PLPC Stock Analysis: Preformed Line Products | NASDAQ
Electrical Equipment & Parts | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 1.392m USD | 12M Return: 41.8% | US7404441047 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 26.4M
EPS Trend: -16.5%
Rev. Trend: 72.8%
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.9 years of data, until 10/2026
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, ≥40 worth a closer look and ≥60 is strong.
Preformed Line Products Company (NASDAQ: PLPC) is a U.S.-based designer and manufacturer of infrastructure products and systems used in the construction and maintenance of overhead, ground-mounted, and underground power and communications networks. Headquartered in Mayfield Village, Ohio, and incorporated in 1947, the company operates globally across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
PLPCs product portfolio spans several categories: energy products (connectors, insulators, string hardware, substation fittings, and motion control devices for transmission and distribution lines); communications products (outside plant closures, demarcation equipment, and fiber optic cable hardware); formed wire and pole line hardware; and specialty solutions for industries such as solar mounting, EV charging station foundations, and drone-based inspection services for power and communications assets.
The company sells primarily to public and private energy utilities, telecommunications carriers, cable operators, contractors, and distributors, using a combination of direct sales and manufacturing representatives. As a mid-cap industrial within the Electrical Components & Equipment sub-industry, PLPCs business model is closely tied to global utility infrastructure spending, grid hardening, renewable energy build-out, and broadband expansion-durable, multi-year capital cycles that tend to drive relatively stable long-term demand for its engineered hardware.
- US grid modernization and renewable buildout drive T&D hardware demand
- Solar mounting and EV charging foundations emerge as growth segments
- BEAD broadband funding accelerates communication products revenue
| Net Income: 58.5m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.66 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 35.50% < 20% (prev 36.76%; Δ -1.25% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.12 > 3% & CFO 90.0m > Net Income 58.5m |
| Net Debt (-26.4m) to EBITDA (107.2m): -0.25 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.85 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (5.07m) vs 12m ago 2.44% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 32.38% > 18% (prev 32.04%; Δ 0.34% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 111.3% > 50% (prev 102.9%; Δ 8.36% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 54.89 > 6 (EBIT TTM 82.1m / Interest Expense TTM 1.50m) |
| A: 0.37 (Total Current Assets 421.8m - Total Current Liabilities 147.9m) / Total Assets 742.3m |
| B: 0.85 (Retained Earnings 631.3m / Total Assets 742.3m) |
| C: 0.12 (EBIT TTM 82.1m / Avg Total Assets 693.5m) |
| D: 2.23 (Book Value of Equity 512.6m / Total Liabilities 229.7m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 8.33 = AAA |
| DSRI: 0.97 (Receivables 136.8m/120.8m, Revenue 771.6m/663.3m) |
| GMI: 0.99 (GM 32.04% / 32.38%) |
| AQI: 1.12 (AQ_t 0.10 / AQ_t-1 0.09) |
| SGI: 1.16 (Revenue 771.6m / 663.3m) |
| TATA: -0.04 (NI 58.5m - CFO 90.0m) / TA 742.3m) |
| Beneish M = -2.87 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of November 13, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 293.82 with a total of 81,333 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +16.58%, over one month by -23.38%, over three months by -37.19% and over the past year by +41.76%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 262.70 (which is 10.6% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
Preformed Line Products has received a consensus analysts rating of 5.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy PLPC.
- StrongBuy: 1
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 480 | 63.4% |
P/E Trailing = 23.9664
P/E Forward = 7.8003
P/S = 1.8041
P/B = 2.966
Revenue TTM = 771.6m USD
EBIT TTM = 82.1m USD
EBITDA TTM = 107.2m USD
Long Term Debt = 47.4m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 10.4m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 72.8m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 8.44m
Net Debt = -26.4m USD (calculated: Debt 72.8m - CCE 99.3m)
Enterprise Value = 1.37b USD (1.39b + Debt 72.8m - CCE 99.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 54.89 (Ebit TTM 82.1m / Interest Expense TTM 1.50m)
EV/FCF = 37.69x (Enterprise Value 1.37b / FCF TTM 36.2m)
FCF Yield = 2.65% (FCF TTM 36.2m / Enterprise Value 1.37b)
FCF Margin = 4.70% (FCF TTM 36.2m / Revenue TTM 771.6m)
Net Margin = 7.58% (Net Income TTM 58.5m / Revenue TTM 771.6m)
Gross Margin = 32.38% ((Revenue TTM 771.6m - Cost of Revenue TTM 521.7m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 33.41% (prev 34.33%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.84 (Enterprise Value 1.37b / Total Assets 742.3m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 2.05% (Interest Expense 1.50m / Debt 72.8m)
Taxrate = 27.43% (22.1m / 80.6m)
NOPAT = 59.6m (EBIT 82.1m * (1 - 27.43%))
Current Ratio = 2.85 (Total Current Assets 421.8m / Total Current Liabilities 147.9m)
Debt / Equity = 0.14 (Debt 72.8m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 512.6m)
Debt / EBITDA = -0.25 (Net Debt -26.4m / EBITDA 107.2m)
Debt / FCF = -0.73 (Net Debt -26.4m / FCF TTM 36.2m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 489.0m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 8.44% (Net Income 58.5m / Total Assets 742.3m)
RoE = 11.96% (Net Income TTM 58.5m / Total Stockholder Equity 489.0m)
RoCE = 15.31% (EBIT 82.1m / Capital Employed (Equity 489.0m + L.T.Debt 47.4m))
RoIC = 10.52% (NOPAT 59.6m / Invested Capital 566.3m)
WACC = 13.16% (E(1.39b)/V(1.46b) * Re(13.77%) + D(72.8m)/V(1.46b) * Rd(2.05%) * (1-Tc(0.27)))
Discount Rate = 13.77% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.) -> capped to 12.54%
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -11.92 | Cagr: 0.96%
[DCF] Terminal Value 57.63% ; FCFF base≈38.6m ; Y1≈34.2m ; Y5≈28.1m
[DCF] Fair Price = 57.15 (EV 252.5m - Net Debt -26.4m = Equity 278.9m / Shares 4.88m; r=13.16% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow -14.11% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -16.48 | EPS CAGR: -3.75% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 72.82 | Revenue CAGR: 7.86% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2027-03-31): EPS=3.15 | Chg30d=-3.96% | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=13.53 | Chg30d=+1.96% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+89.5% | GrowthRev=+20.7%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=14.28 | Chg30d=+0.14% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+5.5% | GrowthRev=+7.5%