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Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC)

Industrials | Electrical Equipment & Parts | Mayfield, United States | NasdaqGS
389.53 USD +6.04 (1.575%) ⇧ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 390.70 +1.17 (0.300%) ⇧ (Oct. 13, 2026, 7:42 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:50 a.m. EDT

The investment case here is defined by a stark divergence between a deteriorating technical setup and an exceptional underlying business. In the short term, the stock is under pressure; it has fallen significantly from its 52-week high of $504.69 to trade near $397, and recent price action shows a clear downward drift from late September highs around $429. While the price recently bounced off the 200-day moving average, the immediate trend remains bearish, suggesting caution for a momentum play. However, looking through the noise to the multi-year trajectory reveals a story of explosive growth. Over the last nine years, the company has delivered a cumulative gain of over 362%, driven by a massive surge in 2023 (+122%) and a strong recovery in 2025 (+68%). Crucially, the most recent annual performance was positive, indicating that the market has not yet punished the business for a structural decline. The fundamentals are robust: revenue grew 25.4% and earnings jumped 75.4% recently, powered by surging energy demand. Despite trading at a high P/E of roughly 45, the valuation appears justified given the acceleration in growth and the dominance in its niche. The balance sheet is healthy with low debt relative to equity and strong cash generation. The only significant headwind is the dividend, which offers a mere 0.21% yield. This is a token payout that barely covers inflation and does not contribute meaningfully to total return; investors should view this purely as a growth vehicle rather than an income play.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.331143
MSTL0.331290
AutoARIMA0.338048
AutoTheta0.342712

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 30%
H-stat 0.74
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 5.41
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-30
Last Dividend Date 2026-09-30
Debt to Equity Ratio 10.527
Revenue per Share 152.28
Market Cap 1,904,295,680
Trailing P/E 42.39
Beta 0.90
Profit Margins 5.82%
Website https://plp.com

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.05% 0.27% 0.48% 0.67%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-10-01 0.21 0.051593
2026-07-01 0.21 0.053365
2026-04-01 0.21 0.072061
2026-01-05 0.21 0.093164
2025-10-01 0.20 0.099587
2025-07-01 0.20 0.124200
2025-04-01 0.20 0.140578
2025-01-07 0.20 0.157580
2024-10-01 0.20 0.164474
2024-07-01 0.20 0.164609
2024-04-01 0.20 0.158240
2024-01-04 0.20 0.155763
2023-09-29 0.20 0.123016
2023-06-30 0.20 0.128123
2023-03-31 0.20 0.156201
2023-01-05 0.20 0.252239
2022-09-30 0.20 0.281096
2022-06-30 0.20 0.325203
2022-04-07 0.20 0.318776
2021-12-31 0.20 0.309119
2021-09-30 0.20 0.307503
2021-06-30 0.20 0.269542
2021-03-31 0.20 0.290909
2020-12-31 0.20 0.292227
2020-09-30 0.20 0.410509
2020-06-30 0.20 0.399920
2020-03-31 0.20 0.401365
2019-12-31 0.20 0.331400
2019-09-30 0.20 0.366367
2019-06-28 0.20 0.360231
2019-04-01 0.20 0.368324
2018-12-31 0.20 0.368664
2018-10-01 0.20 0.275976
2018-06-29 0.20 0.225276
2018-03-29 0.20 0.307267
2017-12-29 0.20 0.281492
2017-09-29 0.20 0.297177
2017-06-29 0.20 0.430015
2017-03-30 0.20 0.403633
2016-12-29 0.20 0.338181
2016-09-29 0.20 0.460936
2016-06-29 0.20 0.496401
2016-03-30 0.20 0.546747
2015-12-30 0.20 0.479272
2015-09-29 0.20 0.546299
2015-06-29 0.20 0.528402
2015-03-30 0.20 0.446927
2014-12-30 0.20 0.370370
2014-09-29 0.20 0.376506
2014-06-27 0.20 0.366367
2014-03-28 0.20 0.280151
2013-12-30 0.20 0.267559
2013-09-27 0.20 0.277585
2013-06-27 0.20 0.296824
2012-12-20 0.40 0.645265
2012-09-27 0.20 0.369754
2012-06-28 0.20 0.358680
2012-03-29 0.20 0.296252
2011-12-29 0.20 0.333389
2011-09-29 0.20 0.426257
2011-06-29 0.20 0.284576
2011-03-30 0.20 0.297354
2010-12-30 0.20 0.334840
2010-09-29 0.20 0.583942
2010-06-29 0.20 0.700771
2010-03-30 0.20 0.531773
2009-12-30 0.20 0.450450
2009-09-29 0.20 0.505689
2009-06-29 0.20 0.446030
2009-03-30 0.20 0.536193
2008-12-30 0.20 0.446229
2008-09-29 0.20 0.364034
2008-06-27 0.20 0.486736
2008-03-28 0.20 0.428174
2007-12-28 0.20 0.348129
2007-09-27 0.20 0.392619
2007-06-28 0.20 0.415110
2007-03-29 0.20 0.554785
2006-12-28 0.20 0.588235
2006-09-28 0.20 0.562746
2006-06-29 0.20 0.605877
2006-03-30 0.20 0.606061
2005-12-29 0.20 0.459876
2005-09-29 0.20 0.416927
2005-06-29 0.20 0.498256
2005-03-30 0.20 0.670466
2004-12-30 0.20 0.654236
2004-09-29 0.20 0.714286
2004-06-29 0.20 0.871460
2004-03-30 0.20 0.775795
2003-12-30 0.20 0.648508
2003-10-01 0.20 1.062135
2003-06-27 0.20 1.311475
2003-03-28 0.20 1.440922
2002-12-30 0.20 1.251564
2002-09-27 0.20 1.188354
2002-06-27 0.20 1.101928
2002-03-27 0.20 1.055409
2001-12-28 0.20 1.052632
2001-09-27 0.20 1.124859
2001-03-29 0.15 1.071429
2000-12-29 0.15 1.111111
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.84
dividendYield 0.22
exDividendDate 2026-10-01
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.83
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.002164333
lastDividendValue 0.21
lastDividendDate 2026-10-01
dividendDate 2026-10-20

