM 34.4m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 477.5m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 6.49% (Net Income 43.1m / Total Assets 697.5m)
RoE = 9.03% (Net Income TTM 43.1m / Total Stockholder Equity 477.5m)
RoCE = 11.39% (EBIT 58.5m / Capital Employed (Equity 477.5m + L.T.Debt 35.9m))
RoIC = 8.18% (NOPAT 43.9m / Invested Capital 536.7m)
WACC = 13.91% (E(2.28b)/V(2.34b) * Re(14.24%) + D(60.2m)/V(2.34b) * Rd(1.80%) * (1-Tc(0.25)))
Discount Rate = 14.24% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.) -> capped to 13.17%
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -63.18 | Cagr: -1.36%
[DCF] Terminal Value 55.79% ; FCFF base≈36.5m ; Y1≈32.6m ; Y5≈27.3m
[DCF] Fair Price = 50.09 (EV 228.8m - Net Debt -16.1m = Equity 244.9m / Shares 4.89m; r=13.91% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow -13.21% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -67.40 | EPS CAGR: -16.76% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 38.50 | Revenue CAGR: 3.47% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=3.37 | Chg30d=+18.66% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=13.27 | Chg30d=+36.10% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+85.9% | GrowthRev=+21.5%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=14.26 | Chg30d=+26.31% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+7.5% | GrowthRev=+8.0%