PLPC Stock Analysis: Preformed Line Products | NASDAQ
Electrical Equipment & Parts | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 1.521m USD | 12M Return: 120% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 30.2M
EPS Trend: -83.8%
Rev. Trend: -4.9%
Warnings
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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: 34.3m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -2.46 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 35.55% < 20% (prev 36.72%; Δ -1.17% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.11 > 3% & CFO 73.9m > Net Income 34.3m |
| Net Debt (-20.4m) to EBITDA (69.8m): -0.29 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 3.00 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (4.93m) vs 12m ago -0.46% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 30.86% > 18% (prev 32.32%; Δ -1.46% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 111.2% > 50% (prev 101.5%; Δ 9.65% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 13.78 > 6 (EBIT TTM 46.0m / Interest Expense TTM 3.34m) |
| A: 0.37 (Total Current Assets 371.4m - Total Current Liabilities 123.6m) / Total Assets 661.8m |
| B: 0.90 (Retained Earnings 593.9m / Total Assets 661.8m) |
| C: 0.07 (EBIT TTM 46.0m / Avg Total Assets 627.1m) |
| D: 2.52 (Book Value of Equity 473.5m / Total Liabilities 188.2m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 8.52 = AAA |
| DSRI: 0.95 (Receivables 130.8m/118.5m, Revenue 697.1m/601.4m) |
| GMI: 1.05 (GM 32.32% / 30.86%) |
| AQI: 1.11 (AQ_t 0.10 / AQ_t-1 0.09) |
| SGI: 1.16 (Revenue 697.1m / 601.4m) |
| TATA: -0.06 (NI 34.3m - CFO 73.9m) / TA 661.8m) |
| Beneish M = -2.85 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of July 29, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 311.81 with a total of 105,798 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -3.14%, over one month by -22.92%, over three months by -11.74% and over the past year by +120.03%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 267.30 (which is 14.3% or 2.3 ATR below the current price).
Preformed Line Products has no consensus analysts rating.
| Analysts Target Price | 372 | 19.3% |
P/E Trailing = 44.8444
P/E Forward = 7.8003
P/S = 2.1823
P/B = 3.2126
Revenue TTM = 697.1m USD
EBIT TTM = 46.0m USD
EBITDA TTM = 69.8m USD
Long Term Debt = 34.7m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 7.21m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 49.0m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 7.06m
Net Debt = -20.4m USD (calculated: Debt 49.0m - CCE 69.5m)
Enterprise Value = 1.50b USD (1.52b + Debt 49.0m - CCE 69.5m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 13.78 (Ebit TTM 46.0m / Interest Expense TTM 3.34m)
EV/FCF = 43.24x (Enterprise Value 1.50b / FCF TTM 34.7m)
FCF Yield = 2.31% (FCF TTM 34.7m / Enterprise Value 1.50b)
FCF Margin = 4.98% (FCF TTM 34.7m / Revenue TTM 697.1m)
Net Margin = 4.92% (Net Income TTM 34.3m / Revenue TTM 697.1m)
Gross Margin = 30.86% ((Revenue TTM 697.1m - Cost of Revenue TTM 482.0m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 31.33% (prev 29.82%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 2.27 (Enterprise Value 1.50b / Total Assets 661.8m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 6.82% (Interest Expense 3.34m / Debt 49.0m)
Taxrate = 25.88% (12.0m / 46.3m)
NOPAT = 34.1m (EBIT 46.0m * (1 - 25.88%))
Current Ratio = 3.00 (Total Current Assets 371.4m / Total Current Liabilities 123.6m)
Debt / Equity = 0.10 (Debt 49.0m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 473.5m)
Debt / EBITDA = -0.29 (Net Debt -20.4m / EBITDA 69.8m)
Debt / FCF = -0.59 (Net Debt -20.4m / FCF TTM 34.7m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 469.0m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 5.47% (Net Income 34.3m / Total Assets 661.8m)
RoE = 7.31% (Net Income TTM 34.3m / Total Stockholder Equity 469.0m)
RoCE = 9.14% (EBIT 46.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 469.0m + L.T.Debt 34.7m))
RoIC = 6.69% (NOPAT 34.1m / Invested Capital 510.6m)
WACC = 10.54% (E(1.52b)/V(1.57b) * Re(10.72%) + D(49.0m)/V(1.57b) * Rd(6.82%) * (1-Tc(0.26)))
Discount Rate = 10.72% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 7.49 | Cagr: 0.23%
[DCF] Terminal Value 65.37% ; FCFF base≈39.1m ; Y1≈34.3m ; Y5≈27.7m
[DCF] Fair Price = 71.11 (EV 327.1m - Net Debt -20.4m = Equity 347.6m / Shares 4.89m; r=10.54% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -83.78 | EPS CAGR: -23.07% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -4.86 | Revenue CAGR: -0.39% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=2.41 | Chg30d=-6.59% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=1
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=2.84 | Chg30d=-8.39% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=9.75 | Chg30d=-2.79% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+36.5% | GrowthRev=+15.5%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=11.29 | Chg30d=+0.44% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+15.8% | GrowthRev=+7.8%