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.74925876
Address1 660 Beta Drive
All Time High 504.69
All Time Low 10.0
Ask 401.6
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 8
Average Daily Volume10 Day 74,200
Average Daily Volume3 Month 86,787
Average Volume 86,787
Average Volume10Days 74,200
Beta 0.903
Bid 394.45
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 9
Book Value 101.326
City Mayfield
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 389.53
Current Ratio 2.992
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 390.51
Day Low 369.34
Debt To Equity 10.527
Display Name Preformed Line Products
Dividend Date 1,792,454,400
Dividend Rate 0.84
Dividend Yield 0.22
Earnings Growth 0.754
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.693
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,217,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,217,600
Ebitda 90,827,000
Ebitda Margins 0.12271
Enterprise To Ebitda 20.704
Enterprise To Revenue 2.541
Enterprise Value 1,880,510,720
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 9.19
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,790,812,800
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 440 442 8816
Fifty Day Average 420.3724
Fifty Day Average Change -30.842407
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.07336925
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 74.92587
Fifty Two Week High 504.69
Fifty Two Week High Change -115.16
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.22817968
Fifty Two Week Low 184.02
Fifty Two Week Low Change 205.51
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.1167808
Fifty Two Week Range 184.02 - 504.69
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 925,306,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.52
Float Shares 2,567,595
Free Cashflow 19,503,500
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 3,734
Fullday Change 7.210022
Fullday Change Percent 1.8801069
Fullday Price 390.7
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.31439
Gross Profits 232,700,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.48692
Held Percent Institutions 0.68943
Implied Shares Outstanding 4,888,701
Industry Electrical Equipment & Parts
Industry Disp Electrical Equipment & Parts
Industry Key electrical-equipment-parts
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,790,812,800
Last Dividend Value 0.21
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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, Ohio.
Long Name Preformed Line Products Company
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,904,295,680
Market State POST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_3175918
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 43,093,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 2,078,675,665
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 372.73
Operating Cashflow 72,146,000
Operating Margins 0.13119
Overall Risk 7
Payout Ratio 0.0936
Phone 440 461 5200
Post Market Change 1.1700134
Post Market Change Percent 0.30036542
Post Market Price 390.7
Post Market Time 1,791,934,959
Previous Close 383.49
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.8443244
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.5728335
Profit Margins 0.05822
Quick Ratio 1.713
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 6.0400085
Regular Market Change Percent 1.5750108
Regular Market Day High 390.51
Regular Market Day Low 369.34
Regular Market Day Range 369.34 - 390.51
Regular Market Open 372.73
Regular Market Previous Close 383.49
Regular Market Price 389.53
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,600
Regular Market Volume 67,643
Return On Assets 0.06251
Return On Equity 0.09024999
Revenue Growth 0.254
Revenue Per Share 152.28
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17502642
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 4,888,701
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0286
Shares Short 139,596
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 151,247
Short Name Preformed Line Products Company
Short Percent Of Float 0.0657
Short Ratio 1.95
Source Interval 15
State OH
Symbol PLPC
Target High Price 480.0
Target Low Price 480.0
Target Mean Price 480.0
Target Median Price 480.0
Total Cash 75,912,000
Total Cash Per Share 15.528
Total Debt 52,069,000
Total Revenue 740,155,008
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.83
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.002164333
Trailing Eps 9.19
Trailing P E 42.38629
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 333.9903
Two Hundred Day Average Change 55.539703
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.16629137
Type Disp Equity
Volume 67,643
Website https://plp.com
Zip 44,143