Stocks · Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts
Preformed Line Products Company PLPC
$419.45 +3.05% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.05B
High qualityStrong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned +108.9%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 93.8 percentage points.
- The shares trade at 47.2× trailing earnings, higher than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 391 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 27%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 36%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 48%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 32%
- Gross marginTop 43%
- Operating marginTop 43%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 43%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 50%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 17%
- Interest coverTop 6%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 45%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 34%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 39%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 6%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 5%
- 6-month returnTop 16%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 4%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 31%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 15%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 34%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 11%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 19%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 45%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 17%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 15.9% | 17.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -11.9% | 3.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 32.5% | 31.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 9.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 6.3% | 4.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 17.1% | 15.9% | ↑ | Top 27% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.7% | -11.9% | ↑ | Bottom 43% |
| Gross margin | 31.4% | 32.5% | ↓ | Top 43% |
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 9.2% | ↓ | Top 43% |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 6.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.7% | 6.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.7% | — | Top 32% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.7% | — | Bottom 36% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.67×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.30×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 61.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.20%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.24%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.44%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 3
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +36.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 7 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $275.00
- Target vs current price
- -34.4%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +86.3% | -4.6% | +42.6% | +39.0% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +17.6% | -5.4% | +0.6% | +6.6% | -12.7% |
| Mar 4, 2026 | +4.9% | +1.8% | +5.5% | +7.8% | +50.1% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | — | +2.7% | -7.8% | -11.1% | +5.3% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | — | -1.6% | +7.7% | +36.1% | +54.3% |
| May 1, 2025 | — | -0.2% | -2.7% | +6.9% | +3.5% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | — | +0.4% | +23.9% | +15.8% | +19.2% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | — | -3.0% | -3.1% | +8.2% | +12.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $4.49 | $2.41 | +86.3% | $212.7M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $2.14 | $1.82 | +17.6% | $176.3M |
| Mar 4, 2026 | $1.72 | $1.64 | +4.9% | $173.1M |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $2.09 | — | — | $178.1M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $2.56 | — | — | $169.6M |
| May 1, 2025 | $2.33 | — | — | $148.5M |
| Mar 13, 2025 | $2.13 | — | — | $167.1M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $1.54 | — | — | $147.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 47.2× | 11.8× | 95th | Bottom 45% |
| P/E (forward) | 31.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 24.4× | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| EV / Sales | 2.74× | — | — | Bottom 39% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.68% | — | — | Bottom 35% |
| Earnings yield | 2.12% | — | — | Bottom 45% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.3× – 47.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +108.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +3.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +130.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 391
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +2.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +27.7%
- RSI (14)
- 53.2
- Relative volume
- 1.01×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 80.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 97th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.01
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.33
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -12.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -33.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2023 | Nov 2, 2023 | -39.4% | 76 days | 445 days (Aug 14, 2025) |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Mar 1, 2022 | -32.0% | 182 days | 115 days (Aug 15, 2022) |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | -30.9% | 20 days | 4 days (Aug 4, 2026) |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | -22.3% | 26 days | 34 days (Jan 12, 2026) |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | -19.2% | 15 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.05B
- P/E (TTM)
- 47.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $8.88
- Revenue (TTM)
- $740.2M
- Dividend yield
- 0.20%
- 52-week range
- $184.02 – $504.69
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $517.4M | $637.0M | $669.7M | $593.7M | $669.3M |
| Gross profit | $166.2M | $215.2M | $234.8M | $189.8M | $208.5M |
| Operating income | $47.5M | $69.4M | $84.2M | $50.8M | $55.1M |
| Net income | $35.7M | $54.4M | $63.3M | $37.1M | $35.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.19 | $10.88 | $12.67 | $7.50 | $7.14 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $147.0M | $167.1M | $148.5M | $169.6M | $178.1M | $173.1M | $176.3M | $212.7M |
| Net income | $7.7M | $10.5M | $11.5M | $12.7M | $2.6M | $8.4M | $10.5M | $21.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.54 | $2.13 | $2.33 | $2.56 | $0.53 | $1.72 | $2.14 | $4.49 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $33.6M | $26.2M | $107.6M | $67.5M | $73.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$18.4M | -$40.6M | -$35.3M | -$14.7M | -$40.1M |
| Free cash flow | $15.2M | -$14.4M | $72.3M | $52.8M | $33.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$4.1M | -$4.1M | -$4.1M | -$4.1M | -$4.1M |
| Net share buybacks | -$4.9M | -$4.7M | -$16.7M | -$8.4M | -$7.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $76.2M
- Total assets
- $697.5M
- Total liabilities
- $202.9M
- Total debt
- $51.5M
- Net debt
- -$24.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $494.5M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.21 | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $0.21 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | $0.21 | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Jan 5, 2026 | $0.21 | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | $0.20 | Oct 20, 2025 |
| Jul 1, 2025 | $0.20 | Jul 20, 2025 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | $0.20 | Apr 21, 2025 |
| Jan 7, 2025 | $0.20 | Jan 21, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 148,104
- Days to cover
- 2.22
- Change vs previous report
- -2.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 12, 1998
- 2-for-1